Feb 22 Watch 10:09 India’s immigrant crackdown leaves nearly 2 million in limbo By Hari Sreenivasan, Mori Rothman Immigration from Bangladesh into India's northeastern state of Assam has long been a contentious issue, often boiling over into violence. Last year the government declared nearly 2 million people there to be non-citizens in an effort that has been widely… Continue watching
Feb 21 Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant By Gene Johnson, Associated Press In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the general public. Continue reading
Feb 20 New visa restrictions set off ‘panic wave’ in immigrant communities By Philip Marcelo, Sophia Tareen, Associated Press A Dallas immigration lawyer from Nigeria says her phone has been ringing nonstop. The United African Organization has held legal clinics in Chicago to walk people through their options. Continue reading
Feb 19 UK employers fear new immigration rules will create labor shortages By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Farms, food factories and care homes said Wednesday that they will face severe labor shortages under the government's plans to open Britain to skilled and educated immigrants while shutting out those its deems "low-skilled" workers. Continue reading
Feb 18 Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 6:49 Elite ‘BORTAC’ unit to join sanctuary city crackdown In a continuation of its crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities and states, the Trump administration is planning to use U.S. Border Patrol agents from an elite tactical unit known as "BORTAC" to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in detaining undocumented… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 5:38 News Wrap: Impeachment witness Vindman removed from NSC post In our news wrap Friday, a key impeachment witness has lost his White House job. An attorney for Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says the aide was fired from the National Security Council and escorted from the building. Vindman had… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Middle East violence flares, leaving at least 3 dead In our news wrap Thursday, violence in the Middle East continues in response to President Trump’s peace plan. Deadly shootings took place in the West Bank and in Jerusalem, and a Palestinian injured 12 Israeli soldiers after ramming them with… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 8:50 Emotions flare at divided State of the Union On Tuesday night, President Trump became only the second president in U.S. history to deliver a State of the Union address after being impeached. Current partisan divisions were illustrated by the varying and emotional reactions of Democrats and Republicans present. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: Buttigieg maintains Iowa lead in latest caucus results In our news wrap Wednesday, delayed results from Monday’s Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa are still trickling in -- and Pete Buttigieg appears to be keeping his lead. With 75 percent of precincts reporting, the former mayor of South Bend,… Continue watching