Feb 03 Fact check: Immigration doesn’t bring crime into U.S., data say By The Conversation Analysis suggests immigration has a crime-suppressing effect. In other words, more immigration equals less crime. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 4:03 How the ACLU challenged Trump’s immigration order By PBS News Hour A federal judge on Saturday issued a stay to halt portions of President Trump's executive order banning entry to the U.S. for people from seven countries. The order prevents the government from deporting people that are detained at U.S. airports. Continue watching
Jan 29 Trump defends executive order on immigration By Associated Press President Donald Trump is defending his sweeping order on immigration and says he will find other ways to help those suffering from Syria's bloody civil war. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch In Trump’s immigration order, a tangle of legal issues By PBS News Hour Protests erupted across the country following President Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven countries. The administration cited national security concerns as the reason for the order, even as a federal judge blocked part of it on Saturday night. USA… Continue watching
Jan 28 Trudeau says Canada will take refugees banned by U.S. By Rob Gillies, Associated Press TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you. Continue reading
Jan 28 U.S. suspends immigration program helping non-Muslim Iranians By George Jahn and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Austria has shut its door to about 300 non-Muslim Iranians hoping to use the country as a way station before establishing new homes in the United States. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 8:17 Experts skeptical that limiting refugees would deter terrorism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 26 Column: America needs to keep the door open to immigrant physicians By Jason J. Han and Neha Vapiwala, STAT Immigrant physicians represent a huge asset U.S. health care. Attracting and training these physicians is a boon for public health. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 5:40 This graphic novelist and reading ambassador tells kids to reach beyond their comfort zone By PBS News Hour Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang wrestled with his identity growing up, but he’s made the Chinese-American experience one of the main subjects of his critically acclaimed work. One of this year’s MacArthur Fellowship winners and the national ambassador for young… Continue watching
Dec 17 Controversy over ‘sanctuary’ campuses is misleading, legal analysts say By Sophie Quinton, Stateline Although the sanctuary campus movement is based on small policy tweaks, the term “sanctuary” is politically controversial. Continue reading