We’re About to Find Out How Much Trump’s Base Really Cares About Immigration
Donald Trump spent much of his 2016 campaign talking about jobs and immigration. Often, he spoke about both at once.
Category Archives: Immigration Reform
Crumbling Glass Ceiling Coming Down Around Hillary.
It is funny when a woman loses an election. There are tears and a bunch of f-bombs.
President-elect Donald Trump makes stop in Louisiana
President-elect Donald Trump made a stop in Baton Rouge Friday, where he discussed his plans for the future of the country and Louisiana. "Our plan begins with bold structural reform to create millions of really good paying jobs.
Trump chooses hardliners but talks softer on immigration
Donald Trump embraced new Cabinet officers Wednesday whose backgrounds suggest he's primed to put tough actions behind his campaign rhetoric on immigration and the environment, even as he seemed to soften his yearlong stance on immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. It's clearer by the day, underscored by Trump's at-times contradictory words, that his actual policies as president won't be settled until after he takes his seat in the Oval Office.
Santa Ana declares itself asanctuary city in defiance of Trump
Santa Ana City Council members voted Tuesday to declare Orange County's second-most populous city a sanctuary city - a largely symbolic gesture to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally. The move is in direct defiance of President-elect Donald Trump, who was critical of illegal immigration and sanctuary cities during his campaign.
Los Angeles County officials push back against threats of deportation
The reconstituted Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to explore strategies to protect county residents from any potential changes in federal immigration policy. Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended the analysis, saying many of her constituents are worried about President-elect Donald Trump's statements about illegal immigration.
U of Illinois won’t be designated ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants
The University of Illinois will not label its three campuses as sanctuaries for immigrant students illegally living in the U.S., school leaders said Tuesday as they pushed aside pressure from faculty and others to make the designation. Petitions from students and faculty at campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield were among efforts by students and others at more than 100 colleges and universities around the country to make the schools sanctuaries for immigrants following President-elect Donald Trump 's promises to crack down on illegal immigration.
Emanuel Urges Rauner to Support Chicago as Sanctuary City
Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a vigil at the Center on Halsted in the Boystown neighborhood held to honor the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 13, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Mayor Rahm Emanuel sponsored a resolution that calls on Gov. Bruce Rauner to publicly support his efforts to promote Chicago as a sanctuary city for immigrants, according to the Chicago Tribune .
U of Illinois says no to sanctuary status for immigrants
The president of the University of Illinois says its three campuses cannot legally serve as sanctuaries for immigrant students illegally living in the country despite pressure to do so. President Timothy Killeen said Tuesday that "We must uphold state and federal laws.
Peter Lucas: Romney couldn’t read us. How will he read the world?
U.S. foreign-policy sage Henry Kissinger used to tell Harvard students that the test of a good statesman was his ability to sense the evolution of an event before it happened. What President Richard Nixon's secretary of state meant was that a successful diplomat had to be able to read the character of his foreign counterpart as well as have the ability to take the pulse of the country he was dealing with.
Paul Ryan says wall on US-Mexico border may be part fence or barrier
President-elect Donald Trump's much-discussed Mexican wall may be a fence in places, or a barrier, or something else that secures the border, said House Speaker Paul Ryan, who also rejected the idea of a deportation force to move undocumented immigrants out of the US. As Trump himself has dialed back some of his fiercest campaign rhetoric on immigration policies, Ryan - who said he now speaks to the president-elect almost every day - will focus on securing the border in whichever way makes sense, he said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview broadcast on Sunday.
Mexican ambassador does victory lap following defeat of Arizona Sheriff Arpaio
The Mexican ambassador to the United States, Carlos Sada Solana, told reporters in Phoenix that Mexico shall remain firm in refusing to provide funds for President-elect Donald Trump proposed border wall to address illegal immigration emanating from Mexico. Speaking to reporters at the Arizona Republic , Sada said "We have said time and again Mexico is not paying for the wall," and added, "That is something that has been said several times by the president of Mexico, the secretary of foreign affairs, secretary of economy, the secretary of finance.
‘Full Measure’: Run for the border new
There's been a run for the border - the U.S. border - by citizens around the world. They may be trying to get in under the wire before an anticipated tightening of border security under the Donald Trump Administration.
HRC Criticizes Trump Picks Tom Price, Betsy DeVos, Jeff Sessions
The Human Rights Campaign , the nation's largest LGBT rights advocate, has criticized three of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks. Trump has picked Georgia Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education and Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.
McCaul proposes a oesecurity tolla …
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul on Friday proposed a new "security toll" he said the U.S. could assess on all visitors from Mexico, with the money going to fund President-elect Donald Trump's plans for a border wall. Mr. McCaul, who is auditioning for Homeland Security secretary in the Trump administration, also said in a commentary on Foxnews.com that other Latin American countries' visitors should pay the fee, given that illegal immigrants from Central America have overtaken Mexicans as the majority of border-jumpers.
Letters: On sanctuary cities and schools
The federal government should have stopped sanctuary cities when they popped up. Why should certain cities be able to thumb their noses at the law and take in federal money at the same time? Why would they want to house illegal immigrants? The key word is illegal.
How worried should immigrants be?
The day after the presidential election, I stood in front of a class of foreign graduate students who had come to the United States to study U.S. and international law, trying to reassure them that they were not in danger of being deported. "You are all here legally on student visas," I reminded them.
News exclusive: 2 in 3 Canadians back Trump on Keystone, NATO
A new poll conducted for CTV News suggests about two in three Canadians are on board with Donald Trump's proposal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and the same proportion agree with the president-elect that Canada should contribute its "fair share" to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . At the same time, the Nanos Research poll found strong support for the North America Free Trade Agreement that Trump has vowed to scrap or re-negotiate, and little appetite for the idea of Canada making special provisions for illegal immigrants he deports.
Amnestarian Lindsey Graham: Another Reason Why We Elected Trump
President-elect Trump is quickly assembling his Executive cabinet. Key leaders in Congress are ready to repeal Obamacare and the disastrous Iran deal.
Freedom Caucus on Retreat to Discuss 2017 Policy Priorities
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows is discussing "harmful" regulations with the Freedom Caucus on a retreat this weekend that he wants President-elect Donald Trump to repeal. The House Freedom Caucus is on retreat this weekend in Charlottesville, Va., to discuss policy priorities and ways it can work with the incoming Trump administration, a spokeswoman said.