IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Tuesday [10-17-17] blocked the Trump administration from implementing its planned new travel restrictions on people from six Muslim-majority countries, ruling the president’s latest ban on travel is likely unlawful. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the administration from enforcing […]
Category: Immigration
10/16/2017
ABORTION/HHS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL: “The Trump administration is preventing an undocumented, pregnant teenager detained in a Brownsville refugee shelter from getting an abortion in a policy shift with big implications for hundreds of other pregnant, unaccompanied minors held in such shelters… For the last seven months, the Health and Human Services Department has intervened to prevent abortions sought […]
10/16/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Monday [10-16-17] questioned attorneys defending the Trump administration about a classified report the government is using to justify its latest ban on citizens of some countries from entering the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland heard arguments for and against President Donald Trump’s […]
10/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over many years, the U.S. has resettled more refugees than any other nation, but the U.S. commitment has not kept pace as the number of refugees in need of resettlement has rapidly risen, a new report from the Pew Research Center finds. Since 1980, the U.S. has resettled about 3 million […]
10/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday [10-12-17] the policies that allow immigrants to seek asylum in the United States were broken and subject to ‘rampant abuse and fraud.’… Overhauling the U.S. asylum system was on a list of immigration proposals the White House sent Congress over the weekend that President Donald […]
10/11/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even as the Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a tough overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, the Department of Homeland Security is also quietly exploring ways it could transform the US immigration system on its own. The department has been examining a range of subtle modifications to immigration policies that […]
10/10/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court is one step closer to sidestepping a decision on President Donald Trump’s expiring travel ban, even while lawsuits on a new version of the ban move forward. The high court late Tuesday [10-10-17] dismissed one of two pending cases on Mr. Trump’s executive order from March that […]
10/10/2017
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The problem with agreeing to a policy on immigration is that the Democrats don’t want secure borders,they don’t care about safety for U.S.A.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2017 05:18am […]
10/9/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump on Monday [10-9-17] night publicly waded into the immigration debate for the first time, calling the plight of Dreamers a ‘very complicated issue that needs a long-term congressional fix.’ Addressing the Obama-era executive action that protected from deportation about 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children […]
10/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “First, the United States and Turkey temporarily stopped issuing visas to each other’s citizens. Then the Turkish lira plunged on international markets, and most travel between the two countries was curtailed. By midday Monday [10-10-17], fears rose that a minor diplomatic dispute threatened to flare up into a full diplomatic standoff. […]
10/9/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s demand that Congress approve dozens of immigration-enforcement measures threatens to derail sensitive negotiations on Capitol Hill over legislation that would help young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Most of the demands released Sunday [10-8-17] pleased his core supporters, but drew opposition from Democrats and even some […]
10/8/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House sent Congress an expansive set of principles that would sharply increase immigration enforcement at the border and inside the U.S. and significantly cut the number of new legal arrivals, demanding a high price for legislation under consideration to help ‘Dreamers.’ The documents arrive as lawmakers begin an emotional and […]
10/8/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to House and Senate Leaders & Immigration Principles and Policies President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to House and Senate Leaders: I am pleased to transmit to you my Administration’s principles for reforming our Nation’s immigration system. In 2012, after the Congress rejected legislation offering legal status and work […]
10/8/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “The U.S. and Turkey on Sunday [10-8-17] stopped issuing nonimmigrant visas to each others’ citizens on Sunday as differences between the NATO allies escalated into measures that could affect thousands of travelers. The U.S. Embassy in Ankara made the first move, saying in a statement that ‘recent events have forced the United […]
10/5/2017
CUBA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cubans have long regarded emigrating to the United States as something of a birthright derived from the privations they endured as a result of sanctions that Washington has imposed on Cuba for decades. Last week, for the first time in decades, the United States effectively shut down the immigration pipeline from the […]
10/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Sending immigration judges to the border has resulted in thousands of more cases being handled, the Justice Department announced Wednesday [10-4-17], though a substantial backlog in the immigration courts remain. The Justice Department released new statistics on Wednesday touting the effects of reassigning more than 100 immigration judges to the southern border, saying […]
10/3/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday [10-3-17] support for legislation allowing so-called Dreamers to stay in the U.S., but said they want it paired with immigration enforcement inside the U.S., as well as border security. Those conditions would make finding agreement difficult. Democrats say they want Congress to legalize young undocumented immigrants brought […]
10/3/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration would support legislation allowing illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to gain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, a Department of Homeland Security official said in testimony to Congress on Tuesday [10-3-17]. The Trump administration last month ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, […]
10/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Muslim immigrants and an advocacy group filed a fresh lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban that placed indefinite restrictions on the entry of citizens from eight countries to the United States… The complaint says that the majority of the people affected by the ban are Muslim […]
