Mar 15 Watch 10:53 Brooks and Capehart on immigration action, third-party candidates By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including whether President Biden should act on his own on immigration, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 9:27 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden vs. Trump on immigration By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the contrasts between President Biden and former President Trump’s approach to immigration, how Biden is embracing… Continue watching
Mar 11 How Black women coined political message ‘Say Her Name’ before Biden’s State of the Union By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press When GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt that read "Say Her Name," she borrowed the phrase from Black racial justice activists who have been calling attention to the extrajudicial deaths of Black women at the hands… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 3:22 A Brief But Spectacular take on caring for survivors of domestic violence By Moe Sattar, Katie Hodgman Lul Mohamud is the executive director of The Person Center, a nonprofit organization that supports survivors of domestic violence. The daughter of Somali immigrants, Mohamud focuses her work on helping those from the African immigrant and refugee community in the… Continue watching
Mar 07 House Republicans pass bill to detain migrants accused of theft after Georgia student killed By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The legislation would also allow states to sue the federal government for crimes committed by immigrants who enter the country illegally. Continue reading
Mar 05 Arizona’s Democratic Gove. Hobbs vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature By Associated Press Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry. Continue reading
Feb 29 Watch 7:55 Biden and Trump visits to border highlight conflicting immigration policies By Laura Barrón-López, Ali Schmitz, Layla Quran, Sam Weber, Christine Romo, Shrai Popat President Biden and former President Trump made separate visits to two towns along the southern border as immigration becomes a key issue ahead of the November election. Laura Barrón-López reports from Brownsville, Texas. Continue watching
Feb 29 WATCH: Trump and Biden visit Texas to pitch voters on their dueling immigration approaches By Colleen Long, Seung Min Kim, Jill Colvin, Associated Press On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation's broken… Continue reading
Feb 28 How the killing of a Georgia nursing student became a powder keg in U.S. immigration politics By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Many studies have found immigrants are less drawn to violent crime than native-born citizens. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 8:01 Murder of Georgia student fuels heated debate over immigration policies By Amna Nawaz, Eliot Barnhart The murder of a college student in Georgia and the immigration status of her alleged killer have thrown new fuel into the heated debate over immigration and the government's policies. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Charis Kubrin, a professor of… Continue watching