Post Supreme Court Decision Recap: How Immigration Control Will Help The Private Prison Business

ICE has submitted budget increase requests for detaining illegal immigrants, and a significant portion of that should translate into private prison revenue. Brett Kavanaugh's appointment should strengthen the president's foothold and power to enact his policies, likely further increasing detainment and in turn profits.

Racial resentment is the biggest predictor of immigration…

White Americans' negative attitudes toward immigrants are driven overwhelmingly by racial prejudices, not "economic anxiety," according to a new working paper by political scientist Steven Miller of Clemson University. Immigration hard-liners, including President Donald Trump, often frame their arguments with ostensibly race-neutral appeals to public safety or economic interest.

Trump blasts migrants as courts reject detention policies

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the news media, with first lady Melania Trump standing beside him, before boarding Marine One for tr WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed back against court rulings against his administration's migrant detention policies, saying immigrants should not come to the United States illegally. "I have a solution: Tell people not to come to our county illegally.

Mexicans comprise a bigger share of border prosecutions since Trump…

Mexicans have made up a larger share of the migrants prosecuted for crossing the border illegally since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, a USA TODAY analysis of the nation's most active court for immigration prosecutions shows. The analysis also shows a shift away from prosecutions of migrants from the Central American countries that the Trump administration associates with the violent MS-13 gang.

Enforce our laws and secure our borders

Enforce our laws and secure our borders Illegal immigration is the most significant crisis of our time: Opposing view Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2u7v0Uw As a mother and family physician, I understand that no American wants to see children separated from their parents. However, as elected officials, our first priority must be to enforce our immigration laws, secure our borders and protect American families.

San Mateo County supervisors approve legal aid fund for undocumented immigrants

With a unanimous vote just days before the beginning of a new fiscal year, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on June 26 approved revisions to the county's two-year In response to comments by members of the public expressing outrage in recent weeks over President Trump's policy of separating undocumented immigrant families who cross the U.S. border, supervisors also voted unanimously to dedicate $764,000 toward the creation of a deportation defense fund to help undocumented immigrants in the county get legal aid. San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley said he plans to talk to the community to better grasp the extent that undocumented people are immigrating to San Mateo County and what those immigrants' needs are.

‘Angel’ Father Seeks To End California’s Sanctuary…

Retired publishing executive Don Rosenberg has been working to draw attention to the issues of crime and illegal immigration long before President Donald Trump made them a central theme of his presidential bid. Rosenberg's son, Drew, was killed in a 2010 collision in San Francisco with a Honduran national who had entered the country illegally, but had been granted temporary protected status.

The Trump Administration’s Own Numbers Show “Zero Tolerance” Didn’t Work

Border immigration statistics released Thursday appear to show that the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy has not deterred asylum-seeking families from illegally crossing the U.S-Mexico border or made a significant dent in overall immigration. The data, released by Customs and Border Protection, show that the number of immigrant families arrested after illegally crossing the southern border has remained steady over the past three months, hovering around 9,500.

Are 43 Percent of All Food Stamps “Given to Illegals”?

Since at least as far back as 2012, the claim that 43% of all "food stamp" beneficiaries are "illegal immigrants" has echoed through the murky and fact-starved worlds of social media, chain e-mails, and memes, often times shared as part of a larger list of "Facts!" For example, the following post , from the Facebook page of Doug Giles - proprietor of "ClashDaily.com" and author of the book Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male - has garnered tens of thousands of shares: The food stamp program, known since 2008 as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , is not open to undocumented immigrants.

Salvadoran asylum seeker mounts legal challenge of Safe Third Country agreement

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives along a fence line near the U.S.- Mexico border, Monday, June 25, 2018, in Hidalgo, Texas. A Salvadoran woman and her two daughters who fled their home country after allegedly suffering extortion and rape at the hands of members of the notorious MS-13 gang have launched a legal challenge of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country agreement.

5 books about immigrant and refugee experiences that you’ll want to read with your kids

Over the past several weeks, we've had heartrending conversations about what's happening to migrant children and their families at the U.S. border. The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy has separated children from their parents and raised the possibility that the U.S. will indefinitely detain migrants, even those seeking asylum.

The Statue of Liberty Standoff Is Over

Authorities had to close and evacuate Liberty Island on Wednesday after a female protester scaled the Statue of Liberty. The woman, who was acting out against the White House policy of separating illegal immigrant families at the border, was eventually captured after a tense standoff with police.