What the Trump/Biden dueling rhetoric at the U.S. border tells us Andrea Silva, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, and Eric Gonzalez Juenke - March 25, 2024 Both presidential campaigns want to make immigration policy a top issue in the 2024 election.
There’s just one Department of Homeland Security. So why does it have so many bosses in Congress? Scott Welder, Jennifer Dresden, and Christine Kwon - October 20, 2021 More than 90 congressional committees and subcommittees currently claim jurisdiction over some part of DHS
Civil servants are the last defense against a lawless president. It’s no wonder Trump didn’t trust them. Walter M. Shaub, Jr. - October 10, 2021 U.S. democracy counts on public servants to be loyal to the Constitution, not politicians
The migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border is actually a predictable pattern. Tom Wong, Jesus Rojas Venzor, and Gabriel De Roche - March 22, 2021 Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic
Biden is pursuing a pathway to citizenship. He will face two key challenges. Romelia M. Solano - January 29, 2021 One challenge: inclusion of immigrants who don’t fit prevailing norms of deservingness.
Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision. Nazita Lajevardi, Loren Collingwood, and Kassra AR Oskooii - January 26, 2021 In 2017, rallies and protests persuaded a big proportion of citizens that the ban was ‘un-American'
Colombia’s lawmakers are debating how to regulate cocaine. Here’s what we know about decriminalization. Elena Barham - October 18, 2020 Peru and Bolivia have already legalized parts of the coca trade.
Are the Trump administration’s actions in Portland legal? Are they constitutional? Steve Vladeck - July 24, 2020 The devil’s in the details.
Nancy Pelosi said ‘the Squad’ was just ‘four people.’ But here’s why they might succeed. Jeffrey S. Lantis - July 24, 2019 Generational turnover and new technologies pose new challenges
Treating immigrants like criminals has a long history in the United States Melina Juárez Pérez - July 18, 2019 “Crimmigration” started well before the Trump administration.
Is MS-13 as dangerous as Trump suggests? Mariely Lopez-Santana, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, and Camilo Pardo - December 7, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81146" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Police detain suspects after dismantling a
5 reasons to be concerned about deploying U.S. troops along the southern border Alice Friend - November 5, 2018 The first few hundred U.S. troops arrived along the southern
You’ve heard the calls to #AbolishICE. Here’s what that could mean. Seth Grossman and Margo Schlanger - July 9, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75459" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Immigration activist during a rally in
Why are so many children coming to the U.S. from Central America in the first place? Rachel Schwartz - June 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75136" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Dozens of families fleeing from Central
The news media usually show immigrants as dangerous criminals. That’s changed — for now, at least. Heather Mohamed and Emily Farris - June 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74905" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Immigrants line up to enter the
Immigration boiled over last week. Here’s what Congress did — and why. Sarah Binder - June 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74905" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Immigrants line up outside a bus
Trump is setting records in how few people he has appointed — and how long they take to confirm Terry Sullivan, Heather Ba, and Brandon Schneider - January 18, 2018 [caption id="attachment_52909" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump is joined by family
Why Donald Trump needs the ‘administrative state’ that Steve Bannon wants to destroy David Lewis - March 2, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54840" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White House Chief Strategist Stephen K.
U.S. counterterrorism is mired in turf wars. We could learn a lot from the U.K. Frank Foley - July 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44010" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Tashfeen Malik and her husband, Syed
The Supreme Court didn’t answer its own questions on immigration. Here’s what comes next. Andrew Rudalevige - June 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42807" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gabriela Esparza, in the middle wearing
Can we prevent terrorism by checking immigrants’ social media accounts? No. Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld and Jesse Driscoll - December 29, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33983" align="aligncenter" width="908"] This July 27, 2014 photo shows