Senate will take up immigration reform next week
by Susan Ferrechio | Feb 5, 2018, Senate Republican leaders said they plan to bring an immigration reform measure to the floor next week but have not indicated the specifics of the legislation. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, told the Washington Examiner lawmakers will debate immigration next week as long as Congress is able to clear a must-pass spending […]
N.J. immigration sweep by ICE leads to 101 arrests across the state
Dozens of people–many from Mexico and Central America–were arrested in New Jersey by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, in a five-day operation that officials on Tuesday said was targeted at “criminal aliens” and those charged with immigration violations. ICE said most of those arrested, who ranged in age 20 to 71 years old, […]
Why citizenship is important
Allowing immigrants a path toward becoming citizens and fully integrating into everyday life in the United States will create a sense of belonging and attachment to our nation, just as it did for Irish, Italians and countless others who all had the chance to be full-fledged Americans. We cannot allow those who have immigrated to […]
Meet El Salvador’s growing middle class: Deportees from the U.S.
The smell of slow-cooked Texas barbecue wafted over the outskirts of San Salvador as Jose Reyes cracked open another beer. It was Super Bowl Sunday, and Reyes had gathered with several dozen friends in a parking lot outside a stadium where the game would be screened. Dressed in baggy NFL and college jerseys, they traded jokes […]
Trump admin to issue temporary new restrictions on travel
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke is set to issue new, temporary restrictions on travel for foreign nationals coming to the U.S., which are tailored on a country-by-country basis, Trump administration officials told reporters on a call Friday. The Supreme Court is reviewing the travel ban October 10. Why it matters: Trump’s travel ban’s 90-day review […]
When Shelly Blanco, 42, voted for Donald Trump, she never expected his push to deport “bad hombres” would land her husband in jail.
Shelly Blanco stands in the dining room of the family home in Perry, Fla., on Friday, May 19, 2017. “We are ready for Rudy to come home,” said Blanco of her husband, seen with their daughter in the background, who is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Wakulla, Fla. (Photo: Joe Rondone, The […]
Trump Takes a (Calculated) Risk on Immigration
His voters don’t care what Steve Bannon thinks. But they might care if their president acts like a career politician. Republican Representative Steve King of Iowa says that President Donald Trump will see his base “destroyed” if he agrees to provide legal status to illegal immigrants who came here as children, or at least if […]
Trump’s decision on ‘Dreamers’ could spell fate of immigration reform
President Trump’s forthcoming decision on the fate of so-called Dreamers – unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the U.S. before adulthood – could have far-reaching consequences not only for his quest for immigration reform and an impenetrable border wall. As the Washington Examiner reported last week, Trump is under mounting pressure to terminate or phase […]
U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Court
Davino Watson told the immigration officers that he was a U.S. citizen. He told jail officials that he was a U.S. citizen. He told a judge. He repeated it again and again. There is no right to a court-appointed attorney in immigration court. Watson, who was 23 and didn’t have a high school diploma when […]
Immigrant Military Recruits Wait in Limbo As Defense Program’s Future Unclear
Min Zhao saw the Army as an exciting opportunity when she decided to change her career and leave marketing in 2016. In March of that year, she signed an enlistment contract as a combat medic and was scheduled to begin basic training six months later. But more than a year since she signed her agreement, […]
