The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has “closed the book” on the Trump administration’s public charge rule for immigrants. This is hardly an open-and-shut case. Breaking with the spirit, if not the letter, of longstanding U.S. immigration…
Immigration Blog Posts
Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly denied there was a border crisis, but on Saturday, he announced via press release that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be leading a “government-wide effort” to addr…
By scrapping Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration at the southern border, President Joe Biden can claw back Pentagon funds earmarked for wall construction. But any suggestion that the crisis has gone away is countered by swelling numbers …
After a marathon 15-hour vote-a-rama , the U.S. Senate passed a budget resolution by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. Because the Senate considered the bill under the budget reconciliation process, Democ…
Frustrated by the release of hundreds of criminal illegal aliens in North Carolina, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is posting some of their mug shots on billboards around Charlotte and Asheville. “These individuals were previously arres…
President-elect Joe Biden could save $2.6 billion if he keeps his pledge to end construction of the southern border wall, according to an Army Corps of Engineers estimate. But media reports glossed over, or simply ignored, the much bigger costs of such…
Since last year, President Donald Trump has worked with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the United States from Central America and other parts of the world. The initial indication is that is th…
Despite serving as a defining political issue in the 2016 general election, immigration has taken a back seat in 2020. In the first two nationally televised presidential and vice-presidential debates, debate moderators Chris Wallace and Susan Page fail…
The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) diverted more than $4 million from a regional development fund to immigration containment last year, according to a new report from the Associated Press (AP). The diversion of f…
U.S. District Judge George Daniels clearly has a thing about the Trump administration’s public charge rule for immigrants. For the second time in less than a year, Daniels knocked down administration efforts to strengthen the rules. Though his judicial…