10/2/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Around the country, thousands of young undocumented immigrants like them have been lining up at legal clinics and scrambling to finish paperwork before the clock runs out on their chance to live and work legally in the United States. Like Mr. Solis, who came to the United States from El Salvador when […]
10/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It took nearly two hours from when President Trump signed his first attempt at a travel ban for the head of United States Customs and Border Protection to get an official version of the president’s executive order. In the hours that followed, officials scrambled to figure out how to enforce the […]
9/29/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday [9-29-17] launched the first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s new restrictions on people entering the United States from eight countries. The civil rights group said in a statement that it will seek to amend an existing lawsuit in Maryland federal court that was […]
9/28/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “Federal agents arrested 498 people from 42 countries in a four-day nationwide operation targeting cities that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement said give sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes. ICE officials said that the sweep, Operation Safe City, which concluded Wednesday [9-27-17], focused on ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ where the agency is […]
9/28/2017
DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and top aides have urged conservative Republicans in Congress to craft legislation protecting ‘Dreamers’ brought illegally to the United States as children, a move that could jeopardize efforts to work with Democrats on the issue. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and other […]
9/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is planning to assess the ability of refugees to assimilate—in addition to their need for protection—when deciding whether to admit them, according to an annual report to Congress on refugees. The report, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and has yet to be made public, says […]
9/26/2017
DHS/FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to impose his updated travel ban on Chad came over the objections of Pentagon and State Department officials, who argued that alienating the nation, one of America’s more reliable counterterrorism allies in Africa, risked harming long-term national security interests, administration officials said on Tuesday [9-26-17]. Mr. Trump […]
9/25/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “A new Senate GOP proposal is being released Monday [9-25-17] that creates a pathway to legalization for so-called Dreamers, but it won’t allow them to sponsor family members to the United States — one of several provisions that make the bill far more conservative than other relief measures for young undocumented immigrants… Tillis and […]
9/25/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [9-25-17] canceled arguments on President Trump’s travel ban that had been scheduled for Oct. 10. The court asked lawyers in the case to submit briefs by Oct. 5 discussing the effect of Mr. Trump’s new proclamation, issued Sunday, replacing his revised travel ban, which had […]
9/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Sunday [9-24-17] issued a new ban on entry to the U.S. that applies a range of restrictions on nationals from eight countries, including new targets Chad, North Korea and Venezuela. The new restrictions, replacing his previous order that expired on Sunday, apply to five of the six […]
9/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is stepping up its pursuit of parents who paid to have their children illegally brought into the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort, part of a widening crackdown on illegal immigration, is aimed at discouraging families from paying human smuggling organizations. As part of […]
9/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet. https://t.co/KJ886okyfC” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2017 06:49pm […]
9/22/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is preparing to replace its controversial travel ban—which sought to bar almost all travel to the U.S. from six countries—with more targeted restrictions affecting a slightly larger number of countries, people familiar with the process said. Rather than ban travel altogether from the nations on the new list, […]
9/20/2017
AUSTRALIA/IMMIGRATION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first refugees from Australia’s offshore detention centers will soon arrive in the U.S. under a resettlement deal that President Donald Trump blasted as ‘dumb,’ before his administration reluctantly agreed to honor it. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said about 50 refugees from Australian-backed detention camps in the South Pacific nations of Papua […]
9/20/2017
ECONOMY/FOREIGN POLICY/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUKES/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that: The provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile launches of July 3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of September […]
9/19/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/POLITICS: “Three congressmen were among a group of protesters arrested outside Trump Tower on Tuesday, where they were participating in a demonstration in support of immigrants and protections recently ended by the Trump administration. Democratic Reps. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Adriano Espaillat of New York were arrested on civil disobedience […]
9/18/2017
HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past […]
9/18/2017
IMMIGRATION/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “The State Department is giving immigration and consular officials new grounds to deny entry to visitors to the United States or to kick them out if they are already here. In a cable to American embassies around the world, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson wrote that visitors who require a visa before […]
9/18/2017
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Justice Department on Monday [9-18-17] said it would appeal a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to restrict federal funds for so-called sanctuary cities. U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of San Francisco earlier this year ruled that Trump’s sanctuary cities order was likely […]
9/15/2017
DEFENSE/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…In the last week, recruiters have rescinded contracts for an unknown number of foreign nationals who had signed up for Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, or Mavni, a program introduced in 2009 to attract immigrants with certain language and other skills that are in short supply into the armed forces. […]
