The Trump administration will spare about 7,000 Syrians living in the United States from deportation for at least 18 months. But in a break from the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security announced on ...
Daily Archives: February 2, 2018
How Immigration Became So Controversial
Immigration seems to be the most prominent wedge issue in America. Senate Republicans and Democrats shut down the federal government over the treatment of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, also known ...
Latino Group Leader Faces Calls to Resign Over Trump Letter
Some board members and local council leaders said Thursday that Roger Rocha, the elected president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, should step down or be removed for telling Trump the storied civil right ...
Judge Grants Christian Indonesians Time to Fight Deportation
U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston said 50 Indonesians living illegally in New Hampshire must be given time to reopen their immigration cases and argue that the conditions in their home country have changed. ...
With DACA in Limbo, Teachers Protected by the Program Gird for the Worst
When President Trump rescinded the program in September, he gave Congress until early March to find a replacement before deportations are set to begin for the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the coun ...
Trump Sets Up a Grand Bargain on Immigration
Not surprisingly, advocates on both sides have argued that this is a terrible deal: A wall is un-American and won’t work anyway; the planned limits on chain migration are racist; and granting amnesty gives the wrong set ...