IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House can’t get its broad immigration proposal moving, so officials are pursuing a narrow deal that would please the business community but might go against the president’s campaign promise to reduce overall immigration. In recent months, the administration has been in talks with senators about legislation that would create […]
Category: Immigration
2/18/2020
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mayor’s efforts to shield illegal aliens endangers the lives of the public and law enforcement who have to go into the field to apprehend those released. He shouldn’t be urging illegals to beat the system, he should be urging them to safely turn themselves in! https://t.co/sSJodorcVr“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, […]
2/17/2020
DACA/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “I’m going to lay down a detail … already have it written … a pathway to citizenship, it’s earned, and make sure that everybody is able to get into that pathway. I’m going to, once again, legalize all the DACA students. These DACA students are more American than most Americans are.” -Joe Biden, […]
2/17/2020
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “For me, immigration is all about family. All about family reunification. Nobody will be deported who is here in fact, unless they are in a position of having committed a felony while here or they engaged in a major felony, we find out about it. We’re not going to be standing outside of […]
1/17/2020
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is a moral failing when children are ripped from their parents’ arms, locked away in overcrowded detention centers, and denied toothbrushes and soap. We have to end Donald Trump’s cruel policies and build a fair and humane immigration system.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Jan. 17, 2020 1:56 pm […]
12/31/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP BUSINESS: “For years, the Trump Organization used undocumented workers to tend to its hotels, golf courses and other properties, even as Donald Trump railed against the threat of illegal immigration as both a candidate and president. This year, faced with a public reckoning after some of those workers came forward, the organization has […]
12/19/2019
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “[T]he reason we’re the country we are is because of immigration. We’ve been able to cherry pick the best from every single continent. The people who come here have determination, resilience. They are ready to stand up and work like the devil. We have 24 out of every 100 children in our schools […]
12/11/2019
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants inside the United States dropped in the past year, according to government data released on Wednesday [12-11-19], a sharp contrast to the ‘millions’ of deportations that President Trump promised this summer. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested about 143,000 immigrants in the country’s interior from October 2018 […]
11/27/2019
DRUGS/FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A border wall. Mass deportations. Punishing tariffs. A halt to foreign aid. An end to a decades-old trade deal. For years, President Trump has pressured or wielded threats against Mexico, hoping to force a policy change, excite his political base, or both. This week, he did it again, announcing that he […]
11/14/2019
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. We’ve always known that Donald Trump’s cruel immigration policies are a violation of our core American values. Now we know the architect of those policies has embraced and fanned the ugly flames of white nationalism.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, […]
10/30/2019
IMMIGRATION/REFUGEES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On his first day in this small college town cradled between the Flathead and Lolo national forests, Funugo Nsanzinfura made sure to submit the paperwork necessary for his daughter, Faith, and her mother, Ayingeneye, to join him in the growing community of Congolese refugees here. Since that day in 2018, he has cooked […]
10/29/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KerriKupecDOJ: .@realDonaldTrump: ‘Nationwide injunctions undermine our entire immigration system. It is not job of judges to impose th…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2019 6:36 am […]
10/22/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FrancoOrdonez: Immigration Hardliners Fight For Cuccinelli To Be Next DHS Secretary : NPR https://t.co/csVNSlfro9” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2019 9:02 am […]
10/16/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador have all signed historic Asylum Cooperation Agreements and are working to end the scourge of human smuggling. To further accelerate this progress, the U.S. will shortly be approving targeted assistance in the areas of law enforcement & security.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2019 1:44 pm […]
10/15/2019
COURTS/ENTITLEMENTS/IMMIGRANTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Chicago had joined three others nationwide in temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s policy to deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps and other government benefits. Judge Gary Feinerman granted a temporary injunction Monday [10-14-19] night blocking the new rules hours before they would have […]
10/15/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a suburban supermarket a few days ago, Warda Abdi, a Somali-American, was approached by a white woman she had never met, who said: ‘We love you guys. We want you to be here.’ A far different message was left on Friday on the voice mail of Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, a journalist […]
