AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarBorder patrol settles lawsuit with US citizens detained after an agent heard them speaking Spanishverified_publisherCNNCNN — Two American citizens have reached a settlement in a lawsuit they filed against US Customs and Border Protection after an agent asked them for IDs because he heard them speaking Spanish. Ana Suda and Martha “Mimi” Hernandez, who live in the small town of Havre, Montana, say they were detained …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarSupreme Court takes up Trump order to remove undocumented immigrants from population countverified_publisherCNBCPresident Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarHow do Trump's extraordinary betrayals stand up against history? He could be the worst.verified_publisherUSA TODAY - David RothkopfPutting Trump in context is the best way to highlight and understand his betrayals. History is the highest court, and its verdict can't be appealed. It is not a small thing to call the president of the United States a traitor. But it is an even greater offense to fail to call him one if he has …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarHere's why Armenian Americans in Southern California are protestingverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Ada TsengSince Sept. 27, the escalating conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed hundreds and displaced thousands, and Armenian Americans in Southern California have taken to the streets in protest. In the days and weeks before a cease-fire was announced late Friday, thousands gathered outside the Azerbaijan …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarWATCH: Homeland Security announces arrests of more than 100 undocumented immigrantsPBS NewsHour - Candice NorwoodDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced the arrests of more than 100 undocumented immigrants in California last week, part of …
AvatarLLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Trump Administration Is Giving Up Its Fight To Prevent Undocumented Teens From Getting Abortionsbuzzfeednews.com - Ema O'Connor and Zoe TillmanThe administration issued a new policy explicitly preventing ORR staff from blocking minors in its care from obtaining abortions or disclosing their …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarTrump is proposing to limit student visas to two years for citizens of 59 countriesverified_publisherVox - Nicole NareaIt’s only Trump’s latest attack on foreign students. The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to limit student visas to two years for citizens of 59 countries, potentially complicating the path to an American college degree for tens of thousands of foreign students. Student visas are …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarICE Almost Deported Immigrant Woman Who Says She Got Unwanted Surgery While Detainedverified_publisherNPR - Joel RoseAs explosive allegations were coming to light about immigrant women who say they've been subjected to unwanted hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures, one of those detainees was put on a plane back to her home country. Pauline Binam was nearly deported Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarAOC Says U.S. 'Must Atone' for Rights Violations After Whistleblower's ICE Hysterectomy ClaimsNewsweek - Jacob JarvisRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said the U.S. must "atone" for human rights violations against immigrants, in response to a whistleblower's abuse …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarJudge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictionsverified_publisherCNNCNN — A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that Chad Wolf is likely unlawfully serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and temporarily barred the Trump administration from enforcing new asylum restrictions on members of two immigration advocacy groups. Judge Paula Xinis, …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarTrump Makes A Bewildering Confession About Who's Paying For His Border WallHuffPost - Ed MazzaThe president seems to admit Mexico hasn't paid for it, as he previously claimed. So he's cooked up a new plan. President Donald Trump on Tuesday seemed to finally admit that Mexico hasn’t paid to build the border wall as he has repeatedly vowed. Then he suggested yet another way he could get the …
AvatarLLeeAvatarAvatarCourt Blocks Trump's Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seatsverified_publisherNPR - Hansi Lo WangUpdated at 11:25 p.m. ET A special three-judge court in New York on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to make an unprecedented change to who is included in the census numbers that determine each state's share of seats in Congress. The president, the court concluded, cannot leave …