‘Disregarding Fundamental Human Rights’: Democrats Criticize Border Closure Meant To Protect US From Coronavirus
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER Numerous House Democrats criticized the Trump administration Friday for closing the U.S.-Mexico border amid the coronavirus pandemic and demanded a number of answers regarding the order. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which is comprised entirely of Democrats, sent the letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers […]
POLITICS | Supreme Court Allows ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to Continue
BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration can continue enforcing a policy that requires asylum applicants to wait in Mexico for their U.S. court hearings. The order overturns a lower court decision that would have blocked the policy, at least for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and California. The […]
Border Officials Find Man Hidden Inside The Seat Of A Vehicle
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials working at the California-Mexico border discovered a man who was concealed inside a car seat, demonstrating how far some individuals will go to enter the U.S. illegally. CBP officers working at the Calexico West port of entry — which manages immigration at the […]
POLITICS | Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to Continue
BY JANITA KAN The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the United States to continue to enforce a policy that would send illegal immigrants to Mexico while they wait for a court to process their claims. The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a request to the top court to lift a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court against […]
Trump’s War on Sanctuary Cities Is About More Than Politics
. By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views Your safety, your very life is at stake when a Police Chief or Sheriff says they will protect criminals. Every victim of an illegal alien needs to sue the Governor and law enforcement for conspiring to help criminals get away with the crime—and protecting them from […]
Freedom for $5.30 — and This Time Mexico Really IS Paying for it
By Thomas L. Knapp Back in 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall. Turns out Mexico wasn’t interested, so Trump eventually resorted to declaring fake emergencies and illegally misappropriating money from the military budget. He’s spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars per mile on a […]
The “New Way Forward Act”
Michael Greer The “New Way Forward Act”. That sounds nice, doesn’t it? A “New Way”, new is always fresh and clean, right? And “Forward” is better than backward, isn’t it? Sort of like “Hope and Change”. But then it depends on what you are hoping for and what changes you want made. I may […]
Salvadoran Man Arrested For Promoting Creation Of Migrant Caravan
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . A man in El Salvador was charged and jailed for promoting the formation of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan Thursday. A court in El Salvador ordered Raúl Antonio Ventura to be held in jail Thursday for social media posts and telephone messages that encouraged people to congregate in San Salvador, […]
When a Country is Perpetually At War It Views Everyone As Perpetual Enemies
. Armando Vazquez The United States of America has spent 32 million dollars per hour, or put another way, a total of 5.6 trillion dollars since 2001 in wars conducted all over the world. Domestically our government has declared war on drugs, gangs, people of color, Muslims, the homeless, the indigent, the LGBTQ community […]
Migrant Caravan Ad Circulating in Honduras Calls for Jan. 15 Departure
BY CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON An advertisement being circulated on social media in Honduras is encouraging a new caravan of migrants to depart the nation’s capital, San Pedro Sula, on Jan. 15. The ad calls for people to convene at the main bus terminal in the city at 5 a.m. to head north. Some local media in […]
