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With 54 votes in favor and 45 against, the incoming Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS)—Republican Senator from Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin—was confirmed this week. Prior to his political career, Mullin distinguished himself as a successful entrepreneur in the plumbing services sector and as a former mixed martial arts fighter with...
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Following the tragic and unjustifiable attack on two young National Guard members in Washington by an immigrant from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has elevated the concept of “reverse migration” as a central principle of his administration’s policy. On social media, the president announced immediate immigration measures such as “permanently...
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Illinois wildlife experts call this a magical time of year, as monarch butterflies have begun their migration from their northern breeding grounds to Central Mexico for the winter, with peak sightings in Illinois in September. The journey starts in Canada and takes about two-and-a-half months. The arrival of the...
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Let me ask you a question: Which of the two presidential candidates, Donald Trump or Joe Biden, supports sealing the border with Mexico to prevent the access of undocumented immigrants? Until a week ago, the answer was obvious: Donald Trump. The former president has made undocumented immigrants the scapegoat...
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The migration balance for the year 2022 could be summed up with the word “disappointing”. It is true that the administration of President Joe Biden approved temporary protected status for thousands of Venezuelans and the 18-month extension of benefits for immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal....
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There are no words to capture the story of despair of a migrant mother separated for four years from her three-year-old son, both victims of poverty or violence and of the unjustifiable zero tolerance policy of the Trump administration, which decided to use cruelty and barbarism as tools of...
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No existen palabras para capturar la desesperación de una madre migrante separada durante cuatro años de su hijo de apenas tres años, víctimas ambas de la pobreza o la violencia y de una injustificable política de tolerancia cero de la pasada administración Trump, que decidió utilizar la crueldad y...
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TACOMA, Wash. — President Joe Biden signed an executive order this week ending the federal use of private prisons, but the order does not include privately run immigration facilities, like the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Formerly known as the Northwest Detention Center, the facility is run by GEO Group...
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TACOMA, Washington – El presidente Joe Biden firmó una orden ejecutiva esta semana que pone fin al uso federal de prisiones privadas, pero la orden no incluye las instalaciones migratorias de gestión privada, como el Centro de Procesamiento de ICE del Noroeste en Tacoma. Anteriormente conocido como el Centro...