Though mass deportation of immigrants in the country illegally has been a central talking point of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, on the national debate stage both the former president and his Republican running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, have offered few details about how it would work. Asked to explain during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate how a Trump administration would carry out what he …
Category: Immigration
How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing
The chart is representative of how the Trump campaign has addressed immigration, making a strident argument for tougher border measures while erasing or misstating key parts of his record.
Name stripped from Frank Lloyd Wright cottage in Glencoe after historians discover racist past
The Glencoe Historical Society has removed the name of Sherman Booth from a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage after discovering the extent of Booth’s efforts to reduce the number of Black citizens from Glencoe roughly 100 years ago by using racially restrictive covenants. The cottage now located at in the Ravine Bluffs neighborhood was designed by the noted architect Wright as a gift to Booth, his friend and attorney. GHS took possession of the structure several years ago amid demolition fears. GHS officials said they were previously aware of the large decline in Glencoe’s Black population in the 1920s, but they […]
She defended ‘El Chapo.’ Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career
By MEGAN JANETSKY MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a […]
Biden administration set to make asylum limits more permanent
The Biden administration is expected to take action next week to make it harder to lift its policy banning asylum for migrants who cross the southern border illegally, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
Venezuelans crossing the Darien Gap say they lost hope after contentious presidential election
Venezuelans trekking across the Darien Gap – a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama – say they’re making the perilous journey because they lost hope for change after a contentious presidential election.
Kamala Harris heads to the US-Mexico border to face down criticism of her record
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
Kamala Harris plans to campaign on Arizona’s border with Mexico to show strength on immigration
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign tries to turn the larger issue of immigration from a liability into a strength.
Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes first-in-the-nation attempt to employ undocumented students
California’s public university campuses will not be opening campus jobs to undocumented students after Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected legislation to create such a mandate.