Apr 25 Column: I'm a teacher, a 'Dreamer' and I know why my students are scared By Katherine Huete Galeano Katherine Huete Galeano shares her students' fears of their families being deported, an experience she can relate to personally. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 5:20 The biggest sticking points fueling government shutdown talk By PBS News Hour With Congress back in session, lawmakers are facing an end-of-the-week deadline in order to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown. Meanwhile, President Trump is demanding funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Lisa Desjardins and John Yang join Judy… Continue watching
Apr 22 Young immigrants won't 'rest easy' despite Trump's comments By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Young immigrants protected by executive action from deportation say they won't "rest easy," even if President Donald Trump says they should. Continue reading
Apr 21 Trump: Young immigrant 'dreamers' are not deportation targets By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday that immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children will not be targets for deportation under his policies. Continue reading
Apr 21 DOJ sends a message to sanctuary cities: Comply with federal law or lose grant money By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Earlier this week, Sessions accused sanctuary cities of undermining law enforcement efforts to fight transnational street gangs. Continue reading
Apr 20 Spending bill must include down payment for border wall, Trump's budget chief says By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says that Democratic negotiators on a massive spending bill need to agree to funding top priorities of President Donald Trump such as money for the border wall and hiring of additional immigration agents. Continue reading
Apr 20 Cities, states try to protect immigrants' data from federal officials By Jen Fifield, Stateline In the face of stepped-up deportation efforts, many unauthorized immigrants worry that state and local programs that are designed to help them could instead be used by federal agents to identify and expel them from the country. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 7:44 How could the H-1B visa program for foreign workers be improved? By PBS News Hour President Trump called on Tuesday for U.S. agencies to “buy American and hire American” and signed an executive order targeting H-1B guest worker visas, which help find foreign labor to fill technical jobs. Critics say the visa system is being… Continue watching
Apr 18 The government says he lost his DACA status, but this immigrant says he was deported despite protections By Joshua Barajas It's believed to be the first such case under President Donald Trump to deal with the Obama-era protections that cover more than 750,000 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 5:54 News Wrap: 'Imminent attack' on French election thwarted By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, French police say they've broken up an "imminent attack" aimed at the country's presidential election. Two suspects who are accused of being Islamic extremists were arrested in Marseille. Also, Turkey's main opposition party is formally… Continue watching