Commentary / World Feb 25, 2019
by Kent E. Calder
Defeat in the November midterms made reviving the wall issue imperative for the U.S. president.
World / Politics Feb 19, 2019
Presidents Day protests decry Trump's emergency declaration as power grab
Activists in Washington, Chicago and dozens of other U.S. cities protested on Monday's Presidents Day holiday against President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Calling Trump's declaration an abuse of power and usurpation of Congress, organizers ...
World / Politics Oct 31, 2018
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants U.S. citizenship to persons born on U.S. soil. It was passed by Congress in 1866 after the bloody Civil War between the North and pro-slavery South and ratified by three-fourths of the U.S. states two years later. The ...
World / Politics Oct 19, 2018
Two of President Donald Trump's top advisers got into a heated exchange outside the Oval Office on Thursday as passions boiled over about how to handle illegal immigration, two sources familiar with the incident said. The two advisers were White House Chief of Staff John ...
World / Politics Oct 12, 2018
Wilbur Ross spoke to immigration foe Steve Bannon about citizenship question on census, DOJ says
Wilbur Ross spoke with Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, before including on the 2020 census a question about people's citizenship, the Justice Department said in a court document that appears to contradict what the commerce secretary told Congress. The disclosure came in ...
World / Politics Feb 15, 2018
Collision course as Trump pushes immigration plan but Senate weighs narrower path
President Donald Trump on Wednesday was on a collision course over immigration with U.S. senators including some within his own party, as they struggled to reach a solution protecting 1.8 million immigrants from deportation. With senators racing against a self-imposed deadline to strike a deal ...
Commentary / World Jan 15, 2018
Trump finds a new way to squander U.S. soft power
by Leonid Bershidsky
U.S. global leadership depends on winning over immigrants from far and wide.
Commentary / World Oct 17, 2017
by Robert Samuelson
It's time to build a wall — and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 600,000 "dreamers" from being deported.
World / Social Issues Feb 8, 2017
GOP pair push bill to halve legal U.S. immigration as DHS chief backpedals on sanctuary cities
Two Republican senators proposed steps to slash the number of legal immigrants admitted into the United States by half on Tuesday, but the legislation, developed with the Trump administration, faces an uphill climb to get through Congress. Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue said their ...
Commentary / World Feb 7, 2017
U.S. battle over courts' power
by Alison Frankel
The Trump Justice Department contends that judges are intruding on terrain the U.S. Constitution and Congress have reserved for the president.
Commentary / World Feb 7, 2017
Why U.S. tech must beat Trump on immigration
by Leonid Bershidsky
U.S. companies have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's entry ban every step of the way.
Commentary / World Jan 31, 2017
There goes the neighborhood for Canada, Mexico
by Gwynne Dyer
U.S. President Donald Trump can basically do whatever he wants to America's next-door neighbors when it comes to trade and immigration.