The Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited rule strengthening the ability of federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants deemed likely to rely on government aid. Officials described the so-called “public charge” rule as a way to ensure those granted permanent residency are self-sufficient — and protect taxpayers in the process. “The principle driving it is…
Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Acting homeland security secretary Kevin McAleenan. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection/James Tourtellotte) (The Washington Post) – Acting customs and border protection commissioner Mark Morgan said Sunday that the mass immigration raids at Mississippi workplaces last week were not “raids,” disputing the terminology…
The president’s remarks Friday came as a growing chorus of Democrats have accused him of being a white nationalist, citing his anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. “‘Racist, racist, racist’ — that’s all they use to anybody,” President Donald Trump said of Democratic criticism Friday. Leah Millis / Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sought to distance…
Little Habana recently opened in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Its staff of 10 Cuban migrants serves up traditional fare.CreditCreditCelia Talbot Tobin for The New York Times CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — 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…
Three hundred of 680 people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in several raids across Mississippi Wednesday were released, the agency said Wednesday night. Just less than half of those detained in raids on seven food processing plants in Bay Springs, Carthage, Canton, Morton, Pelahatchie, and Sebastapol were released from custody Wednesday evening, ICE spokesperson…
While climate change is growing in the public conscience, migration is still the major issue for more EU citizens, according to the results of the European Commission’s biannual Eurobarometer public opinion survey. Migration remains the top concern across the European Union, according to an EU public opinion poll, although the importance of climate change is…
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has grown more prominent in days following the murder of an 8-year-old at Frankfurt Station. TA picture taken on August 5, 2019, at Frankfurt am Main’s central station shows flowers that people left to pay tribute to an eight-year-old boy who died after he was pushed under a train a week earlier. The…
Daniela, 19, checks her cell phone at a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. Daniela talked about the difficulties that women can face El Salvador, including sexual assault and death threats. Daniela was living in a Tijuana shelter while in the process of applying for U.S. asylum. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) Jose David Castillo, with…