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ACLU Unveils Plans To Obstruct Trump’s Immigration Agenda

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday announced an outline of its plans to oppose former President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda if he’s elected in November. The ACLU plans to use a combination of legal challenges, lobbying and coordination with liberal officials to obstruct Trump’s plans to reduce illegal immigration, which they characterize as […]

Biden border order on ‘shaky legal ground,’ say immigration advocates

President Biden’s new executive order that would significantly restrict the rights of asylum seekers at the border is already facing threats of lawsuits from people who successfully blocked a similar effort by former President Trump. Biden’s Tuesday order borrowed from a plan included in bipartisan Senate talks that would largely cut off the right to […]

Biden slams Trump’s ‘pathetic’ immigration criticism

President Biden on Thursday questioned whether former President Trump was referring to him after his rival called the immigration executive orders released by the White House this week “pathetic.” Trump said this week that Biden’s “executive order will not stop the invasion and is weak and pathetic,” adding that he believes the order is just […]

Biden asylum ban’s loopholes could create headaches, immigration experts say

President Joe Biden’s asylum ban may already be facing a mountain of problems as the administration looks to enforce the order in the coming days and weeks. Since Biden signed an executive order Tuesday that prohibited migrants from seeking asylum if they show up at the U.S.-Mexico boundary, immigration experts have laid out a myriad […]

Joy Reid says GOP governors have made immigration worse by sending illegal immigrants ‘all over the country like the old segregationists’

MSNBC host Joy Reid made the bold comparison that Republican governors, aligned with racist politicians, have made the border crisis worse by sending processed and released migrants to other parts of the country. Reid’s comments came after President Joe Biden released executive orders designed to give the appearance of working to secure the southern border, […]

Immigration surge could add to Social Security coffers, budget chief tells lawmakers

“We project that the immigration surge from 2021 to 2026 will generate roughly $1 trillion in additional revenue over 10 years,” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Philip Swagel told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Social Security convened to examine the current financial status and projections […]