Illustration of USA immigration getty Beto Yarce arrived in the US from Mexico in 2003 with only a tourist visa, and spent his first five years in the country undocumented. Despite holding a master’s degree, he found himself taking low-paying jobs due to his documentation status. Today, Yarce is a successful business owner and community […]
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. It seems that Israel’s negotiated ceasefires with Gaza and Lebanon are only holding on by a thread, and […]
Newly minted President Donald Trump signed several sweeping executive orders on Monday evening, including dropping out of the Paris climate agreement, requiring all federal workers to go back to in-person work, and rolling back dozens of Biden-era initiatives. Joined by his and Vice President JD Vance’s families on the Capital One Arena stage, Trump assured […]
Steve Bannonformer advisor to President-elect Donald Trump and a podcaster who calls his right-wing audience on “War Room” his “army of the awakened,” is determined to get billionaire and new Trump ally Elon Musk far away from the White House. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della SeraBannon said that he’ll get it […]
Meta announced a series of major updates to its content moderation policies today, including ending its fact-checking partnerships and “getting rid” of restrictions on speech about “topics like immigration, gender identity and gender” that the company describes as frequent subjects of political discourse and debate. “It’s not right that things can be said on TV […]
Congress will certify the 2024 presidential election results Monday, exactly four years after the attack on the Capitol. Plus, the split among Republicans over immigration reform.
On New Year’s Eve, America’s most prominent nativist declared that the nation needs more immigrants. “We need competent people, we need smart people coming into our country,” President-elect Donald Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, “we need a lot of people coming in.” It may sound as though Trump was just visited by the […]
Officials said the agent was attacked by a group of migrants at a checkpoint in the northern state of Chihuahua after asking to see their identification papers. At least two migrants were arrested.
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom sees a political opportunity, he seizes it—a good sign that Democratic leadership is recalibrating to be at the forefront of the battle against Donald Trump in the years ahead. Over the weekend, Newsom chimed in on the infighting among MAGA hardliners and DOGE bros Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. As […]
President-elect Donald Trump enthusiastically supported the highly coveted H-1B visa program on Saturday, which allows foreign workers in “specialty occupations” into the United States. Whether or not these visas should be sustained and increased has caused MAGA infighting as billionaire Elon Musk backs the program to the dismay of hardline anti-immigration Trump supporters. “I’ve always […]
