“We’re back at square one,” said Cesar Vargas, the executive director of Dream Action Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group. ...
Daily Archives: January 23, 2018
Why the U.S. Is Taking 58 Refugees in a Deal Trump Called ‘Dumb’
Several refugees told me in November that they were told they would be departing in January — not anticipating the battle over immigration that has gripped Washington over the past few weeks. ...
The Slow-Motion Unraveling of an Immigrant Family
“After all this, you learn to be a better human being,” he said. “You understand people better. You see immigrants and working people. What has happened to me has helped to make me humbler, simpler and to understand peop ...
Trump Is Killing the American Dream
The American dream was never a perfect vision, insofar as it tended to exclude minorities and disparage the poor. But it encouraged us to see ourselves and our neighbors with love and potential, two values that are despe ...
The Government Is Dead. Long Live the Government!
Gail: A lot of ifs, and it still doesn’t address what does seem to be a not-just-Democrats revulsion against the president himself. ...
The Latest: Immigrant advocates skewer Senate Democrats
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is defending President Donald Trump’s lack of outreach to Democratic lawmakers during the government shutdown. ...
Americans broadly embrace the Democratic immigration position — but are divided on Trump’s crackdown
Two-thirds of Americans strongly support that program. Even three-quarters of Trump’s own party supports the DACA program as described, 46 percent of them strongly. ...
The Senate will take up immigration, but will the House — and Trump — follow?
He’s very sympathetic towards the children, towards these young people,” he said. “He wants it to be done.” But Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who holds hard-line immigrat ...
Graham-Durbin immigration proposal ‘completely dishonest,’ White House says
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) “were completely dishonest” in their negotiations on immigration with President Donald Trump, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday. ...
Immigration Authorities Detain Woman On A Greyhound Bus After Asking Everyone For ID
She was reportedly visiting family in Florida. ...