After saying he proudly voted for Donald Trump three times, the COO of the National Hispanic Evangelical Leadership Conference told a group of faith leaders Oct. 22 he was unaware Trump’s ICE agents had been physically attacking pastors in Chicago….
Trump’s immigration agenda is a minority view, research shows
New research shows most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration and specifically oppose how federal agents are arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants. Almost six in 10 Americans (58%) agree that “Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers should not…
Most Americans now see Trump as a dangerous dictator
After months of data collection and analysis, we at PRRI have just released our 16th annual American Values Survey, conducted in partnership with our colleagues E.J. Dionne Jr. and Bill Galston at the Brookings Institution. Amid all the bad news, the new…
Amid ICE Raids, Korean American Churches Stay Quiet
When news broke last month that ICE had detained more than 300 Korean nationals at a Hyundai plant near Savannah, Georgia, Christina Shin took a break from posting reviews of beauty products and irreverent slice-of-life videos on TikTok to address the issue…
Fast-track deportations blocked by court
The Trump administration has been temporarily blocked from expanding fast-track deportations in its bid to hurriedly remove undocumented immigrants from the U.S. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued the stay in Make the Stay New York v. Kristi Noem after…
Trump will pay migrant children to leave US
The U.S. government plans to pay $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant children who voluntarily deport themselves from the country, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a memo to attorneys representing noncitizen minors. The policy affects undocumented immigrant children…
Pope Leo Delivers Blunt Message To U.S. Bishops On Trump’s Immigration Policies
Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump’s hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.
Jim Jordan says ICE agents are ‘doing the Lord’s work’
ICE agents who are violently rounding up children from playgrounds and parents from city streets are “doing the Lord’s work,” according to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican from Ohio. His comments came three weeks after White House staffer Stephen Miller,…
Change fed efforts, treat trafficking survivors as humans
I started my career in 2011 working with trafficking victims. Most days were mundane, cutting rent checks, helping people apply for benefits, going with them to the consulate to get necessary paperwork. I built relationships with survivors in those long…
DC archbishop, sisters denounce assault of migrants at hands of US government
Cardinal Robert McElroy wasted no time pointing out that this year’s World Day for Migrants and Refugees is not like the others — at least not in the U.S.
Court stops Trump’s middle-of-the-night deportation of children
Some of President Trump’s immigration policies suffered a setback in one federal court and a victory in another. In one case, a federal judge temporarily barred the administration from swiftly deporting nearly 330 Guatemalan children under the premise of reuniting…
A different court says Alligator Alcatraz can stay open
The Trump administration may resume using Florida’s secluded “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center while litigation against the facility proceeds, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1. The Sept. 4 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit paused a…