Among Donald Trump’s most alarming, repeated and ambitious commitments as a candidate was to arrest and deport up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. Many are Mexican and have been in the United States for more than 10 years.
Biden’s real successes on immigration will be overshadowed by his failures, panelists say
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy accomplishments likely will be overshadowed by his perceived failure to stem the tide of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a recent report by the Migration Policy Institute. The study and a panel…
Less than half of Americans believe Trump will reduce price of groceries
After a presidential election that reportedly turned on fears about inflation, less than half of Americans now say they believe President-elect Donald Trump will be able to reduce the price of groceries. Debates about the price of food staples such…
20,000 gather in Phoenix for Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2024
One of the evangelical groups that helped send Donald Trump back to the White House held a massive rally for the once and future president in Phoenix over the weekend, and Trump pledged to keep the promises he’s made to…
Trump’s new ICE policy attacks the church
Last week, the incoming Trump administration announced it will rescind a 2011 ICE policy that keeps government officials from entering sensitive locations such as schools, churches and hospitals to carry out immigration raids and deportations. The mere thought of this…
American views on illegal immigrants aren’t as clear cut as MAGA thinks
Attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants and the specter of mass deportation by the Trump administration are complicated, according to recent surveys. Recent polling by Pew Research Center finds majorities of Americans expressing concern about the number of undocumented immigrants in the…
I’m an evangelical who believes mass deportations are not the answer
Inauguration Day is coming and if President-elect Trump’s actions match his pre-election rhetoric, one of his first actions will be clamping down on immigration and ramping up mass deportations. While his new border czar has declared the administration’s initial focus…
Rand Paul gets mixed up on the ‘right side of history’
Donald Trump isn’t even in office yet and there’s already political flak between his intended “border czar” and the mayors of Denver and Boston over Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants. Paul Homan warned the mayor of Boston,…
Responding to the militarization of immigration policy
On Nov. 18, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to declare a national emergency and deploy the military to enforce mass deportations as soon as he’s back in office. For many, this decision feels unprecedented, a stark departure from the…
At the border, Catholic Church will still support immigrants, bishop says
Immigration advocacy and ministry groups must band together with renewed courage and resolve to meet the anti-immigrant initiatives expected during Donald Trump’s second presidency, activists said during a post-election webinar. “There will definitely be policies to limit asylum at the…
Mass deportations will devastate the economy, business leaders warn
The mass deportation of immigrants promised by Donald Trump would have immediate and disastrous effects on the U.S. economy, Bob Worsley said during a virtual press briefing hosted by American Business Immigration Coalition. The former Republican state senator in Arizona…
Did Trump voters know what they were getting? Pew surveys say yes
With every announcement of a cabinet-level nomination that seems more shocking than the last, Americans who are not on the Trump train are struggling to understand how many of the president-elect’s actions will be agreeable to his base and whether…