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U.S. IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2018
Trump finds a new way to squander U.S. soft power
U.S. global leadership depends on winning over immigrants from far and wide.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2017
Yes, build the border wall!
It's time to build a wall — and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 600,000 'dreamers' from being deported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2017
U.S. battle over courts' power
The Trump Justice Department contends that judges are intruding on terrain the U.S. Constitution and Congress have reserved for the president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2017
Why U.S. tech must beat Trump on immigration
U.S. companies have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's entry ban every step of the way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2017
There goes the neighborhood for Canada, Mexico
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 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
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2013
Why more diversity won't mean more Democrats
The finding that as ethnic groups mix, voters tend to vote for more racially conservative candidates does not bode well for the U.S. Democratic Party.

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