Politics chat: January 6 anniversary, Republicans in Congress split over immigration
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Politics chat: January 6 anniversary, Republicans in Congress split over immigration

NPR  

Politics chat: January 6 anniversary, Republicans in Congress split over immigration Congress will certify the 2024 presidential election results Monday, exactly four years after the attack on the Capitol. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Tomorrow is January 6, four years since hundreds of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building to overturn the results of the 2020 election. RASCOE: Another Trump question - what do you make of his comments on social media last week after the attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas? RASCOE: The judge in Trump's hush money case in New York City says he'll sentence the president-elect this coming Friday.

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How Donald Trump plans to crack down on immigration during his second term | EXPLAINED
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How Donald Trump plans to crack down on immigration during his second term | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to crack down on illegal immigration and try to restrict legal immigration when he returns to the White House on January 20, following up on campaign promises and unfinished efforts from his 2017-2021 presidency. Trump also would reinstate the COVID-19-era Title 42 policy, which allowed U.S. border authorities to quickly expel migrants back to …

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions
2 months, 1 week ago

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions

NPR  

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images When President Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021, he did what he had promised: he rescinded many of former President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies. Sponsor Message Andrea Flores, who served as the director of border management on the National Security Council under …

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration
3 months ago

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration

Salon  

Heading into November, Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy on the economy is simple: Insist it is doomed, blame it on Kamala Harris and tie everything back to immigration. Overnight, Trump became chief enabler to the chief “criminals” he claimed were killing Americans, and his base didn’t even hear about it as Fox News called President Biden an “accessory to murder.” After …

Trump scares his followers with talk of "illegals," but border crossings are lowest in four years
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump scares his followers with talk of "illegals," but border crossings are lowest in four years

Salon  

During Donald Trump's press conference at his Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday, he pivoted from speaking points meant to focus on inflation to, once again, rattle off misinformation about Kamala Harris wanting to "end detention of illegal alien migrants, releasing vicious monsters into our communities to rape, maim and murder." Having made a habit out of scaring …

Trump’s hardline immigration policies in spotlight on day two of RNC
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s hardline immigration policies in spotlight on day two of RNC

Al Jazeera  

Republicans rally around former president’s agenda at National Convention in Milwaukee, days after rally shooting. Donald Trump’s hardline stance on immigration will be in the spotlight on the second day of the Republican National Convention, after the former United States president made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt at the weekend. In an interview with FOX News …

Fact check: What did Biden and Trump claim about immigration in the debate?
6 months, 1 week ago

Fact check: What did Biden and Trump claim about immigration in the debate?

NPR  

Fact check: What did Biden and Trump claim about immigration in the debate? toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Without a doubt, the issue of immigration is playing a big role in the 2024 presidential campaign — and it was certainly one of the main points of contention between President Biden and former President Donald Trump in Thursday night's debate. Here …

Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
7 months ago

Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. About half of Hispanic adults in March said that Biden’s presidency had done more to hurt the country on immigration and border security — a potentially alarming number as Trump’s campaign works to …

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern
7 months ago

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In remarks delivered from the White House, Biden …

Biden’s new border rule shows progressives where they really stand
7 months ago

Biden’s new border rule shows progressives where they really stand

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday of an executive action …

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket
7 months ago

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's impending executive order cracking down on illegal immigration is expected to set limitations on how many migrants can cross the southern border every day. President Joe Biden plans to announce as early as Tuesday an executive order that would limit the number of migrants able to cross the southern border every day if it reaches 4,000 per …

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security

Raw Story  

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Biden said in a statement Republicans had put partisan politics ahead of the country to reject "the toughest border enforcement in history," while Homeland …

Trump gets another boost as poll shows Biden's border crisis has pushed immigration to the front of American minds
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump gets another boost as poll shows Biden's border crisis has pushed immigration to the front of American minds

Daily Mail  

Americans' top concern with just six months until the November election remains immigration for the third month in a row. 1 issue facing the country has revealed immigration is at the top of mind for the third month in a row with just six months until the 2024 election In February there was a record-high number of Republicans naming immigration …

2024 U.S. Presidential election | Donald Trump warns of ‘bloodbath’ if he is not elected
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 U.S. Presidential election | Donald Trump warns of ‘bloodbath’ if he is not elected

The Hindu  

Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that November’s presidential election will be the “most important date” in U.S. history, painting his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country. “The date -- remember this, November 5 -- I believe it’s going to be the most important date in the history of our country,” …

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union
10 months ago

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union

NPR  

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images President Biden continued to attack Republicans for playing politics with the border during his State of the Union address, as Republicans in the House gallery heckled him back. He pointed his finger and blasted Republican leaders for …

Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made separate visits to the US-Mexico border in Texas, competing over who has the best approach to tackling immigration. Biden, who visited the Rio Grande Valley city of Brownsville, long the busiest corridor for border crossings, underlined the necessity of a bipartisan border security bill, which was tanked by Republicans on …

