Jul 04 Watch Marcus and Gerson on agreement and division at the Supreme Court, immigration protests By PBS News Hour Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on contraception, how the Obama administration is trying to quell an influx of unaccompanied migrant children trying to… Continue watching
Jul 01 Immigration advocates stack demands for Obama By Jim Kuhnhenn, Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama faced immediate demands for bold action to stem deportations Tuesday, a day after declaring immigration legislation dead and announcing plans to act on his own. At the same time GOP opposition to the president's go-it-alone… Continue reading
Jul 01 Immigration is still really dead this time By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Where does immigration go from here? Unaccompanied minors issue drove the final nail Corporations have religions, my friend By the way, 200 more troops are going to Iraq Immigration: All the pretense is finally… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch President Obama pushes immigration reform without Congress By PBS News Hour President Obama says that until Congress does something about immigration reform, he will pursue the matter on his own. In the White House Rose Garden, the president said he was directing more agents to the U.S. border to respond to… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch President Obama pushes immigration reform without Congress By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 30 Obama seeks more power to send unaccompanied children back across the border By Jim Kuhnhenn and Erica Werner, Associated Press Setting up a confrontation with immigration activists, President Barack Obama is asking Congress for increased powers to send unaccompanied children from Central American back home from the U.S. border they tried to cross illegally. Continue reading
Jun 29 Obama seeks ‘fast track’ procedures for minors crossing border alone By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press President Barack Obama will seek more than $2 billion to respond to the flood of immigrants illegally entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas and ask for new powers to deal with returning immigrant children apprehended… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch Pulitzer Prize winning author of ‘3 Sections’ on seeing the big picture with poetry By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Why so many migrant children are braving the journey across the U.S. border alone By PBS News Hour Hoping to stop the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S., Vice President Biden visited Guatemala to get support from Central American leaders. The NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia reports on why kids are coming and what happens to these child… Continue watching
Jun 20 No country for lost kids By P. J. Tobia A record number of children from Central America are crossing the Mexico-U.S. border unaccompanied by a parent. Many of them are fleeing drug violence at home, but here in the United States, they’re faced with a new set of challenges… Continue reading