Oct 07 WATCH: Homeland Security announces arrests of more than 100 undocumented immigrants By Candice Norwood Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the arrests were under "Operation Rise," which targets so-called sanctuary cities. Continue reading
Oct 06 Trump administration to sharply limit issuance of skilled-worker visas By Ben Fox, Associated Press The Trump administration has announced plans to sharply limit visas issued to skilled workers from overseas. The new rules will be issued soon to restrict the use of what's known as the H-1B program. Continue reading
Oct 04 The anti-immigration bill that changed the demographics of California By PBS NewsHour Today, California has a quarter of the country’s eligible Latino voters, but it wasn’t always that way. A PBS SoCal documentary, “Prop 187: The Rise of the Latino Vote” traces the history of this demographic shift to an anti-immigration bill… Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to U.S. to record low By Julie Watson, Matthew Lee, Associated Press In a notice sent to Congress late Wednesday, the Trump administration said it intended to admit a maximum of 15,000 refugees in fiscal year 2021. Continue reading
Sep 18 AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn't OK surgery By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press An Associated Press review of medical records for four detained immigrant women and interviews with lawyers have revealed growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that the women never sought or didn’t fully understand. Continue reading
Sep 15 Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center By Elliot Spagat, Jeff Amy, Associated Press In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records. Continue reading
Sep 11 About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been expelled at U.S. border By Associated Press The disclosure came Friday in the government's appeal of an order to stop using hotels for long-term detention of children. Continue reading
Sep 09 Far-right Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press A far-right Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 5:19 How Trump's RNC acceptance speech distorted the truth By Amna Nawaz On the Republican National Convention's final night, President Trump accepted his party’s nomination for a second term -- using the White House as a campaign backdrop. Trump painted the election in stark terms, calling opponent Joe Biden “the destroyer of… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 7:09 Julian Castro on mobilizing Latino voters to support Biden Julian Castro of Texas was the youngest member of former President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, in which he served as secretary of housing and urban development. Castro also ran for the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year. He joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching