Immigration

Trump Is Headed for Another Failure with a Deplorable Immigration Bill

By Rob Garver

Back when his presidential candidacy was still a longshot, Donald Trump had a go-to method for firing up his supporters if he sensed that a campaign rally was losing its momentum. He described it in...
Trump Will Allow Young Immigrants to Stay: Here’s a Rundown on DACA

By Rob Garver

A release from the Trump administration on Thursday night surprised many of the president’s detractors when it made suggested that the administration plans to leave President Obama’s Deferred Action...
How Much Energy Would Trump's Solar Border Wall Actually Produce?

By Leanna Garfield, Business Insider

During a White House meeting with Republican Congressional leaders on June 6, President Trump discussed plans for his proposed US-Mexico border wall. As Axios reported , he pitched covering the wall...
Here’s a Basic Problem With Trump’s Plan to Deport Undocumented Immigrants

By Rob Garver

According to the Government Accountability Office, if the Trump administration really plans on maintaining its accelerated pace of arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants, something is...
Here's How Broken Washington Is — Even Without Trump

By David Dayen

A problem caused by a government-granted monopoly looks like it’ll actually get solved. Or it did, until conservatives found the name “Elizabeth Warren” atop the bill.

Bad News for Trump’s Wall: Watchdog Finds Plenty of Ways Around It

By Eric Pianin

A new report by the Government Accountability Office suggests there are plenty of ways for illegal immigrants, illicit drug smugglers and human traffickers to breach almost any barrier the...
These Big, Expensive Giveaways to Illegal Immigrants Will Backfire on Liberals

By Liz Peek

As Trump ramps up border security, liberal Democrats vow ever-greater resistance. Blue states are increasingly adopting policies that bolster their pro-immigrant bona fides, but that may ultimately...
Trump Can Grow the Economy or Cut Immigration. He Can’t Do Both

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration is fixated on driving down immigration and on driving up economic growth. But there’s good reason to believe that if it succeeds at the first, it will almost certainly fail...
Can Trump’s Wall Really Pay for Itself Over 10 Years?

By Rob Garver

The original plan for President Trump’s border wall, repeated ad nauseam on the campaign trail, was that it would be paid for by Mexico. On Sunday, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated a...
Trump Pushes Congress to the Wall to Avoid a Government Shutdown

By Rob Garver

The already-complicated effort to avert a government shutdown on April 29 is taking on another layer of complexity, with the White House demanding that any spending measure that funds the federal...

Trump Is Forcing GOP Candidates Into an Immigration War Nobody Wants

By Rob Garver

Donald Trump’s success so far in the Republican primary fight has changed the dynamic for many members of the crowded GOP primary field, forcing some to take positions on immigration-related issues...
Trump Would Fight Illegal Immigration With Economic Penalties

By Eric Pianin

One of the big questions about Donald Trump’s iron-fisted immigration plan is how the multi-billionaire businessman would make good on his pledge to force Mexico to pay for construction of a wall...
Trump Says Illegal Immigrant Families ‘Have to Go’

By Eric Pianin

With a new Fox News national poll showing him leading in the race for the GOP presidential nomination nationwide with 25 percent of Republican voters, billionaire Donald Trump returned to a favorite...
As Americans Cheer the Opening Cuba, Rubio Slams Obama for Making a Bad Deal

By Martin Matishak

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is using the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Cuba to renew his attacks on President Obama’s foreign policy. But is anyone listening?
Why Jeb Bush’s Pragmatic Immigration Plan Has No Chance of Passing in the House

By Rob Garver

In his immigration proposal, Bush sticks to his guns on legal status, but offers red meat on “sanctuary cities.” Oh, he also suggests that the failure of immigration reform is all part of President...

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