Last night, my hometown OKC Thunder lost Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals to the San Antonio Spurs. It was a brutal watch. Now that the Thunder are out for good, and I will not longer jinx their play by blogging about the enemy, I bring you the Immigrant
A coalition of people across the political spectrum has come together to oppose the construction of a border wall in Texas' Big Bend. The U.S. government has waived more than two dozen laws to expedite construction along nearly 175 miles of rural West Texas, an area that'
Chloe N. East and Elizabeth Cox write for The Conversation that, contrary to the belief that an immigration crackdown would lead to more jobs for US-born workers, ICE enforcement has not produced economic gains for Americans. The bottom line: "[A]s our most recent research shows, mass deportations don’
President Trump has stated that immigration restrictions will benefit the U.S. economy and improve the wages of U.S. citizen workers. Axios in a nutshell considers the economic impacts of "President Trump's immigration crackdown[,which] is causing one of the sharpest slowdowns in U.S. population
Back in October, a noncitizen fled the scene of a Salt Lake City ICE enforcement action in handcuffs. He asked a nearby couple for help. They drove him away from the scene, purchased bolt cutters, and set the gentleman free. They also posted about it on social media. Salt Lake
Bruce Springsteen's song "American Skin (41 Shots)" is listed among the most controversial songs of the last 50 years. The song involves a Black migrant killed (with 41 shots) by police in New York. The list explains that "[i]nspired by the police shooting of
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY4n1SNFDKV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Protests continue at a New Jersey ICE detention facility. The Associated Press reports that "[p]rotesters clashed with armed federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention center where advocates have demonstrated
NPR reports on quieter changes in the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement with the departure of headline grabbing former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. "After about two months on the job, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has shifted the agency’s immigration enforcement efforts toward
The UK and Poland have entered a new bilateral treaty. While much of the treaty is focused on national security and defense, there are also provisions regarding migration. Article 3 (National Security Co-operation), paragraph 3 reads: he Parties recognise that migrant smuggling is a shared challenge requiring joint solutions. They
So far, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has been much quieter than his predecessor, Kristi Noem. Yesterday, Mullin made the news and quite an impression. David Shepardson for Reuters reports that Secretary Mullin said the "Trump administration is drawing up plans to stop processing international
Ted Shaffrey and Pilip Marcelo for the Associated Press report that Democratic members of Congress yesterday said they observed dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating for days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike. U.S. Rep. Jerry
Jun 5, 2026 07:30 AM PST Immigration has been a top priority in President Trump’s second term. The administration has restricted immigration in many ways, ranging from travel bans to mass deportations. The White House has stated that the United States may have negative net migration to the