Can Georgia’s “Hipster Mayor” Help America Embrace Refugees Again?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a sweltering July 4 evening, with mosquitoes out in force, Mayor Ted Terry presided over the grill at Clarkston, Georgia’s annual Independence Day pool party. Nigerian pop blared from loudspeakers as a group of women in hijabs sat in the shade, talking and laughing.…
Even in Philadelphia, One of the Most Determined Sanctuary Cities, Refuge Is Elusive
Protestors participate in an Abolish ICE march through Philadelphia’s Center City in August 2018.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by the Philadelphia Inquirer and ProPublica. A small, impish grin spread across Jeff Sessions’ face. It was a sun-drenched June afternoon in Scranton, a northeastern Pennsylvania town…
A Record Number of Families Are Crossing the Southern Border Illegally
Families from Guatemala are detained by Border Patrol agents after crossing the US-Mexico border without authorization along the Rio Grande in Texas in June. Jahi Chikwendiu/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The number of migrant families entering the United States illegally has reached a record high, according to Department of…
A New Ad Boosts ICE and the Border Wall and Demonizes the Left. It’s From a Senate Democrat.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest ad in Indiana’s competitive Senate race features promises to fund President Trump’s border wall, oppose “socialized medicine,” and thwart the plans of “radical leftists” who want to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. These are all common talking points for Republicans—but the catch here…
Republicans Are Spending Unprecedented Sums to Attack Democrats on Immigration
President Donald Trump speaking at a June rally in Fargo, North Dakota, where he attacked Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s record on immigration. Jim Mone/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There is a simple reason why Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s views on sanctuary cities shouldn’t have a major impact on North Dakota voters:…
Trump Split Up Many More Migrant Families Than Previously Thought, New Report Finds
Asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border.Gregory Bull/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new report by Amnesty International finds that the Trump administration has separated far more immigrant families than it has publicly admitted. Amnesty reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) forcibly separated more than 6,000 family units between mid-April and…