10/14/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/ISIS/NATIONAL SECURITY/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/TURKEY: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation in and in relation to Syria, and in particular the recent actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the campaign to defeat the Islamic State […]
10/4/2019
IMMIGRATION/POLAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have just officially nominated Poland for entry into the Visa Waiver Program. With this decades long-awaited announcement, we are in the final steps of the process which, when complete, would grant Polish nationals visa-free business and tourism travel to the U.S. & vice versa.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2019 5:02 […]
9/26/2019
IMMIGRATION/REFUGEES/SECRETARY OF STATE/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “In resettling refugees into American communities, it is the policy of the United States to cooperate and consult with State and local governments, to take into account the preferences of State governments, and to provide a pathway for refugees to become self-sufficient. These policies support each other. Close cooperation with […]
9/14/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Great news about the work we are doing on illegal immigration! https://t.co/ihTYQAYWxu” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 14, 2019 2:15 pm […]
9/13/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news about the work we are doing on illegal immigration! https://t.co/ihTYQAYWxu” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 13, 2019 5:08 pm […]
9/13/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Illegal Immigration costs the USA over 300 Billion Dollars a year. There is no reason for this, and things are being set in motion to have this number come WAY DOWN. Democrats could end Loopholes and it would be a whole lot easier, and faster. But it will all happen anyway!….” –Donald […]
9/13/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s immigration judges lost a key leader this week, the latest in a string of departures at the top of the system amid a backlog of cases and a migrant crisis at the southwestern border. The official, David Neal, said that he would retire from his position as head of the […]
9/11/2019
IMMIGRATION/REFUGEES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chhaya Chhoum’s journey to the Bronx began in the forced labor camp where the Khmer Rouge, during its genocidal rule in 1970s Cambodia, had forced her parents to wed. Her mother, who was 18, fled with her family, carrying her infant through jungle trails to refugee camps in Thailand. But the camps […]
9/9/2019
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Monday [9-9-19] issued a nationwide order barring a Trump administration policy that denies asylum to migrants crossing the border unless they have already tried and failed to obtain asylum in another country along the way, a rule that effectively bans claims for most Central Americans fleeing persecution and […]
9/6/2019
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Immigration Law Institute’s Christopher Hajec says, ‘The Supreme Court has to look st whether DACA is lawful. What they are looking at now is whether Trump’s recision of DACA is lawful. Must consider lawfulness of DACA itself. Looks very odd that President Trump doesn’t…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2019 […]
9/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @DaveNYviii: President Trump Border Update 500 Miles of Wall Complete by Close of 2020 Irregular Migration Reduced by 50% #BuildTheWal…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2019 7:06 am […]
9/4/2019
DHS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/INVESTIGATIONS/PARDONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday [9-4-19] subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security for documents connected to President Donald Trump’s alleged offer to pardon officials who break the law while carrying out his immigration agenda. Trump has denied making such an offer, and his allies have reportedly claimed his closed-door […]
9/4/2019
FLORIDA/IMMIGRATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-4-19] to waive some visa requirements for citizens of the Bahamas, which was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. In a letter to Trump, Rubio and Scott requested that the administration make it easier for citizens of the Bahamas […]
9/4/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number of migrants caught crossing the southwest border continued a sharp decline in August, according to preliminary figures obtained by POLITICO. Border Patrol arrested roughly 51,000 migrants in August, a 30 percent drop from the previous month. The latest figures signal that counter-migration measures instituted by the Trump administration may be […]
9/2/2019
DHS/HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Monday [9-2-19] announced that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries, an abrupt move last month that generated public outrage and was roundly condemned by the medical establishment. On Aug. 7, the United States Citizenship and Immigration […]
9/1/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: ‘It is disheartening that families continue to put their lives and the lives of their children at risk of drowning and heat…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2019 9:03 am […]
8/28/2019
EDUCATION/IMMIGRATION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cottey College, a women’s college in Nevada, Mo., accepted six students from Ethiopia this year, and officials were disappointed when two of them were denied visas. They were puzzled by the reason: The students, the State Department said, did not have strong enough ties to their home country and might not return. […]
