Originally published by LA Times In 2003, Kenyan immigrant Sylvester Owino was convicted of second-degree robbery in San Diego. He finished a more than two-year prison sentence and was transferred to the Otay Me ...
Daily Archives: November 12, 2018
Birthright citizenship key reason for U.S. success in immigrant assimilation, says pollster
Pollster Emily Ekins said on Friday that birthright citizenship was a key reason why the U.S. has been so successful at assimilating immigrant populations. ...
The asylum ban — Trump’s boldest immigration power grab yet — explained
A new policy in effect at the US-Mexico border puts thousands of asylum seekers at risk of summary deportation. ...
ICE Is Imprisoning a Record 44,000 People
The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has hit an all-time high, according to recent statistics reviewed by The Daily Beast. ...
Immigrants Following Trump’s Asylum Order Turned Back by Border Patrol
People waiting patiently to ask for sanctuary are told to go because there aren’t enough resources to process them, a bottleneck made worse by the president’s executive order. ...
They Were Stopped at the Texas Border. Their Nightmare Had Only Just Begun.
After crossing the Rio Grande, three immigrant women were picked up by a Border Patrol agent. Their relief soon turned to terror. ...
Questions and answers about Trump’s new immigration ban
President Donald Trump ordered Friday that anyone who enters the U.S. illegally from Mexico by going around official border crossings is ineligible for asylum. ...
Man’s harrowing journey to US underscores immigration shift
The young man traversed Andean mountains, plains and cities in buses, took a harrowing boat ride in which five fellow migrants drowned, walked through thick jungle for days, and finally reached the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
Demonizing immigrants is a losing cause for House GOP
Republicans across the country spent a lot of time and money trying to make the midterm elections about immigration. ...
Deportation without representation
Treated like a criminal, without the rights of a criminal. ...
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