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Trump's wall obsession

Commentary / World Feb 25, 2019

Trump's wall obsession

by Kent E. Calder

Defeat in the November midterms made reviving the wall issue imperative for the U.S. president.

Presidents Day protests decry Trump's emergency declaration as power grab

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 ...

Top Trump aides John Kelly, John Bolton have heated exchange over immigration outside Oval Office: sources

World / Politics Oct 19, 2018

Top Trump aides John Kelly, John Bolton have heated exchange over immigration outside Oval Office: sources

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 ...

Wilbur Ross spoke to immigration foe Steve Bannon about citizenship question on census, DOJ says

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 ...

Trump finds a new way to squander U.S. soft power

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.

Yes, build the border wall!

Commentary / World Oct 17, 2017

Yes, build the border wall!

by Robert Samuelson

It's time to build a wall — and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 600,000 "dreamers" from being deported.

GOP pair push bill to halve legal U.S. immigration as DHS chief backpedals on sanctuary cities

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.

Why U.S. tech must beat Trump on immigration

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.

There goes the neighborhood for Canada, Mexico

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.

Commentary / World Jul 13, 2014

Dummies ignore perks of foreign brainpower

by Noah Smith

By keeping out high-skilled immigrants, the U.S. government is like a football quarterback running the wrong way and scoring a touchdown against its own team.

Commentary / World Jul 1, 2013

Fence against cheap labor set too deep in south

by Harold Meyerson

If Washington wants to build a fence to keep back the dangers of cheap labor, the fence should run from Virginia to Texas — not along the Mexican border.

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