GOP lawmakers falsely claim Biden is empowering drug cartels
Their claims aren’t exactly based in reality.
By Amy Lieu - April 30, 2021Their claims aren’t exactly based in reality.
By Amy Lieu - April 30, 2021After implementing a policy change on language, the acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner said, ‘The words we use matter and will serve to further confer that dignity to those in our custody.’
By Amy Lieu - April 29, 2021Immigration experts say there’s still much more work to be done.
By Amy Lieu - April 29, 2021Americans, meanwhile, want Republicans to work with President Joe Biden to accomplish his agenda.
By Amy Lieu - April 28, 2021But voters prefer ‘smart border management’ to ‘strong border security’ like the wall, a recent poll found.
By Amy Lieu - April 27, 2021No, the vice president’s book was not included in welcome kits for immigrant children.
By Amy Lieu - April 26, 2021Republican lawmakers are adamant about completing Donald Trump’s expensive pet project.
By Amy Lieu - April 26, 2021Rep. Chip Roy says his House resolution will help ‘override this administration’s reckless policies.’
By Josh Israel - April 23, 2021The Biden administration pledged to halt wall construction. So why is the government still trying to seize land for it?
By Amy Lieu - April 23, 2021In reality, poverty, threats of violence, and instability have forced many Central American families to leave their home countries.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021‘More meaningless and costly political theatre,’ Arizona Senate Democrats said of the governor’s actions.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021Experts warn that designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations is complicated and comes with a host of unintended consequences.
By Amy Lieu - April 20, 2021Some are questioning the administration’s reasoning for keeping the cap lower than previously promised.
By Amy Lieu - April 16, 2021The decision could impact tens of thousands of other immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.
By Amy Lieu - April 16, 2021‘South Dakota Governor’s tweet is un-American, racist and heartless,’ said a leader of an organization that aids immigrant children.
By Amy Lieu - April 15, 2021Stephen Miller’s new group is advising states that are suing the Biden administration to block its policies.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2021‘This is just pure political grandstanding,’ said an advocate from one environmental group.
By Amy Lieu - April 15, 2021Republicans’ milk carton stunt was ill-timed.
By Amy Lieu - April 14, 2021Rep. Lauren Boebert says, ‘We have to take our country back.’
By Oliver Willis - April 13, 2021The incident is part of a broader trend of scams targeting vulnerable populations.
By Amy Lieu - April 13, 2021Greg Abbott said he didn’t need to speak out against sexual abuse in immigrant detention centers during the Trump administration because they weren’t his concern then.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021Experts say words matter in the push for humane treatment of immigrants.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021The proposal includes $861 million to address the root causes of immigration from Central America.
By Amy Lieu - April 09, 2021Mark Morgan went from working for the Trump administration to working for a group closely tied to white supremacists.
By Oliver Willis - April 09, 2021The $2.1 billion ‘Excluded Workers Fund’ could assist thousands of noncitizen workers affected by the pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - April 08, 2021The vice president has been assigned to tackle the root causes of immigration from the Northern Triangle region of Central America.
By Amy Lieu - April 08, 2021‘This continues to have a devastating impact on people in dire need of humanitarian protection,’ families of refugees wrote in a letter to the White House, citing the Trump-era ceiling that’s still in place.
By Amy Lieu - April 07, 2021Republicans are unhappy that ICE officials are no longer issuing detainers for some people under current administration policy.
By Amy Lieu - April 07, 2021A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said border encounters with individuals on the terror watch list are in fact ‘very uncommon.’
By Amy Lieu - April 06, 2021Border Patrol is trying to stop people from dying — and the Republican congressman is very unhappy about it.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 2021