Tagged: immigration policy
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a pair of memos regarding the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border enforcement. Shannon Young reports. Download Audio The implementation memos signed...
Donald Trump’s electoral college victory of has sent a wave of fear and trepidation through the millions-strong population of undocumented immigrants. During the campaign, Trump indicated he’ll move to reverse the Deferred Action for...
French authorities began closing down the massive migrant encampment in the port town of Calais Monday. Known as The Jungle, the camp was temporary home to as many as 8,000 people hoping to make...
Last year’s epic flow of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe transfixed the world and finally put the issue of migration at the top of the political agenda. To that end, the 71st General Assembly...
Its officially day one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and plenty happened prior to the first gavel. At a Monday morning breakfast meeting, delegates from the Florida contingent booed Democratic National Chairwoman...
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson begins a two-day visit to El Salvador and Honduras Thursday. His trip comes as U.S. immigration authorities under his mandate have started another round of deportation raids. Among...
Europe’s refugee crisis continues unabated. Now the European Union’s central police agency, Europol, says that thousands of refugee children are unaccounted for. Jacob Resneck reports. Download Audio Out of the more than a million...
Just one day after the president’s final State of the Union address, the Obama administration announced plans to expand its refugee program to include processing centers in the three most violence-plagued countries of Central...
Just after the new year, immigration agents began conducting deportation raids in at least three states, enforcing removal orders against Central Americans. FSRN’s Shannon Young has more. Download Audio U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Today marks 10 years since Operation Streamline took effect. The policy significantly increased the caseloads in criminal courts along the southern U.S. border by criminalizing what used to be a civil offense: illegal re-entry...