8/28/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Trump’s signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southwestern border is far behind schedule. So he has told his aides to get the job done by whatever means necessary, including by seizing land on the Mexican frontier. The president has repeatedly suggested during meetings on immigration policy that […]
8/26/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow a rule limiting asylum claims to go into effect nationwide while a lower court ruling blocking it is appealed. A federal judge had blocked the Trump administration rule, which dramatically limits the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum if […]
8/23/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: The Flores agreement is a catch-22—creating ‘an enormous incentive for adult migrants to bring kids along, even if the jour…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 23, 2019 8:11 pm […]
8/22/2019
CITIZENSHIP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The day after his administration unveiled a regulation that would allow it to indefinitely detain migrant families with children, President Trump also revived talk of a much more radical step: abolishing automatic American citizenship for anyone born in the United States. Mr. Trump said on Wednesday [8-21-19] that the rule, enshrined in […]
8/21/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brandon Judd, President, National Border Patrol Council. ‘This will effectively end Catch and Release and curb illegal entries.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 21, 2019 6:44 am […]
8/20/2019
ENTITLEMENTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: ‘Foreign individuals should not be allowed to come to America in order to take advantage of its welfare programs,’ the Was…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2019 8:42 am […]
8/20/2019
AGRICULTURE/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a bid to strengthen an asylum deal forged between Guatemala’s outgoing president and the United States, a U.S. official offered on Monday [8-19-19] to triple the number of temporary farmworker visas available to Guatemalans. Last month, under threat of painful sanctions issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, Guatemala’s Jimmy Morales […]
8/18/2019
IMMIGRATION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @OliverMcGee: Wow. Throwback to when Senator Barack Obama agreed with @realDonaldTrump on immigration! RT this so your friends see this!…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2019 10:25 pm […]
8/16/2019
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Friday [8-16-19] handed the Trump administration a partial victory in its quest for an asylum ban, appearing to clear the way for imposing it along the border in New Mexico and Texas, at least temporarily. While the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
8/16/2019
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: .@CBPArizona agents arrested a previously deported child rapist on Wednesday after he attempted to re-enter the United Stat…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 7:43 am […]
8/15/2019
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: After @ICEgov recently removed illegal immigrants working at Koch Foods’ plants in Mississippi, Americans are applying for…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2019 2:53 pm […]
8/14/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has said the immigration overhaul it announced this week will ensure that new legal residents carry their own weight, without prejudice or favor. Yet the new rule for weeding out those who might be a drain on taxpayers will almost certainly disadvantage poor people from Latin America, Africa and […]
8/14/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @parscale: WE MUST ENFORCE OUR LAWS! Both suspects are illegal aliens. One was ordered removed but never left. The other was deported &…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2019 4:41 pm […]
8/12/2019
IMMIGRATION/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [8-12-19] broadened his assault on the nation’s immigration system, issuing a new rule targeting legal immigrants who want to remain in the United States but whose lack of financial resources is judged likely to make them a burden on taxpayers. The new regulation is aimed at hundreds of […]
8/12/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TeamTrump: President @realDonaldTrump is ensuring that non-citizens do not abuse American’s public benefits. The Public Charge Rule wi…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2019 5:28 pm […]
8/12/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: JUST ANNOUNCED: President @realDonaldTrump will enforce a Clinton-era law to ensure that non-citizens do not abuse our publ…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2019 2:32 pm […]
8/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Border Patrol took us to the border itself, including a boat patrol of the Rio Grande River. We saw Mexican government au…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 10:42 pm […]
8/8/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/CUBA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a new hint of life in the dilapidated downtown of Ciudad Juárez, which residents abandoned as a recession and drug gang murders ravaged the city a decade ago. Thousands of Cubans, waiting in limbo for a decision on their requests for asylum in the United States, have made the […]
8/7/2019
