Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The Trump administration said on Sunday night it was pausing punitive tariffs against Colombia after its leader agreed to grant entry to US military flights deporting migrants. The announcement appeared to head off […]
Honduras’s president threatened to push the U.S. military out of a base it built decades ago in the Central American country should President-elect Donald J. Trump carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants from the United States. The response by President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, in an address broadcast on television and radio on Wednesday, […]
President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with Democratic cities and states that adopted policies offering “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants during his first term. Now, both sides are gearing up for round two. During Trump’s first term, sanctuary cities refused to allow local law enforcement to share information with federal immigration agents or hand over immigrants in […]
This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming. On one hand, we simply cannot function without them. On the other, xenophobic politicians whip up fear and mistrust of workers on the lowest economic rungs when it serves their purposes. And voters, who […]
Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that immigration agents were going to try to enter schools. There was no truth to it, but school staff members had to find students who were avoiding school and coax them back […]
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president, attention has turned to his highest-profile campaign promise: the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. But uncertainty remains about the scope of Trump’s plans. Who exactly does he want to deport? And will he actually be […]
President-elect Donald Trump said he will use the military to carry out mass deportations — the centerpiece of his immigration agenda in his second term. He has not gone into detail about his plans, but legal experts have suggested he may be able to rely on a combination of federal laws to implement the deportations […]
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Getty Images Donald Trump’s team say that deportations will initially focus on public safety and national security threats. Gabriela entered the United States more than two decades ago, gasping for breath under a pile of corn stalks in the boot of a smuggler’s car. Now a housekeeper in Maryland, the Bolivian national is one of […]
WASHINGTON — Democratic governors around the country are vowing to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. But most aren’t prepared for what could be coming, legal experts who envision brutal crackdowns say, and the vast majority of Democrat-led states lack meaningful safeguards to prevent the transfer of […]
