Washington, DC — Using his nativist lies of “invasion” as justification for his extreme policies, Trump announced today that he is deploying troops to the border. Yet, just yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde, issued a direct plea to... Continue »
Donald Trump’s day one avalanche of promised executive orders were more about advancing disorder, nativist divisions, and scapegoating immigrants than about lowering the costs of groceries, childcare, and housing for working families. As noted in a Bluesky thread earlier this week: The sum total of the coming day-one Executive... Continue »
La juramentación de Donald J. Trump como el presidente número 47 de Estados Unidos fue como esperar un huracán Categoría 5, y lo digo con conocimiento de causa pues he vivido varios ciclones. Esa ansiedad y certeza de saber que la devastación será inmensa, sobre todo para los inmigrantes... Continue »
English New York Times Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Eileen Sullivan January 20, 2025 New York Times Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Eileen Sullivan January... Continue »
WASHINGTON — Today, leaders from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, UnidosUS, The National Partnership for New Americans, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights, Mí Familia Vota, and America’s Voice held a press call reacting to President Trump’s executive actions targeting immigrants—including EOs declaring a... Continue »
Washington, DC — The Trump team’s array of Day One announcements on immigration and the border are sweeping in scope and by design, part of a purposeful “shock and awful” effort that aims to overwhelm potential opposition by sheer volume. While we join policy and legal experts in poring... Continue »
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A leading author of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, Russell Vought was again tapped by Donald Trump to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a position he previously filled from July 2020 to January 2021 during the first Trump administration and the office that carries... Continue »
English Washington Times Trump’s new era of immigration enforcement begins By Stephen Dinan January 20, 2025 Washington Post Trump ran on border chaos. Now he’ll have to run the U.S. immigration system. By Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti January 19, 2025 Common Dreams Impact of Trump Immigration Crackdown Is... Continue »
Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the Trump inauguration speech and the array of promised immigration and border executive orders to be issued. To connect with Vanessa Cárdenas or some of the nation’s leading experts on the... Continue »

Jan 18, 2025

The first weeks of the new Trump administration are set to bring an unprecedented wave of intense, cruel, and chaotic shifts in immigration policy. This pivotal moment will demand press coverage that is informed, factual, and balanced. To ensure audiences understand the profound impacts of Trump’s policies, media outlets... Continue »