Daily Archives: February 26, 2020

A Mexican Exodus Is Helping Shrink the Undocumented Population

The number of unauthorized residents in the United States is down to its lowest point in more than 15 years. Mexicans, Poles and South Koreans are all among those leaving. ...

U.S. Supreme Court Skeptical of Law Against Encouraging Illegal Immigration

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan asked what would happen if the person gave 10 reasons to stay "and repeats that and repeats that, and it's very definitely encouraging and inducing a person to stay in this country - does that ...

Court Sides With Trump in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Grant Fight

The Byrne Program was named for New York City Police Officer Edward Byrne, who at age 22 was shot to death while guarding the home of a Guyanese immigrant cooperating with authorities investigating drug trafficking. ...

It’s time for candidates to address the bipartisan root causes of our immigration crisis

Candidates missed the opportunity last week in Nevada to address the root causes of our immigration crisis ...

The Supreme Court just held that a border guard who shot a child will face no consequences

Hernandez v. Mesa ends with a decidedly Trumpy result. ...

WHEN TWO JUDGES KNOCKED DOWN SENTENCES TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS FROM DEPORTATION, AMY KLOBUCHAR’S OFFICE APPEALED AND WON

Randall disagreed. “You can call something a ‘collateral consequence,’ but that has nothing to do with whether it is serious or inconsequential, or a tiny part of a whole piece, or, as in this instance, is the whole piec ...

ProPublica and Bronx Documentary Center Present Talk on Reporting the Realities of Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policy

. ProPublica went on to look deeper into how children had been affected by the policy, presenting powerful, in-depth accounts of their time in the U.S. immigration system. ...

Op-Ed: There’s a Ukrainian immigrant in my crawlspace, and I see him for what he is: An American

Originally published by LA Times As I write these words, there’s an immigrant in the crawlspace under the floor where I sit, a young Ukrainian guy who hasn’t been here long enough to understand what I say to him. He’s ...

This comedian says Border Patrol pulled him off a bus. Now he’s suing the government

Originally published by LA Times Libyan funny guy Mohanad Elshieky often riffs on cross-cultural quirks, such as the tendency of Americans to tell him that in this country, his name is pronounced “Mohammed.” “It’s ju ...

This immigration policy violates sacred patient-doctor confidentiality

We need to understand who decided to collect these therapy notes and to make sure they never have oversight over detained children again. We need to know whether anyone tried to protect the children and indeed whether in ...

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