Nov 20 Why Obama’s immigration announcement is also about education By Kyla Calvert Mason The day after President Barack Obama unveils his plans for new changes to enforcement of the country’s immigration laws, he’ll make his case for the changes at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. Talking about what is on its… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch Debating the implications if Obama acts on immigration By PBS News Hour President Obama will give a prime-time address to announce his plan to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation, setting up a potential confrontation with the Republican-led Congress over immigration reform and executive authority. Gwen Ifill gets debate on… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch News Wrap: Early, monster snowstorm catches Western New York off guard By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, New York state’s Buffalo region was socked with a powerful, early snowstorm, which covered some areas with as much as 6 feet of powder, with more accumulation expected. Also, the Israeli government demolished the home… Continue watching
Nov 15 NYC mayor signs laws to limit cooperation with immigration feds By Long Li New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed two bills into law on Friday that serve to limit the city's cooperation with federal immigration officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch Shields and Brooks on the China carbon deal, Obama’s immigration action By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the carbon deal between the United States and China, legislative action on the Keystone XL pipeline and how Republicans may… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch News Wrap: GOP-controlled House greenlights Keystone XL bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Republican-controlled House approved the final phase of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for the ninth time. It's never gotten through the Democratic-controlled Senate, but that may be changing after the midterm elections. Continue watching
Nov 14 U.S. to grant refugee status to some child migrants By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will launch a program in December to grant refugee status to some minors under the age of 21 who live in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and whose parents legally reside in the United States. Continue reading
Nov 13 Obama may push executive action to cover 5 million undocumented immigrants By Joshua Barajas After promising to take broad actions on immigration by the end of the year, President Barack Obama is expected to announce a plan that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, The New York Times reported. Continue reading
Nov 13 Immigration, Keystone top first day of lame duck By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A political gambit by an endangered Senate Democrat broke loose long-stalled legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline as the lame-duck Congress returned to a Capitol where results of last week's GOP blowout are still sinking… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Moving on from midterm losses, what’s next for Democratic leadership? By PBS News Hour Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of Democratic National Committee, says that American voters support Democrats on the issues, even if their candidates didn’t fare well in the midterm elections. As Congress gathers to begin the lame duck session, Gwen Ifill… Continue watching