What do anti-Trump protesters want? Here are 5 key demands
The protests have been largely peaceful, but some have turned violent. In Portland, Oregon, police described one as a riot after vandals threw objects at officers and damaged cars.
Category Archives: Illegal Immigration
Let’s Help President-elect Trump Fix Immigration the Right Way
Immigration was clearly the issue that galvanized many of Donald Trump's supporters. But if he is to try to unite the nation, he needs to think carefully about how to proceed.
DHS admits to surge of illegals on border
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday confirmed they're seeing a renewed surge of illegal immigrants on the southwest border, with more than 46,000 caught in October alone. That's by far the largest monthly total since the worst days of 2014, and it suggests the end days of the Obama administration will be challenged by the continued porous border.
Alabama’s lesson for the nation
If any state can offer a troubled nation some sense of perspective in the wake of Donald Trump's shocking presidential win Tuesday, it is Alabama. About 63 percent of the state's voters preferred Trump.
Did Gary Johnson and Jill Stein Voters Cost Hillary Clinton The Election?
Of course, they could blame the Democratic Party for willfully tipping the scales in favor of ensuring the nomination of a candidate who The Intercept 's Glenn Greenwald aptly described as "a deeply unpopular, extremely vulnerable, scandal-plagued candidate, who - for very good reason - was widely perceived to be a protector and beneficiary of all the worst components of status quo elite corruption." They could also blame the lack of enthusiasm for either candidate, which produced a far lower-than-expected turnout , particularly in swing states.
On the Plus Side, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Got Booted Out of Office
After 23 years of flouting constitutional rights, federal court orders, and common decency, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will no longer be an embarrassment to the U.S. criminal justice system. Retired Phoenix police officer Paul Penzone defeated the 84-year-old Arpaio 55-44 percent in the race for Maricopa County Sheriff on Tuesday night, dealing a shocking defeat to the longtime incumbent.
A Referendum on Immigration Policy? I Wish.
The anti-borders crowd has been trying for a while now to pre-spin the election as a referendum on "comprehensive immigration reform." Counting on a Hillary victory, they've been claiming that it will represent a mandate to pass the Gang of Eight bill.
Today, let’s hope Trump’s lies, xenophobia and misogyny seal his doom
If Hillary Clinton wins today, one of the big stories of Campaign 2016 will be this: The reactionary, revanchist posture that Donald Trump wielded to drive up his performance with white male voters ended up provoking an opposite and more intense reaction from nonwhites and women - one that ultimately swamped the Trump electorate. Trump positioned himself as a kind of final bulwark against browning, culturally evolving America, but in the end, his true legacy may be that he accelerated that ongoing transformation's electoral impact.
Donald Trump in 2012: GOP Must Pass Immigration Reform If It Wants to Win Another Election
"Immigration is very important and the Republicans have to get involved," Trump said on Fox & Friends in Dec. 2012 in footage uncovered by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski . "Look, they're never going to win another election unless they do something."
Clinton amnesty plan would cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion
Hillary Clinton's plan to bring 11 million illegal aliens "out of the shadows" would cost American households an immediate tax increase of $1.2 trillion, or $15,000 per household, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences. In examining the study, the Heritage Foundation found that the immediate tax increases would be imposed to pay for the infrastructure, school, welfare and other costs of illegals.
In 2011, Trump said he supported a amnestya for some undocumented immigrants
In an appearance in November of 2011 on "Fox and Friends," Trump defended former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, then a candidate for the Republican nomination, who was being criticized by his opponent Michele Bachmann for saying at a debate that he wanted "a humane" approach to the subject of illegal immigration which would avoid deporting families rooted in American communities. Trump signaled he liked Gingrich's approach, agreeing with a Fox host's description that it could be called amnesty.
Rutgers student newspaper fires columnist for attempting to write a illegal immigranta
The campus newspaper at Rutgers University fired a student columnist after he confronted editors who would not let him use the phrase "illegal immigrant" in a piece about illegal immigration. The term does not actually appear in the final Daily Targum column written by Aviv Khavich, a sophomore engineering student at the New Jersey university.
This Election Will End. The Mental Damage May Not
More than half of Americans are experiencing election-related stress comparable to that often attributed to work, money, or the economy, the American Psychological Association has said. And while the good news is the presidential contest will end next week, the bad news is that because of the ferocity of the campaign, the mental damage may linger.
Illegal immigrants surging to US-Mexicoborder in race against Election Day
Americans aren't the only ones motivated by Tuesday's election. The presidential race has immigrants from around the world racing to the U.S.-Mexican border, as the cartels exploit a powerful narrative: get into the U.S. while you still can.
VP candidate Kaine delivers speech in Spanish in Phoenix
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on Thursday delivered what may be the first presidential campaign speech entirely in Spanish as part of Hillary Clinton's push into traditionally Republican Arizona. The senator from Virginia spoke entirely in Spanish for about half hour a small crowd in a largely Hispanic area of Phoenix.
America’s undocumented immigrant workforce has stopped growing
In the years that followed the Great Recession, the number of undocumented workers joining America's workforce came to a standstill. According to a report released Thursday from Pew Research Center, an estimated 8 million undocumented immigrants were either working or looking for work in the U.S. in 2014, from the 8.1 million that were in the U.S. workforce in 2009.
The wall vs. open borders: Trump and Clinton have big differences on immigration
Editor's note: PennLive will spend this week detailing the presidential candidates' positions on issues affecting voters' lives, such as equal rights, Obamacare, national security, jobs, taxes, climate change, gun laws and more. Trump's popularity increased during the primary as he talked about building a wall along the border between U.S. and Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants.
More migrants from around the world making way to US border
In this Dec. 3, 2014, file photo, cars wait to enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, through the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego. An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world quietly have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of other, mostly Latin American migrants caught at the Mexican border in 2015, according to arrest data from the Homeland Security Department.
Clear choice on the issues
It has become more apparent than ever that on issues that worry most Americans, presidential candidate Donald Trump is right and Hillary Clinton is wrong. Immigration: Trump intends to deport about two million illegal immigrants with criminal histories.
Lynn Jenkins and congressional challengers differ on immigration, foreign policy, Trump
On such topics as foreign policy and immigration, clear policy disagreements separate the three candidates for Congress in the state's 2nd District. U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Republican campaigning for a fifth term in Congress, is being challenged by Britani Potter, an Ottawa Democrat, and James Houston Bales, a Libertarian who lives in Lawrence.