States chart own path on protecting immigrants
Richie Requena, Contributing Writer
May 20, 2019
Filed under Nation & World
While President Trump has made a hard-line immigration stance a central focus of his presidency — from threatening to shut the U.S. border with Mexico, to cutting aid to Central American countries to his 2016 campaign comments that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, bringing crime” into the c...
Trump plan would shift immigration focus to ‘merit’
Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro and Jill Colvin, Associated Press
May 17, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unveiling a new immigration plan, President Donald Trump said he wanted to provide a sharp contrast with Democrats, and he did — aiming to upend decades of family-based immigration policy with a new approach that favors younger, "totally brilliant," high-skilled workers he says...
Trump ‘strongly looking’ at releasing migrants in Dem cities
Jill Colvin and Colleen Long, Associated Press
April 13, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he is strongly considering releasing "Illegal Immigrants" into Democratic strongholds to punish congressional foes for inaction on the border— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea had been rejected as fast...
Homeland Security secretary resigns, shake-up in department speeds ahead
Colleen Long and Jill Colvin, Associated Press
April 8, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and White House allies pushing for a harder line on immigration sped their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security, pushing ahead with a mission far wider than the departure of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. L. Francis Cissna, the...
21 Savage arrest fuels further criticism of ICE
Richard Requena & Erick Zepeda, Contributing Writers
February 11, 2019
Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, better known as 21 Savage, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Super Bowl Sunday. The believed Atlanta born rapper is actually from the United Kingdom, coming to the U.S. with his family when he was 7 years old. “Mr. Abraham-Joseph entered the US l...
Caged children are still a reality in the U.S.
Marin Scott, Nation & World Editor
September 24, 2018
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Despite the Trump Administration reducing the coverage of the detention of thousands of immigrant children, there is still so much to learn about what they endured while in custody. Just this month, ProPublica Illinois was able to attain records of the 99 children separated from their families and...
“No human being is illegal”: DePaul students respond to DACA repeal
September 18, 2017
Filed under News
When President Trump announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5 that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would be rescinded, sophomore Brenda González decided that she couldn’t stand by as her life became even more threatened than it already is — so she decided to do what she knows best: organize...
Defend DACA, make DePaul a sanctuary campus
September 11, 2017
Filed under Opinions
The DePaul Socialists condemn the rescindment of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). This racist attack puts some 800,000 people at risk for deportation and violence, and continues President Trump's assault on immigrant communities in the US. Read More »...
Detained immigrants aided with DePaul College of Law’s Spring Break Border Project
January 25, 2015
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For the past 17 years, DePaul law students have gone to Harlingen, Texas on the United States-Mexico border, to participate in the Spring Break Border Project. Read More »...
AP: Obama spurns GOP with expansive immigration orders
The Associated Press and Julie Pace
November 21, 2014
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on "felons, not families." Read More »...
Child, not alien, migration
November 9, 2014
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As tears swelled in their eyes and they fought back the emotions creeping in, Raquel and Alexis Cervantes couldn’t understand why their parents were sending them to the United States for high school after having just completed their secondary education in Baja California Sur, the second smallest...
World News: Summer 2014 recap
September 15, 2014
Filed under Nation & World
Palestinian conflict reignites The continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict went through another spate of violence throughout July and August as members of the Israeli Defense Force and Palestinian group Hamas clashed throughout the Gaza Strip. The conflict was prompted by the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teen...