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How the Trump administration is expanding its immigration crackdown to people entering legally

The Trump administration has trained much of its immigration crackdown on people who entered the United States illegally from Mexico and elsewhere, but it is intensifying another battle, this time with people who come legally

The Independent UK · Aug 26

Outrage Erupts as Trump Slashes Humanitarian Immigration to 50-Year Low, Admitting Mostly White South Africans

New data show Trump's second administration cut legal immigration approvals by 27% and reduced humanitarian admissions to a 50-year low, with most of the 7,500 slots reportedly going to white South Africans.

International Business Times UK · Jun 23

What Trump’s asylum ‘pause’ means – and what it doesn’t

The US president has halted decisions on many asylum claims, but the scope, legality and real-world effects of the pause remain unclear

The Guardian - US · Dec 2, 2025

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A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’

Binod Shah, a refugee from Bhutan, went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. But an arrest record got him caught in the ICE dragnet

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2025

With Hyundai raid, Trump's immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment

President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

Critics Say Fear May Be Behind Government Data Showing Immigrant Population Decline Over Past 6 Months: 'Survey Respondents Are Too Scared'

Critics are questioning recent government data showing a decline in the immigrant population across the first six months of the Trump administration, warning that the numbers may not reflect reality

Latin Times · Aug 16, 2025

DHS Secretary Touts Report Claiming 1.6 Million Migrant Decline, But Its Own Authors Warn It May Be Overstated

Kristi Noem said Thursday that roughly 1.6 million undocumented immigrants have left the United States since Trump took office, citing a report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). However, CIS itself warned the number may overstate the actual decline

Latin Times · Aug 15, 2025

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Will SCOTUS kill birthright citizenship?

In a petition to the high court, Trump asked the Supreme Court to overrule centuries of American history

Salon · Mar 14, 2025

Julia Gelatt: What Happens if Trump 'Seals the Border'?

Demographer Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute joins Just Asking Questions to discuss the likely effects of the president's executive orders on immigration.

Reason · Jan 30, 2025

Experts trash Trump citizenship plot

"This goes way beyond overruling Roe... This is quite a bit more of a rethinking of what the country is even about"

Salon · Dec 11, 2024

Have Republican busing schemes made immigration a priority for voters?

Experts say Republican initiatives to bus migrants north have contributed to voter concerns about immigration in the US.

Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2024

New study: Texas’ undocumented immigrant population remained relatively stable in 2021

The Pew Research Center analyzed unauthorized immigrant data from 2021 finding that there’s been a significant shift in migrants’ country of origin and where they choose to live in the U.S.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 22, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023

As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what's behind the numbers

Migrants have always come to the U.S., but the immigration system now seems strained nationwide more than ever

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

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Miami Herald · May 24, 2023

US allows Haitians into humanitarian-parole program but cuts back seasonal workers’ visas

The housekeeping jobs paid as much as $14 an hour, were located at a hotel in the middle of the United States and came with housing and three free meals a day.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Cities shrink but immigrants help stem population losses

Continuing a pandemic trend, Americans are moving to the South and Southwest and from cities to the suburbs in search of more space and homes they can afford, recent government data indicates.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

How North Texans have helped ‘hug Ukraine,’ evacuees in year since war began

THE COLONY, Texas -- On a Saturday afternoon, the parking lot at St. Sophia’s Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was full.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 3, 2023

Employers of foreign workers would pay more under Biden proposal

The Biden administration will propose Tuesday to dramatically increase fees for many employment-based visas while keeping prices for people applying to become U.S. citizens relatively static.

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Los Angeles Times · Nov 13, 2022

'I can't keep fighting the system': DACA recipients are leaving the US, disheartened by years of instability

Tawheeda Wahabzada was tired of hoping she would ever have a permanent place in the country that had been home for nearly her entire life. So in February 2020, after hosting a "self-deportation party" where she said goodbye to her friends and family, she left the U.S.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2022

U.S. to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing war amid broader aid effort

The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid, the Biden administration said on Thursday after a month of bombardments touched off Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of World War Two.

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