• Trump restricts immigration for 6 nations in election-year push

    Trump restricts immigration for 6 nations in election-year push

    Jan 31, 2020 08:34 PM EDT

    The Trump administration is curbing immigration for six countries as part of an election-year push. But the move isn't a full travel ban like President Donald Trump's initial order in 2017.

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    DHS reviews how DMV laws affect immigration enforcement

    Dec 31, 2019 09:36 PM EDT

    ... went into effect earlier this month and migrants lined up to get documents. It is the 13th state to authorize licenses for drivers without legal immigration status. New Jersey lawmakers passed a similar bill in December. New York's Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City's Democratic Mayor ...

  • For-profit prisons reap business benefit from Trump's immigration stance

    For-profit prisons reap business benefit from Trump's immigration stance

    Dec 20, 2019 11:45 PM EDT

    A new investigation reveals the rapid growth of for-profit prisons being used to house immigrants. While the phenomenon has generated tremendous revenue for the industry, it has also resulted in hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and mistreatment in those facilities. William Brangham reports and talks to USA Today’s Alan Gomez about who the migrants...

  • Harvard paper blasted for seeking immigration agency comment

    Harvard paper blasted for seeking immigration agency comment

    Oct 23, 2019 09:03 PM EDT

    For student and professional journalists alike, it's a matter of ethical standards: The Harvard Crimson student newspaper, in its coverage of a campus protest against a federal immigration agency, reached out to the agency to ask for comment. To student activists, the request showed a disregard for students living ...

  • Kirstjen Nielsen on Trump's controversial immigration policies and why she resigned

    Kirstjen Nielsen on Trump's controversial immigration policies and why she resigned

    Oct 22, 2019 10:35 PM EDT

    ... unwilling to do that. We know that he tweeted back in April that he wanted to go in a tougher direction when it came to immigration. Within 72 hours, she had handed in her resignation. Here's what she had to say about why she left the administration: What led ...

  • WATCH: Immigration protesters disrupt speech from acting DHS head McAleenan

    WATCH: Immigration protesters disrupt speech from acting DHS head McAleenan

    Oct 07, 2019 03:12 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan left an immigration policy conference Monday without speaking after protesters shouted him down. McAleenan was scheduled as the keynote speaker at Georgetown University Law Center during an annual immigration law and policy conference held by the nonprofit immigration think tank Migration Policy ...

  • 'Border Wars' examines what motivated Trump's focus on immigration

    'Border Wars' examines what motivated Trump's focus on immigration

    Oct 03, 2019 10:35 PM EDT

    ... language, and all of the policies that you detail in this book, what is it about the mission of this president when it comes to immigration? Does he just not want brown and black people to come into the country? Michael Shear: You know, one of the things that I ...

  • In El Salvador to discuss immigration, McAleenan emphasizes need for 'well-managed' border

    In El Salvador to discuss immigration, McAleenan emphasizes need for 'well-managed' border

    Aug 29, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan is currently on a three-day trip to Central America to discuss migration and border security with leaders in El Salvador. Reporting from San Salvador, Amna Nawaz joins Judy Woodruff to talk about McAleenan's agenda, gang violence and whether the Trump administration’s strategy to reduce Central American migration to...

  • Why Ken Cuccinelli says Trump's immigration policies are 'consistent with the law'

    Why Ken Cuccinelli says Trump's immigration policies are 'consistent with the law'

    Aug 29, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    The Trump administration’s latest move on immigration sparked outrage and confusion when it was announced, but Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says the reaction was unwarranted and that "all the same people still become citizens." Cuccinelli talks to Judy Woodruff about the motivation behind that change and other recent immigration...

  • What Joe Walsh thinks about immigration, climate change and Trump

    What Joe Walsh thinks about immigration, climate change and Trump

    Aug 27, 2019 10:50 PM EDT

    Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, recently announced he'll take on the president in the 2020 GOP primary. The Tea Party member served one term, lost his reelection bid and subsequently hosted a conservative talk radio show. Walsh talks to Judy Woodruff about why he now thinks President...