Immigration

Donald Trump isn’t letting up from his statements on immigration, defending his disparaging comments in a Wednesday interview with CNN’s Don Lemon. The businessman has faced a substantial amount of backlash after he called Mexican immigrants “rapists,” claiming immigration reform was the biggest problem in the country. During his interview with Lemon, the 2016 presidential candidate said he isn’t worried […]

UPDATE: Monday, June 29, 5:20 P.M.  Donald Trump has threatened to sue NBC to court. In a statement released Monday afternoon,  Trump says their cancellation of the Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants violates their prior agreement. “Their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court,” said Trump’s office in a […]

Donald Trump has taken his feud with Univsion to a whole new level. On Friday, Trump published a Univision anchor’s personal phone number and banned all of the channel’s executives from using the Trump  golf course in Miami, the latest in a feud between the real estate mogul and the largest Spanish language network in […]

The bloody origins of the Dominican Republic’s ethnic ‘cleansing’ of Haitians http://t.co/AAISZltapV — tejwo (@tejwo) June 16, 2015 In what critics describe as ethnic “cleansing,” scores of Haitian migrant workers are set to be deported from the Dominican Republic this week, highlighting the country’s long-troubled relationship with its Caribbean neighbor, according to media reports. Undocumented […]

In a blow to President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration reform plan, a federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from Department of Justice lawyers to allow the executive order to move forward pending appeal, reports CNN. The decision represents a victory for Texas and 25 other states challenging the administration’s actions, which were blocked […]

Borrowing a page from President Barack Obama’s election playbook, Hillary Clinton pledged Tuesday to support sweeping immigration reform, reports The Huffington Post. Obama, who scored big with Hispanic voters in both elections, has been a big proponent of immigration reform, promulgating extensive deportation relief policies to the ire of Republicans, who have tried to stall […]

After releasing a song following the Freddie Gray protests, legendary singer Prince has announced that he will host a concert. The event, which is called the “Mother’s Day Rally 4 Peace” concert, is slated to take place at Royal Farms Arena. “In a spirit of healing, the event is meant to be a catalyst for […]

When U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. leaves office next week, he leaves behind some big shoes to fill. But if anyone is qualified to fill those shoes, it is his successor Loretta Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District in New York for the last five years after her appointment by President […]

President Barack Obama’s plans to allow some undocumented immigrants to reside in the U.S. have come to a halt. Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Brownsville, Texas said he won’t make any rulings on the policy until after March 19. Last month, Judge Hanen stopped President Obama’s deportation relief policies in light of a lawsuit […]

For nearly six years, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been President Barack Obama’s legal pugilist, relentlessly fighting against racial inequality, defending the Voting Rights Act, and challenging discriminatory state immigration laws. And yet during a recent farewell ceremony, it was Holder who thanked America for allowing him to serve in the position. “I am grateful […]

Just a day after it was revealed police in Washington state shot at a Mexican migrant 17 times, hitting him as many as six times,…

On Wednesday, Loretta E. Lynch (pictured), the nominee to replace outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, defended the legality of President Barack Obama’s immigration policy at the start of a confirmation hearing, where the new Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee pledged to ask tough questions, the New York Times writes. RELATED: President Nominates Loretta Lynch For […]