Jul 09 Watch Crisis centered on children affects tone of immigration debate on Capitol Hill By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch White House proposal to stem flow of migrant children aims to tackle root causes By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Protests spotlight debate over undocumented migrant children By PBS News Hour Protests in the Southern California town of Murietta have added pressure to the mounting debate over how to receive a flood of unaccompanied children migrants from Central America trying to cross into the United States. President Obama has called the… Continue watching
May 16 Republicans turn on each other ahead of key primaries By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Caught in the crossfire in Georgia GOP Senate primary Family feuds come with risk DHS Secretary Johnson says “fresh start” needed on deportation policy 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board Georgia Senate race gets… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Scammers take advantage of Filipino nurses lured by promise of employment in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Shortages in the American health care system are raising demand for foreign nurses, who can unknowingly face great risk in finding a way to get to the United States. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Philippines about… Continue watching
Mar 18 Immigration activists make stopping deportations main priority By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Immigration activists just want to stop deportations for now, after united efforts by businesses, labor and religious groups last year failed to make Congress pass a sweeping bill to both remove the threat of deportation and eventually make them citizens. Continue reading
Mar 14 Obama orders homeland security to review deportation program By Josh Lederman, Associated Press With prospects for real immigration reform fading, President Barack Obama is yielding to pressure from some of his staunchest allies and looking for ways to act without Congress to ease the suffering caused by deportation. Continue reading
Jan 27 Obama administration tops its own deportation record By Ruth Tam In one term, the Obama Administration has deported roughly 80 percent the number of immigrants the George W. Bush administration deported in two. Pew Research Center reported that Homeland Security set new records for deportations in 2012. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Will 2014 yield immigration reform? Despite a push from President Obama for immigration reform, 2013 failed to yield any sweeping legislation. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center, Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA, Angela Maria Kelley of the Center for… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch How much discretion does Obama have in setting deportation priorities? How much discretion does Obama have in setting deportation priorities?… Continue watching