9/15/2017
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “California legislators are expected to vote this week on a ‘sanctuary state’ bill aimed at impeding the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, after lawmakers reached a deal on the proposal. The agreement comes after resistance from law-enforcement officials as well as from an unexpected source: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill’s […]
9/15/2017
IMMIGRATION: “CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2017 08:00am […]
9/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [9-15-17] said so-called ‘chain migration,’ a term often used to refer to citizens or permanent residents sponsoring relatives or the clustering of certain immigrants in the same areas, cannot be included in any immigration legislation. ‘CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation […]
9/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2017 05:54am […]
9/15/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL: “Mixed signals from Washington over a possible agreement to preserve protections for young immigrants are increasing anxiety and confusion on college campuses, where the stakes are high. Amid the uncertainty, colleges and universities are stepping up efforts to protect students enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs, telling them to be hopeful […]
9/14/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top congressional Republicans signaled Thursday [9-14-17] that they wouldn’t be pressured into enacting an immigration framework reached between President Donald Trump and top Democrats, as conservatives reacted with alarm to news of a fledgling deal to protect young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Mr. Trump, who ran for president […]
9/14/2017
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders had muscled through their failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, punted on the perennial brinkmanship over the debt ceiling and finally reached the one issue that all of the party’s factions wanted to be on, tax reform. Then, over a Chinese dinner at the White House with the two […]
9/14/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!… They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own – brought in by parents at young age. Plus BIG border security” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/13/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump worked Wednesday [9-13-17] to find an agreement on legislation legalizing undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, pitching the issue at a bipartisan White House meeting and inviting the Capitol’s top two Democrats to dinner to plot strategy. The overtures have conservatives worried that the president […]
9/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/STATE: “The U.S. State Department on Wednesday [9-13-17] will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to deport. The new policies, laid out in State Department cables sent on Tuesday and reviewed by […]
9/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [9-12-17] again ordered a reinstatement of the Trump administration’s restrictions on refugee entry into the U.S., another shift in the seesaw legal battle over President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban. The high court issued an emergency order that sided with the Trump administration, after a federal […]
9/12/2017
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A top White House aide indicated Tuesday [9-12-17] that the Trump administration would not insist that legislation protecting young immigrants known as Dreamers be tied to funding for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border… The comments underscore President Donald Trump’s desire to see Congress approve a legislative fix for the Deferred Action […]
9/11/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Monday [9-11-17] issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to exclude most refugees from entering the United States while the Supreme Court considers challenges to its revised travel ban. The so-called administrative stay will probably be in place for only a short time, and the […]
9/11/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POPE FRANCIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As he flew near Caribbean islands devastated by Hurricane Irma on his way back to the Vatican from Colombia on Sunday [9-10-17], Pope Francis said that political leaders and others who denied climate change reminded him of a passage from the psalms about man’s stubbornness. ‘Man is stupid, the Bible […]
9/11/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday [9-11-17] to put on hold a federal appeals court ruling from last week that narrowed the scope of the travel ban as it applies to a certain class of refugees. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, Justice Department lawyers said that […]
9/11/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The top U.N. human rights official voiced concern on Monday [9-11-17] at the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program for immigrants who arrived illegally as children and urged the U.S. Congress to give them lasting legal status in the country. Referring to a move to end the Deferred Action for […]
9/8/2017
CALIFORNIA/DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The University of California and its president, a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on Friday [9-8-17] filed suit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, claiming it violates due process provisions of the Constitution. The lawsuit comes two days after 15 states […]
9/7/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Thursday [9-7-17] reopened the country’s door to thousands of refugees who had been temporarily blocked by President Trump’s travel ban, and also upheld a lower court decision that had exempted grandparents and other relatives from the ban. The ruling, from the United States Court of Appeals […]
9/7/2017
CRIME/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security had planned nationwide raids to target 8,400 undocumented immigrants later this month, according to three law enforcement officials and an internal document that described the plan as ‘the largest operation of its kind in the history of ICE,’ an acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
9/7/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some 690,000 undocumented immigrants are currently enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and risk losing protections if Congress doesn’t act, the Department of Homeland Security said. DACA provides two-year, renewable work permits and safe harbor from deportation to people brought to the U.S. as children. DHS figures show that […]
