Donald Trump has opened the floodgates to lies about immigration. Here are the myths, and the facts MYTH: Immigrants take away American jobs. Wrong. Immigrants add to economic demand, and thereby push firms to create more jobs. MYTH: We don’t need any more immigrants. Baloney. The U.S. population is aging. Twenty-five years ago, each retiree […]
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WASHINGTON — The prime-time assertion of executive power was audacious and far-reaching. Nearly a year ago, President Obama vowed that his administration would provide up to four million undocumented immigrants the ability to live and work in the United States without fear of immediate deportation. It almost certainly will not […]
It probably won’t surprise you that there’s a growing polarization among Americans over how to deal with several immigration policy proposals. Whether it’s Donald Trump’s idea for a massive border fence or the proposal to change the Constitution so that babies of unauthorized residents aren’t automatically made citizens, Republicans and […]
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Border Patrol’s parent agency on Monday issued nationwide custody standards, a little more than a year after its jails were overwhelmed with Central American children fleeing to the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has come under criticism for its custody conditions from advocacy […]