Border still porous
Critics of President Donald Trump's various proposals to crack down on illegal immigration say there is little need to do so. The number of people coming into our country illegally has dropped dramatically, they say.
Category Archives: Immigration Reform
Pope’s plea to help migrants
Pope Francis has described migrants and refugees as the world's "weakest and most needy", using his traditional New Year's address to "give voice" to people he has urged leaders to do more to help. Francis reminded some 40,000 people who gathered in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Monday that he had chosen the plight of migrants and refugees as the theme for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on January 1. "For this peace, to which everyone has a right, many of them are willing to risk their lives in a journey which is often long and dangerous, they are willing to face strain and suffering."
Best of 2017: Stop that plane – The frantic race to halt a deportation
Protesters voice their opposition to an immigration ban imposed by President Donald Trump at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Credit: Matt Mills McKnight This week Crosscut is running some of our best stories of the year, as selected both by our editors and by popularity with readers.
As 2017 ends, focus turns to Nevada’s midterm elections
Representative Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., talks to the crowd during an immigrant rights resource fair at the Pearson Community Center in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. With 2018's arrival, the campaign season will soon ramp up.
Sen. John McCain to return to D.C. in January, friend Sen. Lindsey Graham says
Sen. John McCain, undergoing physical rehabilation at Mayo Clinic, will return to the Senate in January, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday. "Senator McCain is in rehab.
Expect America’s wild ride under Donald Trump to continue in 2018
Don't expect too much of a change in US President Donald Trump in 2018. The new year will likely feature more angry tweeting, and attacks on his perceived enemies - including the news media.
2017 was a year of chaos, division and disruption in national politics
President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. So did chaos, division and disruption, and a sense that the guardrails that usually had kept the capital and American politics on a normal path had collapsed under the weight of it all.
Democrats are deluded about tax cuts’ effect on 2018 elections
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 20. If Democrats do well in the 2018 midterm elections, it won't be because of the Trump tax cuts. Democrats' hyperbole notwithstanding, voters are not going to vote against Republicans for putting more money in their pockets.
Indian state tense ahead of citizens list targeting ‘illegal Bangladeshis’
GUWAHATI, India/NEW DELHI: India has mobilised around 60,000 police and paramilitary troops in a sensitive border state ahead of the publication of a list of citizens it says will be used to detect and deport illegal immigrants: mainly Muslims: from neighbouring Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party took power in the eastern state of Assam for the first time last year, vowing to act against illegal Muslim residents who take away jobs from local Hindus.
Congresswoman Kay Granger speaks to the Star-Telegram editorial board Wednesday, July 5, 2017.
Trump a success? Ask a liberal; Granger tax vote 'irresponsible'; A wish for peace during the holidays; Trump: A threat to the free world?; What did the bears do to you? A letter writer suggested Americans will vote a straight Democratic ticket. Why would anyone want to go back to rampant illegal immigration, policies that make us less secure in regards to terrorism, an ineffective foreign policy that did nothing to stop our enemies from becoming armed with nuclear weapons, a stagnant economy, and an administration that sided with anti-police hate groups? Another reader asks for country over party, yet the other party's 2016 candidate was proven without a doubt of lying to the FBI .
Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia and the missing investigation
In early December, a political disagreement got very nasty. One of the parties to the disagreement is Rep. Scott Taylor, a former Navy Seal and now congressman from Virginia.
As California legalizes pot, laws collide at US checkpoints
California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won't stop federal agents from seizing the drug on busy freeways and backcountry highways. Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal law collide when it comes to pot.
The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2017
During President Donald Trump's first year in office, nothing drew eyeballs to our site quite like the president's words. Readers turned out in droves for our fact-checks of Trump's first joint address to Congress and his speech announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
Macron gets tough as France struggles to deal with migrants
That won't likely happen, and Macron's government is now tightening the screws: ramping up expulsions, raising pressure on economic migrants and allowing divisive ID checks in emergency shelters. Critics contend that Macron's increasingly tough policy on migrants - though wrapped in a cloak of goodwill - contradicts his image as a humanist who defeated an anti-immigrant populist for the presidency, and has crossed a line passed by no other president in the land that prides itself as the cradle of human rights.
Mexico claims stronger U.S. ties in 2017 despite Trump’s wall rhetoric
Despite their public differences over trade and immigration, Mexico strengthened its ties with the United States in 2017, the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Monday. At the start of the year, President Enrique Pena Nieto formulated 10 goals and five principles to guide his country's relationship with the new U.S. government under President Donald Trump.
2017: A Year of Change in Immigration Policy
Less than a year into his presidency, Donald Trump has reshuffled the list of priorities as to who, among the country's refugees, undocumented immigrants and immigrant hopefuls gets to stay in the United States, or enter the country. Few campaign promises have yet to come to fruition, and not without strong opposition and legal challenges.
Trump and the Meat Tycoon: Backstory to a Commutation
After he served 8 years of a 27-year sentence for money laundering, kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin had his sentence commuted. On May 14, 2008, hundreds of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement swooped down on Agriprocessors, the nation's largest kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, with helicopters in the largest single-site raid in US history, arresting half of the eight-hundred-person workforce.
Trump’s law enforcement policies are a welcome improvement from Obama’s
The president reiterated his backing despite slamming the agency for apparent bias in the Clinton email investigation and ongoing Russia probe; Kevin Corke has more for 'Special Report.' As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump praised the virtues and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in his many campaign speeches. To beleaguered cops, the president's inauguration signaled the welcome end of eight years of unwarranted criticism from the Obama administration.
Sheriff Tony Estrada, another kind of Arizona lawman
Born in Nogales, Mexico, Marco Antonio Estrada was raised just north of the U.S. border, giving him a unique perspective on issues related to it and strong opinions about treatment of immigrants. Pointedly, the white-haired, 74-year-old Spanish-speaker has said he's "not a fan" of President Donald Trump, his proposed border wall or his hardline immigration policies.
Infrastructure, welfare reform, and immigration are on Congress’ agenda for 2018
For the rest of December, Washington Examiner reporters will be exploring what 2018 has in store in a number of areas, from the White House and Congress to energy and defense. See all of our year ahead stories here .