• How Trump is cracking down on immigration during the pandemic

    How Trump is cracking down on immigration during the pandemic

    Jul 28, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... or not, what does this all add up to? Amna Nawaz: Judy, it's all in keeping with the president's ongoing efforts to limit immigration, both illegal and legal. I think most people are struck, however, by the fact that children typically -- children have typically been the exception, that ...

  • Trump restricts immigration amid the pandemic. Critics see it as an excuse to push his own agenda

    Trump restricts immigration amid the pandemic. Critics see it as an excuse to push his own agenda

    Jul 28, 2020 03:35 PM EDT

    ... could hire a U.S. worker who is equally qualified to do the same job.” “I just think it's a total misunderstanding of our immigration system, the types of jobs that immigrants are taking, a fundamental misunderstanding of economics,” David Bier, an immigration policy analyst at libertarian think tank ...

  • How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility

    How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility

    Jul 19, 2020 10:56 PM EDT

    Gregory Arnold walked into the warden’s office April 1 as the novel coronavirus ripped through one of the largest immigration detention centers in the United States. Waiting with about 40 guards to begin his shift, he heard a captain say face masks were prohibited.

  • WATCH: Officials testify on immigration detention facilities during COVID-19

    WATCH: Officials testify on immigration detention facilities during COVID-19

    Jul 13, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

    ... families. In court papers, the Trump administration argued Judge Dolly Gee's findings were “insufficient” to prove the allegations made by families that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't doing enough to control the spread of coronavirus, even as there have been confirmed cases of COVID-19 in ...

  • WATCH: CBP chief Mark Morgan testifies on immigration enforcement challenges

    WATCH: CBP chief Mark Morgan testifies on immigration enforcement challenges

    Jun 25, 2020 01:38 PM EDT

    ... player above. CBP Chief Operating Officer and Commissioner Mark Morgan testified before the committee. Morgan recently joined President Donald Trump in Yuma, Arizona, to mark the 200th mile of a border wall to control immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border, which was a central promise of his 2016 campaign.

  • How the Trump administration is leveraging COVID-19 to tighten immigration

    How the Trump administration is leveraging COVID-19 to tighten immigration

    May 20, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    It's actually something that Stephen Miller, who's President Trump's chief adviser on immigration, had come up with years ago, shortly after President Trump took office. He'd been looking for a way to implement it. And, as my reporting has shown, he got that opportunity with the ...

  • Virus rules tighten illegal immigration on northern border

    Virus rules tighten illegal immigration on northern border

    May 16, 2020 06:06 PM EDT

    ... committed by American authorities,” he said Friday in an emailed statement. But Jessica Vaughan, the director of policy studies for the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for tight restrictions on immigration, said Friday the immigration crackdown is having the desired effect of reducing illegal immigration. “It’s ...

  • Trump signs immigration order as part of pandemic crackdown

    Trump signs immigration order as part of pandemic crackdown

    Apr 22, 2020 09:18 PM EDT

    ... Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” Trump wrote. Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, said the change “will have some very modest ...

  • How Trump plans to limit U.S. immigration

    How Trump plans to limit U.S. immigration

    Apr 21, 2020 10:20 PM EDT

    ... president be taken to court on things like the travel ban. That was ultimately upheld, the change. The president, though, has halted a lot of immigration already. So there are supporters of the president who say, well, right now, if you're caught trying to get into the United States ...

  • Trump says he'll 'suspend immigration,' offers no details

    Trump says he'll 'suspend immigration,' offers no details

    Apr 21, 2020 12:10 PM EDT

    ... said, “At a time when Americans are looking to get back to work, action is necessary." Though travel restrictions around the globe have dramatically reduced immigration, Trump could use his executive authority to restrict it further, including slashing the number of foreign workers allowed to take seasonal jobs in the ...