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At Texas Border, Some Support for Abbott’s Crackdown Is Waning
Gov. Greg Abbott’s intensive campaign to turn back migrants was initially welcomed on the border. But in Eagle Pass, the effort’s main focal point, residents are having second thoughts. By Edgar Sandoval | The New York Times | AUG. 22, 2023 | Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar When Gov. Greg Abbott ... -
Visa Refusals And Immigration Policies Lead To Fewer Students
By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | AUG. 9, 2023 | Photo by Alex Wong Consular officers denying visas and uncompetitive immigration policies have contributed to a drop in international students attending U.S. universities. Analysts say the decline harms U.S. economic efforts to attract talent and weakens America’s soft power focused ... -
Inside Trump's new plan to limit immigration
By Stef W. Kight | AXIOS | AUG. 21, 2023 | Illustration by Sarah Grillo Former President Trump wants unprecedented restrictions on immigration and the border if he's elected in 2024 — such as screening prospective immigrants for "Marxist" ideologies and a naval blockade to target drug smugglers, Axios has learned. Why it matters: As ... -
Trump’s Sickening Plans for an All-Out War on Immigrants
If you thought his first term was bad, wait until you see what he’s plotting for round two. By Edith Olmsted | The New Republic | AUG. 21, 2023 Donald Trump is reportedly planning an immigration crackdown that would make his first stint in the White House look tame. Axios reports that Trump, if ... -
The US is facing a labor shortage — immigration is the solution
By Johannes Lang & Zuzana Cepla | The Hill | AUG. 18, 2023 | Photo by Nam Y. Huh For over 35 years, the American political system has been unable to make any significant change to U.S. immigration policy. In June 2023, a bipartisan coalition of representatives introduced the Dignity Act, ... -
Texas was warned about anti-migrant border buoys months before DOJ stepped in
Barrier installation continued despite U.S.-Mexico river agency’s demands for federal OK and proof that flooding wouldn’t get worse. By Aaron Torres & Todd J. Gillman | The Dallas Morning News | AUG. 8, 2023 | Photo by Eric Gay AUSTIN — Newly uncovered records show Texas officials ignored warnings that ... -
Fact Check-Illinois bill only allows certain non-citizens to become police officers
By Reuters Fact Check | Reuters | AUG. 4, 2023 | Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast Illinois House Bill 3751 only allows non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S. and are authorized to possess firearms under federal law to become police officers. Contrary to confusion on social media, ... -
Roberto Rodriguez, prolific writer on Chicano life, dies at 69
By Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 1, 2023 | Photo by Millicent Michelle Pepion In the spring of 1979, Roberto Rodriguez was on assignment for Lowrider Magazine in East Los Angeles. The film “Boulevard Nights,” which dramatized the life of Chicano gangs in the neighborhood, had just debuted, and ... -
‘Encouraging’ illegal immigration is not protected as free speech, Supreme Court rules
By David G. Savage | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a free-speech challenge to a long-standing immigration law that makes it a crime to “encourage or induce” a noncitizen to illegally enter or reside in this country. ... -
US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
By Trisha Ahmed | AP News | JUL. 4, 2023 | Video by The Associated Press https://apnews.com/130fdf24e54f431a9f1f9b38344638c8 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is ...
