Illegal immigration

IMMIGRATIONThe “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
By Molly Redden
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPWhat Is Birthright Citizenship and Could the Supreme Court End It?
By Diana Roy
The Trump administration’s efforts to nullify birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children could overturn a nearly 160-year legal precedent.
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IMMIGRATIONStates Are Telling Sheriffs Whether They Can — or Can’t — Work with ICE
By Tim Henderson
Cooperation between sheriffs and ICE lies at the heart of Trump’s immigration policy.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKINGStates Push to Combat Human Trafficking Amid Federal Funding Cuts
By Amanda Hernández
States are moving to strengthen protections against human trafficking, but some advocates warn that some programs might not have the resources to help survivors.
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IMMIGRATIONExperts Cast Doubt on State’s Report That Undocumented Immigrants Cost Texas Hospitals $122M in a Month
By Stephen Simpson
Texas hospitals incurred $121.8 million in health care costs in November from patients who were not “lawfully” permitted to be in the country, according to data released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Policy experts say undocumented immigrants’ cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.
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IMMIGRATIONTexas May Study the Impact of Immigration Again, but Focus Only on Costs
By Alejandro Serrano
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.
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IMMIGRATIONHow Canadian Immigration Law Turns Judges into Border Guards
What happens to you if you get into an argument, it escalates, and you end up hitting someone with an umbrella or pulling their hair? In Canada, if you’re not a Canadian citizen, the consequences can be dramatic: you may be deported.
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MASS DEPORTATIONDeporting Millions of Immigrants Would Shock the U.S. Economy, Increasing Housing, Food and Other Prices
By Francisco I. Pedraza, Jason L. Morín, and Loren Collingwood
An economy supported by immigrants living illegally in the U.S. protects Americans. The U.S. would be unable to dodge the economic shocks and high costs that mass deportations would bring about.
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IMMIGRATIONDiseased Illegal Immigrants Aren’t “Invading” the United States
By Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong
My research at the Cato Institute on crime and terrorism committed by illegal immigrants conclusively shows that they commit less crime than native-born Americans and have murdered zero people in domestic attacks since 1975. We also fond no statistically significant relationship between the size of the immigrant population, the illegal immigrant population, or the legal immigrant population and the spread of serious communicable diseases.
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BORDER SECURITYA Wagner Mercenary Who Crossed U.S.-Mexican Border Was Honored in Russia Weeks Before Arrest
By Carl Schreck, Mark Krutov, Mike Eckel, and Ramazan Alpaut
A self-confessed veteran of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group arrested for crossing into the United States from Mexico appears to have been honored as a combat veteran weeks earlier by an organization established by Russian President Valdimir Putin.
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IMMIGRATIONHere Are the U.S. Immigration Terms to Know
By Diana Roy
The U.S. immigration system is complex, consisting of various laws, policies, and programs. Here’s what to know about immigration under a second Trump administration.
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GANGSViolent Venezuelan Gang Members Expanding Operations in Midwest
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin. Tren de Aragua gang members are known for violence, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and human and drug trafficking.
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MASS DEPORTATIONDespite Trump’s Claim, Deportations Likely Wouldn’t Ease Housing Crisis, Most Experts Say
By Robbie Sequeira
The mass deportations of immigrants that President-elect Donald Trump has promised aren’t likely to make a dent in the nation’s housing crisis, many experts say, despite what he and his supporters claimed during his campaign. Not only is the link between mass deportation and housing availability tenuous at best, but mass deportation may likely result in far fewer homes being built.
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MASS DPORTATION“The Best Time to Prepare”: Migrant Rights Group Warns Undocumented Texans to Plan for Deportations
By Berenice Garcia
Groups are urging the state’s estimated 1.6 million undocumented migrants to prepare financially and make plans for their loved ones if they’re detained.
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IMMIGRATIONA 2006 Study Found Undocumented Immigrants Contribute More Than They Cost Texas. The State Hasn’t Updated It Since.
By Alejandro Serrano
A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
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