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Trump Administration Diverts $3.6 Billion From Military Projects To Border Wall
Workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, N.M., last month. The Trump administration has started the arduous process of canceling $3.6 billion in military construction projects to fund its plans to build more of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. –Cedar Attanasio/AP The Trump administration has started…
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CDC: Mumps Spread in US Migrant Detention Centers
FILE – A photo of a unit of the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed nearly 900 cases of mumps among people at adult migration detention facilities across the United States in the last year. The virus swept across 57 detention centers in 19 states, sickening 898 migrants between…
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Trump plans to ‘extract’ DNA from undocumented immigrants
Appeared in BioNews 1013 The US administration wants to allow Customs and Border Protection to collect genetic material from undocumented immigrants in government custody, according to a leaked draft policy. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told BuzzFeed News – who broke the story – that they are ‘working closely with the Department of Justice on a path forward…
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Nearly 900,000 asylum seekers living in limbo in EU, figures show
Backlog of claims persists despite number of arrivals almost halving in two years. A boy at an unofficial camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Close to 900,000 asylum seekers in the EU are waiting to have their claims processed, according to figures from the European statistics office. Women, men, and…
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DHS moves to end limits on detention of migrant families, close ‘loophole’
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would move to scrap a major court agreement in order to allow for migrant families to be detained longer as their cases are being considered, instead of having to release them after 20 days. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, in a press conference detailing the decision, claimed that…
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On Immigration, the Democrats Are Playing Into Trump’s Hands
Rather than present tough choices and coherent ideas, they are mostly responding to his outrages with empty rhetoric. Asylum seekers waiting on the international bridge between Laredo, Tex., and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.Credit CreditLuis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times Despite fewer unauthorized immigrants entering the United States than there were a decade ago, immigration…
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Trump administration boosts ability to deny green cards to immigrants using welfare programs
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…
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