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joe Biden lit into President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-6-19], assailing his moral compass and asserting that the president ‘has publicly and unapologetically embraced a political strategy of hate, racism and division.’ Vowing that ‘we can’t, and I will not, let this man be reelected,’ Biden warned an audience in […]
8/7/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 41-year-old Detroit man deported to Iraq in June died Tuesday [8-6-19], according to the American Civil Liberties Union and two people close the man’s family. The man, Jimmy Aldaoud, spent most of his life in the U.S., but was swept up in President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration enforcement efforts. Edward […]
8/6/2019
IMMIGRATION/RACISM/RELIGION/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In recent years a number of Catholic bishops have denounced President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and harsh rhetoric toward immigrants and people of color. But one church leader went one step further, becoming likely the first Catholic bishop in the United States to publicly accuse Trump of racism. In a series of […]
8/6/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number of Mexicans refused immigrant visas to the U.S. because they might become dependent on government benefits skyrocketed under President Donald Trump, according to State Department data obtained by POLITICO. Between Oct. 1 and July 29, the State Department denied 5,343 immigrant visa applications for Mexican nationals on the grounds that the […]
8/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign has harnessed Facebook advertising to push the idea of an ‘invasion’ at the southern border, amplifying the fear-inducing language about immigrants that he has also voiced at campaign rallies and on Twitter. Since January, Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign has posted more than 2,000 ads on Facebook that […]
8/5/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DHS/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/SECRETARY OF STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VENEZUELA: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015 (Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela), as amended, […]
8/3/2019
CRIME/GERMANY/IMMIGRATION/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KTHopkins: After a man is hacked to death in broad daylight by a Syrian migrant with a samurai sword, Merkel’s media says “differences…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2019 7:14 am […]
8/2/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wasn’t getting an immigration regulation he wanted. So he sent a series of scorching emails to top immigration officials, calling the department an ‘embarrassment’ for not acting faster. The regulation in question would allow the Department of Homeland Security to bar legal immigrants from obtaining green cards […]
8/2/2019
IMMIGRATION/PROTESTERS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paused his rally for nearly three minutes after protesters interrupted his remarks Wednesday evening in Cincinnati. The protesters held signs that said “Immigrants Built America’ and ‘Chinga La Migra’ — Spanish for ‘f*** border patrol.’ The protest broke out when Trump began talking about immigration and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico […]
8/2/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump struck an agreement last week to require thousands of Central American migrants to seek asylum in Guatemala before coming to the United States. But the White House ceremony to hail what the president called a ‘landmark’ measure — one that could transform the American immigration system — almost […]
7/31/2019
IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A few residents in Colorado Springs, Colorado, have started an online petition to change the name of a local street that shares its name with President Donald Trump. The petition calls for Trump Avenue to be changed to Immigrant Way. It was started by Nina Ellis Frischmann and her team to complete a […]
7/31/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The cages for kids were built by the Obama Administration in 2014. He had the policy of child separation. I ended it even as I realized that more families would then come to the Border! @CNN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2019 8:46 pm […]
7/31/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Guatemala’s refugee agency meets only sporadically and operates on a bare-bones basis, adding to doubts about how the crime-wracked, impoverished Central American country will cope with a surge in asylum-seekers under a deal signed with Washington. Guatemala’s shortcomings raise doubts about U.S. migration deal signed with Washington.Under Friday’s [8-2-19] accord, Guatemala […]
7/30/2019
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite the Democrats wanting very unsafe Open Borders & refusing to change the Loopholes & Asylum, tremendous progress is being made the the Southern Border. We all waited because we assumed the Dems would ultimately be forced to change the horrible Immigration Laws.They didn’t!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2019 5:43 am […]
7/28/2019
DEMS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘If the Democrats would have closed the Loopholes two years ago when President Trump asked them to do so, none of this stuff would have happened.’ @ThomasHomanICE” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 28, 2019 8:47 pm […]
7/26/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The US signed an asylum agreement Friday [7-26-19] afternoon with Guatemala that could limit the ability of some Central American migrants to claim asylum in the US. The agreement, which President Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office, commits Guatemala to extend asylum to migrants who seek it when they’re moving […]
