There is no evidence that the White House actually has plans to penalize California as the president described. Trump made the remarks as an aside in a listening session he hosted with state and local officials who have ...
Daily Archives: February 22, 2018
What happens if Congress fails to make a deal on DACA by March 5th?
NOEMI LUNA was a teenager when she first realised she was not living legally in the United States. “When you’re little you go to school with other kids. You grow up with them and believe you’re the same, that you’re equa ...
A quick political guide to what’s next for the ‘Dreamers’
Not much. Federal judges in New York and California ordered the Justice Department to resume accepting DACA renewal applications while challenges to the program's end are appealed. Under DACA, more than 700,000 people ha ...
Migrante salvadoreña habla de su situación tras denunciar abuso sexual en centro de ICE en Texas
Durante al menos tres meses, Laura Yoridet Monterrosa Flores, salvadoreña, de 23 años de edad, sin familia en los Estados Unidos, ha estado denunciando el abuso sexual del que afirma haber sido objeto por parte de una mu ...
Lawsuit: Trump’s ending immigrant program racially motivate
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston seeks to block the administration from terminating temporary protected status for thousands of immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador. It claims Trump’s move to rescind the pro ...
Trump wants to cut immigration and foreign aid. Here’s how they’re connected.
Our research shows that when donor governments take a more restrictive stance on migration, they are likely to cut overall aid. They are also likely to direct remaining funds more heavily toward recipient countries that ...
What will happen to El Salvador when the U.S. ends the protected status of Salvadoran immigrants?
If the TPS program ends in September 2019, as currently planned, there are concerns that a drop in these remittances could result in increased poverty in El Salvador. In 2017, Salvadorans sent back an estimated $5.02 bil ...
A Federal Judge Put Hundreds of Immigrants Behind Bars While Her Husband Invested in Private Prisons
It was almost lunchtime inside the country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, on May 12, 2008. The meatpackers, mostly migrants from Guatemala and Mexico, wore earplugs to block out the noise of the mach ...
Trump quiere acabar con la “inmigración en cadena” en medio de dudas sobre cómo sus suegros obtuvieron la ‘green card’
En el año 2000, aplicó a una 'green card' patrocinada por ella misma al alegar sus habilidades extraordinarias como modelo, según dijo Wildes en plena campaña presidencial en 2016. Fue en 2001, cuando ya conocía a Trump, ...
Melania Trump’s parents’ immigration status could be thanks to ‘chain migration’
Viktor and Amalija Knavs have been living in the United States with green cards and have been frequently spotted in Washington since their son-in-law assumed the presidency. ...