Migrants Race to U.S. Border as Title 42 Pandemic Restrictions Expire, Straining Immigration System
The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending the three-year-old Title 42 asylum restriction.
Immigration
House Republicans Set to Pass New Asylum Restrictions as Title 42 Ends; Biden Promises Veto
House Republicans were on track Thursday to pass a sweeping bill to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers.
Biden: US-Mexico Border Will be “Chaotic for a While”
President Joe Biden predicts that the U.S.-Mexico border will be “chaotic for a while” when pandemic-related restrictions end on Thursday.
Vice President Harris to Visit U.S. Border with Mexico
The visit to El Paso, Texas, is planned for Friday and it comes after she’s received criticism from members of both parties for failing to go there despite taking on a leading role in the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration.
Doug Jones: Taking kids from parents “is completely contrary to our core American values.”
Says he will co-sponsor legislation blocking ICE agents from separating parents and kids.
Alabama’s newly elected Democratic U.S. Senator says he will co sponsor a bill introduced by fellow Democrat Dianna Feinstein “preventing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from taking children from their parents at the border.” “This cruel policy needs to end now but we need workable solutions that can address this specific problem long-term. While we all wish it were…
President Trump Delivers First Address to Joint Session of Congress
(AP Photo/LM Otero)President Donald Trump opened his address to a joint session of Congress by condemning the recent threats against Jewish community centers and a fatal shooting in Kansas being investigated as a hate crime. Trump on Tuesday said that “while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and…
US-Mexico Trade War Could Hit Mexico Economy, Spur Migration
If President Donald Trump makes good on threats to gut NAFTA and impose stiff tariffs on Mexican goods, economists say he risks a trade war that could lead to the very thing he is hoping to avoid – a huge surge in Mexican migration to the United States. The result would be catastrophe for the Mexican economy: Recession. A dramatic…
Magazine: Trump’s America Could Be Like Alabama With Nukes
Article says Trump's take on Church/State and Unions could match Alabama.
New York Magazine has published an article with this headline: Trump’s America Could Be Like Alabama With Nukes The article suggests Donald Trump’s America will be like Alabama, with a dislike for unions and a love of religion: “There is the Trump campaign’s commitment to a definition of “religious liberty” that means a large-scale abandonment of church-state separation principles that have…
Gov. Bentley Signs Court Brief Supporting Texas Immigration Lawsuit
Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced he has signed an Amicus Curiae, or friend of the court brief, to the United States Supreme Court along with six other governors to support the Texas lawsuit against the President’s executive amnesty order. “The President’s executive amnesty order severely impacts states, and governors are on the front lines in protecting states’ rights from federal…
SPLC Notes Uptick in Hate, Extremist Groups in 2015
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Leaders of a civil rights advocacy group say the number of hate groups and anti-government militias increased in 2015 – and they say the rise coincides with the increasing presence of fear and hate speech in mainstream politics. Southern Poverty Law Center released its Year In Hate and Extremism report Wednesday. The report says the number…