Biden Goes On Offense On His Weakest Issue: Illegal Border Crossings
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden Goes On Offense On His Weakest Issue: Illegal Border Crossings

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas, on February 29, 2024. JIM WATSON via Getty Images President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, hoping to turn what has been a major campaign vulnerability into a weapon, following the demise — at the request of rival Donald Trump — of a bipartisan proposal that would …

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
10 months, 1 week ago

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation’s broken immigration system and how to fix it. You know and I know it’s the toughest, most efficient, …

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue

NPR  

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden squared off against former President Donald Trump on Thursday on one of the issues expected to dominate the 2024 presidential election: immigration. Enlarge this image toggle …

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has urged Donald Trump to help him pass his border security package, as his rival blamed him for the deaths of “countless innocent victims”. The president, speaking at the same time as Mr Trump on separate visits to the Texan southern border on Thursday, warned of the dangers of untrammelled illegal immigration and called on Republicans to “show …

Biden AND Trump will visit the border on the same day: 2024 rivals to clash in Texas during crisis that has seen 7.3 MILLION migrants enter since Joe took office and just days after illegal immigrant
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden AND Trump will visit the border on the same day: 2024 rivals to clash in Texas during crisis that has seen 7.3 MILLION migrants enter since Joe took office and just days after illegal immigrant

Daily Mail  

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will make dueling visits to the border on Thursday as illegal immigrant remains a top issue headed into the 2024 election. Joe Biden and Donald Trump will make dueling visits to the border on Thursday when they are both in Texas On his visit, Biden 'reiterate his calls for Congressional Republicans to stop playing politics …

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday, as both candidates try to turn the nation’s broken immigration system to their political advantage in an expected campaign rematch this year. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that often sees large numbers …

Biden and Trump plan to make dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden and Trump plan to make dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times  

In this combination of photos, President Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J. President Biden and former President Trump will make dueling trips to the Mexican border in Texas on Thursday after congressional talks on a deal to rein in illegal migration collapsed, according …

Biden 'is plotting tough new immigration crackdown almost identical to one Dems previously blasted Trump for: Border will CLOSE if more than 8,500 try to cross in a day'
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden 'is plotting tough new immigration crackdown almost identical to one Dems previously blasted Trump for: Border will CLOSE if more than 8,500 try to cross in a day'

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden is considering an immigration crackdown that closes the border if more than 8,500 try to cross in one day, a law repeatedly used by former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden is considering an immigration crackdown that closes the border if more than 8,500 try to cross in one day, a law repeatedly used by former President …

Will moving to the middle on immigration deliver electoral success to Democrats in 2024?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Will moving to the middle on immigration deliver electoral success to Democrats in 2024?

LA Times  

For a decade, starting with President Obama‘s reelection and accelerating during Donald Trump‘s years in office, Democrats moved to the left on immigration issues, downplaying border enforcement and advocating for the rights of migrants to seek asylum in the U.S. For a time, the public moved with them. The harsh enforcement measures pushed by Trump, especially the separation of children …

A Brief History Of Republicans Walking Away From Bipartisan Immigration Deals
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A Brief History Of Republicans Walking Away From Bipartisan Immigration Deals

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan compromise on immigration reform fell apart this week in the Senate as Republicans heeded former President Donald Trump’s advice to kill it. “You’re preying on people’s fears,” Loweree said, “and if you can do that successfully, there’s very little that can be done to bring somebody back from that.” In 2006 and 2013, …

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats
11 months ago

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Danielle Campoamor is a freelance writer formerly of TODAY and NBC. Trump has continuously lambasted the legislation, claiming on his makeshift social media platform Truth Social that “only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill.” His sycophantic followers in the House and the Senate have, of course, followed suit, with Republicans …

‘Outrageous’: Musk lambasts Biden for letting illegal migrants enter US to ‘create one-party state’
11 months ago

‘Outrageous’: Musk lambasts Biden for letting illegal migrants enter US to ‘create one-party state’

Hindustan Times  

Hitting out at Joe Biden for prioritising legal status for millions of immigrants, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Friday that the US President is attempting to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” in order to establish a “one-party state.” US President Joe Biden and Tesla CEO Elon Musk “Biden’s strategy is very simple: 1. It is …

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics

Associated Press  

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Almost immediately after he walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, Joe Biden began rolling back his predecessor’s immigration policies, which he had assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as harsh and inhumane. “If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly,” Biden said last …

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. It’s a familiar political dynamic, one that has repeatedly thwarted attempts to reform U.S. immigration law, including …

Biden’s embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his reelection
1 year ago

Biden’s embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his reelection

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden’s concessions on border policy to get Ukraine aid passed have put him at odds with key allies who will be charged with mobilizing voters, multiple sources tell CNN, underscoring the political headwinds the Biden campaign faces in the upcoming election. Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar, who also serves as co-chair of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign, …