9/7/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump has indicated he would be willing to sign a version of the DREAM Act, legislation that would provide protections for undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children, that could get Democratic support. Her comments came during a Thursday [9-7-17] press conference, after […]
9/7/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For all of those (DACA) that are concerned about your status during the 6 month period, you have nothing to worry about – No action!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2017 08:42am […]
9/7/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program and blasted the Catholic Church’s support for undocumented immigrants because ‘they need illegal aliens to fill the churches.’… Bannon told Rose that he disagreed with Trump’s decision this week to […]
9/6/2017
DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “Democrats and Republicans scrambling to protect Dreamers before a March deadline will almost certainly have to swallow tougher immigration measures in return. GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, from the top tiers of leadership down to key rank and file, are quickly coalescing around pairing a measure that codifies the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
9/6/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL: “More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday [9-6-17], challenging the president’s plan to rescind a program that protects undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children. The lawsuit came a day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, created by former […]
9/6/2017
DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION: “House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday [9-6-17] he would work to find a compromise that protects young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, suggesting the measure may be paired with additional border security. The Wisconsin Republican said it was important to protect the young people in the wake of President […]
9/5/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [9-5-17] ordered an end to the Obama-era executive action that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation, calling the program an ‘amnesty-first approach’ and urging Congress to replace it with legislation before it begins phasing out on March 5, 2018… The statement was released shortly after Mr. Trump, who […]
9/5/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can’t, I will revisit this issue!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2017 07:38pm […]
9/5/2017
IMMIGRATION/POLITICS: “I look forward to working w/ D’s + R’s in Congress to address immigration reform in a way that puts hardworking citizens of our country 1st.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2017 03:45pm […]
9/5/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce resigned from President Donald Trump’s National Diversity Council Tuesday over the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ‘I tried to work as hard as I could with this administration on this issue and I continue to want to […]
9/5/2017
BUSINESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOBS: “American employers say they are missing one key ingredient these days: Workers. Finding qualified and available candidates is a major challenge for companies. Some have cut back on hiring as a result. Many businesses — from farmers to Facebook — plug the gap with some of the 27 million foreign-born workers living in the […]
9/5/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects young, undocumented immigrants sets up a six-month scramble among Republicans who want to save the protections, others who want to kill them and still others who hope to use the program’s future as a bargaining chip for other goals such as funding […]
9/5/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2017 07:04am […]
9/4/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New York and Washington state on Monday [9-5-17] vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the […]
9/1/2017
DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attention will immediately shift to Congress if President Donald Trump ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides protections and work permits for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The prime question is whether Republicans will be willing to give them similar protections via legislation. […]
9/1/2017
BUSINESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top executives at a range of companies, business groups and academic institutions banded together to voice support for an Obama-era program protecting young, illegal immigrants amid concerns that President Donald Trump could end the policy. In an open letter, more than 350 executives and other organization leaders urged Mr. Trump and congressional […]
8/30/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SANCTUARY CITIES/TEXAS: “A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked most of a sweeping state immigration law designed to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities, less than two days before the measure was to go into effect. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio said in a 94-page ruling issued Wednesday [8-30-17] evening that […]
8/28/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the latest arguments over President Trump’s travel ban, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Seattle indicated on Monday [8-29-17] that it would continue allowing grandparents and other relatives of United States residents to travel here from six predominantly Muslim countries. But the judges were less forthcoming about […]
8/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering major reductions in cultural exchange programs, including those for au pairs and summer workers, that allow young people from foreign countries to work in the U.S., people familiar with the administration’s planning said. President Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American and Hire American’ executive order, issued in April, calls […]
8/24/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Tuesday [8-22-17], I visited with the incredible men & women of @ICEgov & @DHSgov Border Patrol in Yuma, AZ. Thank you. We respect & cherish you! https://t.co/KSQddGqWzJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2017 12:13pm […]
8/23/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has been unusually cautious about his plans for so-called Dreamers, but he’s running out of time to make up his mind. Ten conservative states have threatened to sue the administration in order to kill off the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a 2012 initiative that has granted work […]
8/22/2017
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU to all of the great men and women at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Yuma, Arizona & around the United States! https://t.co/tjFx8XjhDz” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 22, 2017 07:20pm […]
