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The Justice Department on Thursday sued Iowa over a recent law that forbids people from being in the state if they were previously denied entry into the United States. SF 2340 makes it a crime for a person to be in Iowa if they were previously removed from the U.S. or have outstanding deportation orders. …
The Biden administration officially revealed its latest executive action on border security and immigration on Thursday, emphasizing that the asylum rule is focused on “national security and public safety.” The proposed rule would allow asylum officers to decide if a prospective asylee poses a threat at an earlier stage…
U.S. immigration courts are moving toward more child-appropriate procedures, but funding could determine whether those procedures will effectively protect minors in immigration proceedings. A group of 18 senators led by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) are calling on the upper chamber’s appropriators to dive into the weeds on Executive Office for…
A new effort is happening to assist Hispanics in crucial states to get access to federal climate funds they deserve but may not know about. Poder Latinx, a group that encourages Latino voters to participate, is starting a campaign called Nos Ayuda a Vivir — “It Helps Us Live” — Thursday, with the goal of informing Hispanics about the advantages of the federal Climate…
A group of advocacy, labor and civil rights organizations led by Latinas is criticizing former President Trump’s increasing rhetoric against immigrants, arguing that his words contribute to inciting hate crimes. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Latina leaders aimed to reject the normalization of language that has become part of mainstream political discourse.
In an effort to get the Biden administration’s attention, Cuban officials are offering talks on previously off-the-table issues such as human rights amidst internal protests over its worst economic crisis since the end of the Cold War. Havana is also intensifying accusations of U.S. interventionism and callousness.
More than 12 House Democrats joined Republicans in endorsing a statement that criticized President Biden's border policy on Tuesday, increasing pressure on the president to focus on a crucial 2024 campaign issue. Led by Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas), the measure accuses Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of creating “the…
President Biden admitted on Saturday that he made a mistake by using the word “illegal” during his State of the Union speech when referring to a migrant accused of killing a University of Georgia student. “An undocumented person. I shouldn’t have used illegal, it’s undocumented,” Biden informed MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart. “And look, when I spoke about the…
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