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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 ... -
Migrants take the U.S. to court over its glitchy asylum app
The Biden administration’s glitchy new app is failing asylum seekers. Now, migrant’s rights groups are fighting back. By Erica Hellerstein | CODA | AUG. 9, 2023 It has been more than half a century since U.S. immigration laws were written to enshrine the right to apply for asylum at any ... -
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, ... -
Illinois will allow some non-citizens to be police. But only those authorized to work and ...
By Philip Marcelo | Associated Press | AUG. 4, 2023 | Photo by Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere CLAIM: A new law in Illinois allows any immigrant living in the country illegally to become a police officer. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The law allows certain non-citizens to apply for police officer jobs. But they must ... -
Justice Department questions states’ standing to challenge DACA
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal court to dismiss a case challenging Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. By Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP | JUL. 20, 2023 Key Points: Additional Information: District Court Judge Andrew Hanen is hearing the DACA case after ... -
‘You do it or we do it’
By German Lopez | NYT Morning Newsletter | JUL. 31, 2023 | Photo by Todd Heisler Mexico has been one of America’s closest allies for years under both Democratic and Republican administrations, even Donald Trump’s. That may be changing. Republican officials and voters have not only expressed criticisms of Mexico ... -
‘Dreamers’ need not apply: DACA recipients still can’t work for Congress
Aspiring staffers stuck in limbo as lawmakers go ‘round and round in this circle’ By Justin Papp | Roll Call | July 27, 2023 | Photo by Bill Clark Edgar Vazquez came to D.C. in the summer of 2021 with a plan: complete his congressional internship and turn it into ...