7/26/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘@DHSgov @DHSMcAleenan Puts Guatemalan Migrants on Fast Track Home’ https://t.co/SrkbGqsqvv” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2019 4:59 pm […]
7/26/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Today, President Trump announced a safe third country agreement with Guatemala that will put human smugglers out of busines…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2019 4:38 pm […]
7/26/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [7-26-19] again sought to block migrants from Central America from seeking asylum, announcing an agreement with Guatemala to require people who travel through that country to seek refuge from persecution there instead of in the United States. American officials said the deal could go into effect within […]
7/26/2019
DRUGS/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/UN: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking […]
7/23/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Declaring that ‘Guatemala has not been good,’ President Trump threatened on Tuesday [7-23-19] to retaliate against the country for not signing an immigration deal. He said his administration was considering imposing tariffs on Guatemalan exports or taxing money sent home by migrants. The deal, called a ‘safe third country’ agreement, would […]
7/23/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Guatemala, which has been forming Caravans and sending large numbers of people, some with criminal records, to the United States, has decided to break the deal they had with us on signing a necessary Safe Third Agreement. We were ready to go. Now we are looking at the ‘BAN,’….” –Donald Trump, […]
7/22/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said on Monday [7-22-19] that it would speed the deportations of undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have been in the United States for more than two years, allowing federal agents to arrest and deport more people without a hearing before a judge. Critics warned that the new rule, […]
7/22/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico has sharply reduced migration across its territory toward the United States, officials say, and recent polls suggest hardening local attitudes toward migrants who remain in the country. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Monday [7-22-19] that Mexico had reduced northward migration by 36.2%. He credited the National Guard and a tightening […]
7/21/2019
CALIFORNIA/ICE/IMMIGRATION/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal inspectors visiting a California migrant detention center made a shocking discovery last year: Detainees had made nooses from bedsheets in 15 of 20 cells in the facility they visited. The inspection revealed the extent of a largely unseen mental health crisis within the growing population of migrants who are being […]
7/21/2019
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big progress at the Border, but Dems in Congress must change the Immigration Laws for all to be good! End the Loopholes and much more.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 21, 2019 6:14 am […]
7/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday [7-19-19] called President Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration initiatives ‘unacceptable’ and warned his administration against misappropriating funding authorized only for humanitarian use. The criticism came as two congressional delegations toured the U.S.-Mexico border area near McAllen, Texas, as part of efforts to oversee policies banning nearly all asylum-seekers […]
7/18/2019
CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LATINOS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The United States 2016 election, when President Donald Trump was voted into office, may have been tied to a rise in premature births among Latina women across the US, according to a new study. In the nine months beginning with November 2016, about 3.2% to 3.6% more preterm births to Latina women […]
7/18/2019
GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Most of the MS-13 Gang members indicted & arrested in L.A. were illegal aliens, 19 of 22. They are said to have killed many people in the most brutal fashion. They should never have been allowed in our Country for so long, 10 years. We have arrested and deported thousands….” –Donald Trump, […]
7/18/2019
CITIZENSHIP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ken Cuccinelli had virtually no hope of getting a Senate-confirmed job, having spent years leading conservative efforts to oust incumbent Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But in the six weeks since President Donald Trump named him as acting head of the relatively obscure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, […]
7/18/2019
AUSTRALIA/BORDER/EU/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s approach to migration, which has reshaped American border enforcement with its ‘zero tolerance’ policy, follows a model pioneered by the European Union and Australia — though they may not have pursued it with Mr. Trump’s bombast. Like Mr. Trump’s policies, defined by child-filled detention camps and his extraordinary move to […]
7/17/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Together, we will continue unleashing the power of American enterprise, so every American can know the dignity of work and the pride of a paycheck. With your help, we will elect a Republican Congress to create a safe, modern, fair, and LAWFUL system of immigration! #MAGA2020 https://t.co/zxy6zRLGu1” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, […]
