A watchdog group voted Tuesday to urge Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to do more to distance his department from the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the sheriff’s policies still allow ...
Daily Archives: May 23, 2019
Nativo Lopez, a pioneering and polarizing Latino leader in O.C. and L.A., dies at 68
When filmmaker Mylène Moreno decided to find a story in 2003 that would illustrate for a national audience how Orange County had changed from the white, conservative stronghold of her youth into something more complex, s ...
A Sixth Migrant Child Has Now Died in U.S. Government Custody
The U.S. government acknowledged Wednesday that an unaccompanied 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died in custody last September, CBS News reports, the sixth known minor in the past eight months to die in government cus ...
Trump Dumped Thousands of Immigrants in San Antonio. The City’s Response Was a Lesson in Kindness.
“When it’s up close and personal, people do a better job separating the politics from the people.” ...
Democratic congresswoman: Immigrant child deaths are ‘intentional’ Trump administration policy
The House Homeland Security Committee broke out in a skirmish today after Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) accused the Trump administration of intentionally killing immigrant children at the border. ...
House Hearing Grows Heated Over Migrant Children’s Deaths
A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration's border policies for the deaths of migrant children, an accusation the acting head of the Homeland Security Department called "appalling." ...
Pentagon to Build Temporary Shelter for 7,500 Migrant Adults Facing Deportation
The Pentagon said on Wednesday that it would build temporary housing along the southwestern border for 7,500 migrant adults facing deportation, the latest step in the administration’s efforts to respond to a surge of und ...
The Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants, its new museum recounts
Lady Liberty was inspired by the end of the Civil War and emancipation. The connection to immigration came later. ...
What’s behind the desire for ‘skilled’ immigrants? Racial prejudice.
New research shows that the preference for “skills” conceals bias against Latinos. ...
Power Up: Trump’s new immigration coordinator has a lot to coordinate
The appointment of the hawkish conservative comes on the heels of major upheaval at DHS after Trump ousted Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, replacing her with acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan — all while the administratio ...
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