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The Latest Nonsense About Immigration—a Quick Guide

By David L. Wilson, MR Online February 7, 2018 https://mronline.org/2018/02/07/the-latest-nonsense-about-immigration-a-quick-guide/ We’ve seen and heard a lot about immigration in the past few weeks…

Book Excerpt: What Are “Chain Migration” and the “Visa Lottery”?

On December 29 President Trump tweeted that “there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System…

Blitzer on MS-13, Lind on “Chain Migration”

Two excellent articles from the mainstream to close out the year.—TPOI editor The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and the Law On Long Island, unaccompanied minors are caught between the violence of MS-1…

Updates: Dreamer Protests, Separating Kids From Parents

Congress has passed its short-term spending bill in time to go on Christmas vacation. The politicians managed to forget their promises to protect DACA recipients, despite a week of militant protests …

Next Up: Separating Migrant Kids From Their Parents

The security threat on our borders?  Photo: Jennifer Whitney/NY Times            The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is again considering former department hea…

Are Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants Backfiring?

The Trump administration is forging ahead with its assault on immigrants. For example, White House chief of staff John Kelly, a man the New York Times once labeled “ sensible ,” continues to display…

Update on Detained Child With Cerebral Palsy

Photo: The Independent/courtesty of family We’re Suing the Government for Its Detention and Abuse of Rosa Maria, a 10-Year-Old Child With Cerebral Palsy By Amrit Cheng, ACLU October 31, 2017 At this …

DACA Update #3: Will There Be a Deal, and What Would It Look Like?

DACA supporters march in San Francisco. Photo: David Bacon President Trump had dinner with Democratic Congressional leaders Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA) the evening…

L.A. Father Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez Released On Bond After Six Months In ICE Custody

By Julia Wick, LAist August 30, 2017 Update [5:50 p.m.]: According to a family spokesperson, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was released from Adelanto Detention Center at approximately 5:20 p.m. and has bee…

Trump Guts Obama’s Program for Central American Kids

The White House is now cutting out part of the Central American Minors (CAM) program that the Obama administration set up in 2014 to admit some underage refugees fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guat…

Manhattan Church Provides Sanctuary for Mother Targeted by ICE

A Guatemalan immigrant has taken sanctuary with her three children at the Holyrood Episcopal Church in northern Manhattan; the move came after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told her to p…

Trump Endorses Proposed Immigration Changes: Policy or Political Theater?

Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz On August 2 President Trump announced his support for a bill introduced into the Senate by Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA), the Reforming American Immigration for a …

The Political Class’s Hypocrisy on the San Antonio Deaths

Officials and politicians naturally expressed shock and horror at the deaths of 10 migrants crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio the night of July 22. The political class blamed h…

The Dark History of Defining ‘Family’

…[E]fforts to define and manipulate the definition of “family” in immigration matters are not new. For more than 100 years the government has done so, often reflecting political exigency and racial b…

Supreme Court won't let Trump travel ban hit grandparents

Several analysts said the signals from the high court increase the possibility that the case may never be argued or decided on the merits. The 90-day period for the six-country ban is set to run out …

Books on Immigration: Two Recommendations

Here are two books on immigration for which we’ve received recommendations from reliable sources, so please check them out..—TPOI editor Elvira's Faith and Barack's Challenge: The Grassroots …
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