Apr 02 Watch 8:08 Trump’s tweets about DACA and migrant ‘caravans’ in context By PBS News Hour After a weekend flood of tweets about immigration, President Trump on Monday declared that "DACA is dead." Lisa Desjardins puts the president's long-shifting stance on immigration policy in context and Judy Woodruff learns more about a group of Central American… Continue watching
Apr 02 Trump calls for border legislation using ‘nuclear option’ By Darlene Superville and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Congress pass new border legislation using the "Nuclear Option if necessary" to muscle it through the Senate — a drastic change in rules the Republican leader has previously dismissed. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 24:57 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 1, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, April 1, President Trump calls tougher immigration laws and says he will not back a deal for DACA. And, despite being attacked over four years of war, a Ukrainian plant crucial to the country's economy… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 4:15 As immigration increases, violent crime falls or stays the same By PBS News Hour Since his campaign, President Trump has alleged that immigrants are responsible for increasing crimes in the U.S. A recent report by The Marshall Project analyzed a study of immigration and crime in 200 cities dating to the 1980s, which found… Continue watching
Apr 01 Trump says ‘NO MORE’ on deal for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants By Darlene Superville, Associated Press “NO MORE DACA DEAL!” Trump tweeted one hour after he started the day by wishing his followers a “HAPPY EASTER!”… Continue reading
Mar 29 AP Fact Check: What the Trump administration isn’t saying about 2020 census By Hope Yen, Associated Press The decision to include the question in the 2020 census has stirred worry among opponents that it will intimidate immigrants, leading to an undercount and decreased political representation in Democratic-leaning communities where they tend to live. Continue reading
Mar 26 Even without border wall funding, Trump has reshaped immigration policy By Saher Khan President Donald Trump has already reshaped U.S. immigration policy in numerous ways since taking office, even though he hasn't secure funding for a border wall. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 25, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 25, political fallout from March for Our Lives, and why an increasing number of African Americans are looking to buy guns. Also, New York’s Tenement Museum exhibits the lives of three immigrant families to… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 5:14 New exhibit looks inside the building where three families gained a foothold in the U.S. By Laura Fong At a time when questions are swirling around U.S. immigration policy, a new exhibit at New York City’s Tenement Museum looks at the effects of immigration on a personal level. The exhibit, “Under One Roof,” tells the stories of three… Continue watching
Mar 25 ‘We see gun violence and gun wars all the time’ — Why young immigrants joined the March for Our Lives By Fernando Cienfuegos "Many of our undocumented youth and many of the immigrant population has been coming to the United States because they’re fleeing gun violence."… Continue reading