8/21/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “The Trump administration is working with like-minded sheriffs from around the country on a plan to channel undocumented immigrants from local jails into federal detention, according to several sheriffs involved in the discussions. If it succeeds, it could vastly expand the dragnet that has already begun to transform immigration enforcement in the United […]
8/21/2017
IMMIGRATION/POPE FRANCIS: “Pope Francis urged political leaders on Monday [8-21-17] to defend migrants, saying their safety should take precedence over national security concerns and that they should not be subjected to collective deportations. His challenge to politicians, made in a comprehensive position paper on migrants and refugees, again appeared to put him at odds with […]
8/15/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is cutting off an Obama-era pathway to the United States for young migrants fleeing violence in Central America, further narrowing the options for thousands of people hoping to seek refuge here as the White House moves to tighten immigration rules. As of Wednesday [8-16-17], the Department of Homeland Security […]
8/10/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jamaicans and other foreign workers have long powered the summer economy in the upscale tourist haven of Martha’s Vineyard, cleaning hotel rooms, waiting tables and mixing fudge. This year, many local businesses had to come up with a Plan B. Facing a shortage of foreign laborers, local restaurants have reduced hours of […]
8/8/2017
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS: “Demand in America for Mexican farmhands, landscapers and other temporary workers is surging as the Trump administration moves to curb immigration and renegotiate its trade relationship with Mexico. That demand is prompting both countries to search for ways to ease labor shortages in key parts of the U.S. economy. In the first nine […]
8/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump embraces a proposal to sharply cut immigration to the United States, supporters of the plan point to the example of Australia and its ‘merit-based’ system for approving new immigrants. The plan Mr. Trump supports seeks to reduce immigration by curbing the ability of American citizens and legal residents to […]
8/2/2017
ETHICS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Kushner Cos., the New York property development business owned by the family of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, has been subpoenaed by New York federal prosecutors regarding its use of an investment-for-immigration program, according to people familiar with the matter. The subpoena concerns at least one Jersey City, N.J., development financed […]
8/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump embraced legislation on Wednesday [8-2-17] that would overhaul decades of immigration policy by replacing a system that favors family ties in deciding who can legally move to the United States with one based on skills and employability. At a White House announcement with two Republican senators, Mr. Trump put his […]
8/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Only hours after President Trump said Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto had called him to praise his migration policy, the Mexican government denied the two men had spoken recently by phone. Trump’s comment came Monday [7-31-17] as he was presenting his new chief of staff, John Kelly, who was moving to the […]
8/2/2017
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump and two Republican senators on Wednesday will unveil a plan at the White House to overhaul the rules for legal immigrants, a proposal that would slash numbers overall and focus on skilled immigrants, the White House said. Trump will discuss his support for a bill developed by senators […]
7/26/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “During his campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly pointed to the wrenching story of Kate Steinle—a young woman allegedly murdered by an undocumented Mexican—as a prime example of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Now, the man accused of killing Ms. Steinle, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, will soon be on trial, refocusing attention on an […]
7/25/2017
IMMIGRATION: “A federal judge in Detroit temporarily blocked the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi immigrants with criminal records who were detained by federal immigration agents last month. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith granted a preliminary injunction sought by attorneys for a group of Iraqis until they can make their case in immigration courts that […]
7/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES: “The highest court in Massachusetts dealt a fresh legal blow Monday [7-24-17] to the Trump administration’s effort to compel local authorities to assist in its crackdown against illegal immigration. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Massachusetts court officials can’t hold people in jail simply because the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
7/20/2017
IMMIGRATION/LABOR/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House’s ‘Made in America Week’ — that it cannot find qualified Americans to serve as cooks, waiters and housekeepers. Those requests were made to the Department of Labor in […]
7/19/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday [7-19-17] a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries. But in a partial win for Trump, the court gave the government more leeway to enforce a separate ban on […]
7/17/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION: “The Department of Homeland Security said Monday [7-17-17] it would make 15,000 more visas available for seasonal workers, increasing by nearly 50% the number of foreigners able to work in the U.S. this summer. The decision responds to complaints from businesses and members of Congress about a significant shortfall in H-2B visas that left […]
7/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the State of Hawaii to respond by Tuesday [7-18-17] at noon to President Donald Trump’s motion to block a judge’s ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement agencies, the court’s public information […]
7/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A federal judge in Hawaii ruled late Thursday [7-13-17] that the Trump administration’s temporary ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries and on refugees should not prevent grandparents and other close relatives of residents from entering the United States. The judge, Derrick K. Watson of Federal District Court in Honolulu, […]
7/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A Hawaii judge late Thursday [7-13-17]ordered a nationwide loosening of President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on U.S. entry for some travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, ruling the administration’s strict approach contradicted a recent Supreme Court ruling. The decision is a fresh legal blow for the president just two weeks after a […]