Tag Archives: immigration

Ramaswamy Wants To End H-1B Visa He Used 29 Times

Politico reports: GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “gut” the system for H-1B temporary worker visas if he wins the White House. It’s the very system he’s used in the past to hire high-skilled foreign workers for the pharma company that built much of his wealth. From 2018 through 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved 29 applications for …

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Fox Cuts Away From Man Threatening Dem Lawmakers

Mediaite reports: During Harris Faulkner‘s broadcast Friday, Fox News quickly pulled away from a street interview with an anti-migrant protester in New York City when he began threatening Democratic lawmakers. A group of anti-migrant protesters confronted prominent New York Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. Faulkner directed her producers to tune in to a live …

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Ron DeSantis Doubles Down On Shooting Migrants

“You have to identify them as being hostile. I mean, if there’s a woman with a baby, they are not a cartel member. There’s not going to be authorization to just shoot somebody like that. But when somebody’s got a backpack on and they’re breaking through the wall, you know that that’s hostile intent, and you have every right to …

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Ramaswamy: I’ll Deport US-Born Children Of Migrants

NBC News reports: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says that as president, he would deport American-born children of undocumented immigrants. “The family unit will be deported,” said Ramaswamy when asked by NBC News if the deportations would include American-born children, after a packed town hall here Friday. These children, however, are U.S. citizens, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. The …

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Texas Ordered To Remove Barriers From Rio Grande

Yahoo News reports: A U.S. judge ordered Texas to move floating buoys that were placed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a tentative win for President Joe Biden, whose administration sued the state. U.S. District Court Judge David Ezra issued a preliminary injunction in Austin that requires Texas to relocate …

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House Republicans Cite Noah’s Ark In Motion Backing Texas Using Circular Saws, Razor Wire On Rio Grande

The Houston Chronicle reports: More than 20 members of Congress want to join a federal lawsuit to help protect Gov. Greg Abbott’s buoy barrier in the Rio Grande, referencing Noah’s Ark and questioning if the river can be considered a “navigable waterway” despite being the fourth largest river in North America. In a motion filed on behalf of U.S. Rep. …

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Justice Dept Sues Texas Over Rio Grande Barriers

NBC News reports: The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit against Texas for placing buoys in the Rio Grande as part of an effort by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to deter migrants from crossing into the United States. The civil suit said Texas violated federal law by installing the barrier and asked a judge to order its removal. The …

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TX Gov: I Have “Sovereign Authority” To Use Razor Wire

The Associated Press reports: Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S. A state trooper’s account of officers denying migrants water in 100-degree Fahrenheit …

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DOJ To Sue Texas Over Rio Grande Razor Wire Barrier

Texas Public Radio reports: The Justice Department has notified Texas that it plans to file a lawsuit over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barrier in the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing illegally. The DOJ sent a letter to Abbott on Thursday demanding that Texas remove the buoys and razor wire along the Rio Grande by Monday, July 24, …

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TX Troopers Ordered To Push Migrant Kids Into River

The Houston Chronicle reports: Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as “inhumane.” …

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Multiple Groups Sue Florida Over Anti-Immigrant Law

Politico reports: Several groups sued the DeSantis administration Monday over Florida’s latest anti-immigration law, arguing that it “inflicts enormous harm on people’s ability to go about their daily lives.” Filed in Miami federal court, the lawsuit targets the wide-ranging immigration policies enacted by Florida earlier this year at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who regularly criticizes how Biden is …

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WSJ: DeSantis Is Exacerbating Florida’s Labor Shortage

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: An estimated 772,000 undocumented immigrants lived in Florida in 2019, many of whom have been there for years and contribute significantly to the state economy. Construction, agriculture and hospitality depend heavily on undocumented workforces, not least because of a shortage of U.S. workers for such lower-wage and -skilled jobs. Employers in these industries …

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Mexico Condemns New Florida Anti-Immigrant Law

Reuters reports: Mexico’s government on Saturday slammed a tough new state immigration law in Florida spearheaded by Republican Governor and U.S. presidential contender Ron DeSantis, and the country vowed to help protect undocumented Mexicans in that state. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry in a statement said the provisions could prompt discrimination and racial profiling, and give rise to hostile environments, intimidation and …

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Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Bill Goes Into Effect Tomorrow

The Florida Phoenix reports: Florida’s sweeping anti-immigration bill is set to go into effect this Saturday, and critics of the law warned Wednesday that it will impact far more than the undocumented immigrant population. “Floridians will see higher costs for our groceries due to worker shortages, longer waits at restaurants, struggles to keep employees, less housing options as construction workforces …

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Texas Gov Ships Busload Of Migrants To Los Angeles

Politico reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday he had sent a group of migrants to Los Angeles, the latest attempt by a red-state governor to provoke progressive California on immigration. Abbott’s decision expands a program that has sent thousands of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington as well as to Denver, Chicago and Philadelphia as part …

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Florida Republicans Beg Migrant Workers Not To Leave

Florida Politics reports: Republican state Representatives urged a group of Hispanic religious leaders to counsel their flocks not to abandon their jobs in Florida — even if they are not in the country legally. Video clips now making the rounds on social media show Republican Reps. Alina Garcia and Rick Roth speaking to those assembled at a Hialeah meeting with …

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FL Admits It Was Behind Latest Dumping Of Migrants

Sacramento’s NBC affiliate reports: The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday confirmed its involvement in migrant relocations by flights to Sacramento and released video that it argued shows they were not “kidnapped” or treated poorly. The video provided by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management shows 2 minutes and 21 seconds of short video clips and photos of migrants …

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FL Officials Silent After Latest Migrant Dumping Flights

Politico reports: A second plane full of migrants from the Texas border landed in Sacramento on Monday, leading California officials to escalate allegations that the DeSantis administration has resumed its controversial relocation program. Although the flights are receiving national attention, Florida officials, by and large, are staying silent about any potential involvement while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has been campaigning …

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Charges Filed In Migrant Flight To Martha’s Vineyard

The Texas Tribune reports: The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has completed its investigation into the transport of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last September by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and filed criminal charges with the local district attorney. A statement from the sheriff’s office says it has filed several counts of unlawful restraint, both …

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CA Gov Threatens To Charge “Small, Pathetic” DeSantis

The Hill reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday escalated his war of words with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, calling him a “small, pathetic man” and floating kidnapping charges over a flight of migrants sent to his state. The Democratic governor lobbed the barbs on Twitter after California’s attorney general said Florida’s government appeared to …

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