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants
1 year ago

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators struggled Sunday to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the holiday recess. “They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump said about the record …

Republicans have set a border trap. Biden can't afford to fall for it
1 year ago

Republicans have set a border trap. Biden can't afford to fall for it

Salon  

An overwhelming majority of Americans of all political stripes want Congress to fix immigration, and yet, Congress has failed to do so for decades. McCain described the far right’s prescription to round up all the “illegals” and deport them as pure “bullsh—t.” We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism “There are politicians today …

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As record numbers of migrants surge at the southern U.S. border, many seeking asylum, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has told Congress the country’s “broken” immigration system is in need of a top-to-bottom update. When are we going to do this?’ And every year it’s gotten worse.” A core group of senators, Republicans and Democrats, has been eying …

Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden
1 year, 10 months ago

Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors. The new rules put forth by Biden could help the president fight back against critics who complain he hasn’t …

Immigration will vex Biden no matter who controls Congress
2 years, 3 months ago

Immigration will vex Biden no matter who controls Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At a recent White House ceremony honoring Hispanic heritage in the U.S., President Joe Biden spoke of how immigration has defined the nation and should be celebrated. We are a nation of immigrants.” Biden pledged himself to “fixing our immigration system for good.” He’s tackling near-term issues like reuniting migrant families separated during the previous administration and addressing …

Biden’s immigration ‘challenge’ is a brewing ‘crisis’
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden’s immigration ‘challenge’ is a brewing ‘crisis’

Al Jazeera  

Amid an influx of migrants on the US-Mexico border, Biden’s team tries to tamp down political griping. “I think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday in response to a question about whether he believes there’s a crisis at the border. When pressed by reporters on the hair-splitting between …

Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under Biden
4 years, 1 month ago

Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School, thinks Biden will move cautiously on asylum to avoid setting off a new wave of arrivals and says other changes will face “procedural and practical problems.” Take the “public charge” rule, …

US Election 2020 Key Issues: Immigration, immigrants and where Trump and Biden stand
4 years, 2 months ago

US Election 2020 Key Issues: Immigration, immigrants and where Trump and Biden stand

Firstpost  

COVID-19, which has hit the United States the hardest, has allowed the Trump administration to further push extensive immigration restrictions In 2016, Donald Trump kept the subject of immigration central to his successful presidential campaign, leading with the promise of an ”impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful” border wall with Mexico. Where Trump stands In his second term, Trump plans to …

Trump and Biden on immigration: Nearly opposite, but not quite
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump and Biden on immigration: Nearly opposite, but not quite

LA Times  

Asylum seekers are held in a temporary transition area under the Paso Del Norte International Bridge in El Paso in March 2019. Abandoning any pretext of targeting only illegal action or working with Congress — including when Republicans controlled both chambers — through more than 400 executive actions, according to the Migration Policy Institute, Trump’s administration has essentially sealed off …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration
4 years, 5 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is assailing Joe Biden for immigration proposals that Biden actually isn’t proposing. In addition to misrepresenting Biden’s still-evolving agenda, Trump ignored the fact that the Obama-Biden administration aggressively deported people, drawing fierce criticism from some advocates for immigrants. Nor has the task force on immigration that Biden advisers created with advisers from Vermont Sen. Bernie …

Trump’s focus on his base complicates path to reelection
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s focus on his base complicates path to reelection

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters. But that’s not him.” Fleischer said that, while the virus puts limits on the president’s ability to travel and the political environment is far more polarized today than it was in …

Trump transforms 2020 immigration debate - for Democrats
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump transforms 2020 immigration debate - for Democrats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The intensity of President Donald Trump’s hardline approach to immigration hasn’t just pushed the Republican Party rightward — it’s also moving Democrats in ways that are profoundly transforming the immigration debate. President Barack Obama’s administration also carried out tough enforcement policies as they tried to broker a broader immigration deal with Congress — there were so many removals …

Democrats’ 2020 policy blitz largely lacking on immigration
5 years, 7 months ago

Democrats’ 2020 policy blitz largely lacking on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders are in a feverish battle to one-up each other with ever-more-ambitious plans to beat back global warming, curb gun violence, offer universal health care coverage, slash student debt and preserve abortion rights. The field of 24 candidates is united in condemning President Donald Trump’s support for hard-line immigration tactics, particularly his push to wall off …

Trump to launch new immigration overhaul push
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump to launch new immigration overhaul push

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After years of setbacks and stalemates, President Donald Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan on Thursday as he tries to convince the American public and lawmakers that the nation’s legal immigration system should be overhauled. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to outline the plan before Trump’s announcement, said the U.S. would award the …

Trump news: From slating Brexit to attacking Beto O'Rourke, president rails against the world as he loses Senate vote
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump news: From slating Brexit to attacking Beto O'Rourke, president rails against the world as he loses Senate vote

The Independent  

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