7/17/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/PENTAGON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon will send an additional 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to assist in securing the United States border with Mexico, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday [7-17-19], in a move that would significantly expand the American military presence there. The deployment would increase the number […]
7/17/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats in Congress are getting nothing done, not on drug pricing, not on immigration, not on infrastructure, not on nothing! Sooo much opportunity, yet all they want to do is go ‘fishing.’ The American people are tired of the never ending Witch Hunt, they want results now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/17/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is — by far — one of the most heavily visited countries in the world. In 2018, nearly 80 million people visited the U.S., pumping over $1 trillion into its economy. Most business travelers and tourists are allowed to stay anywhere from 90 days to six months before returning […]
7/15/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Obama Administration built the Cages, not the Trump Administration! DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE US THE VOTES TO CHANGE BAD IMMIGRATION LAWS.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2019 4:43 pm […]
7/15/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Detention facilities are not Concentration Camps! America has never been stronger than it is now – rebuilt Military, highest Stock Market EVER, lowest unemployment and more people working than ever before. Keep America Great!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2019 4:08 pm […]
7/15/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….What does it mean for America to have free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants, no criminalization of coming into our Country – See how that works for controlling Immigration! They talk about Israel like they’re a bunch of thugs, not victims of the entire region. They wanted…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2019 […]
7/15/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Long before a surge of migrants from Central America overwhelmed the southwestern border, the Trump administration was already waging a broad assault on the rules determining who can seek asylum in the United States. But on Monday [7-15-19], the administration announced one of its most restrictive rules yet for a system, […]
7/14/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Friday’s tour showed vividly, to politicians and the media, how well run and clean the children’s detention centers are. Great reviews! Failing @nytimes story was FAKE! The adult single men areas were clean but crowded – also loaded up with a big percentage of criminals……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2019 8:45 […]
7/14/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..Sorry, can’t let them into our Country. If too crowded, tell them not to come to USA, and tell the Dems to fix the Loopholes – Problem Solved!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2019 8:45 am […]
7/13/2019
DONALD JR/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Does anyone else remember when Democrats used to oppose illegal immigration? https://t.co/PFfx1guFm7” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:43 am […]
7/13/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: ignoring the excellent care being provided to families and children. Our great @CBP agents deserve better and the American people d…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:40 am […]
7/12/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @VP: Toured the Donna Processing Center with @SecondLady and saw firsthand how even in the face of our overwhelmed facilities, @CBP is p…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 4:10 pm […]
7/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump confirmed Friday [7-12-19] that border agents will begin raids in selected American cities this weekend to remove people who are in the United States illegally…Trump’s opponents have urged him to hold off on the raids, calling them an unnecessary overreaction and arguing that they are likely to ensnare innocent […]
7/11/2019
BORDER/ELIZABETH WARREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts offered an immigration proposal on Thursday [7-11-19] that would create new protections for migrants, investigate allegations of abuse under the Trump administration and allow far higher numbers of refugees into the country. Ms. Warren’s plan includes an assertive push for liberal immigration priorities, like decriminalizing unauthorized […]
7/11/2019
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday [7-14-19], according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation, the final details of which remain in flux. The operation, backed by President Trump, had been postponed, partly […]
7/11/2019
CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats had to quickly take down a tweet called ‘Kids In Cages, Inhumane Treatment at the Border,’ because the horrible picture used was from the Obama years. Very embarrassing! @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 7:08 am […]
7/9/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee will vote this week to authorize a bevy of new subpoenas on the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the border and on President Trump’s possible obstruction of justice, summoning some of the biggest names to surface in Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. […]