Immigration News

The Media Research Center reviewed sound bites of ABC, CBS, and NBC which dealt with immigration and found that 92 percent of them were hostile to President Trump.  As one example, the broadcast networks aired 478 soundbites covering the alleged victims of the president's immigration policies. Relatives of victims of crimes by illegal aliens got only five sound bites.

A Gallup poll found that immigration is the issue of greatest concern to 22 percent of Americans, a percentage higher than any other issue. Gallup speculated that Republicans might focus in immigration in the mid-term elections as a means to keep their control of the House and Senate.

An initiative to overturn Oregon's sanctuary law protecting illegal aliens has qualified for the November ballot. If it prevails, it would be the first time such a law has been repealed. Californians tried last year to place an anti-sanctuary initiative on their state's ballot, but their effort failed to gain the required number of signatures.

When asked about the a solution to the problem of children accompanying  illegal aliens who come to the U.S., President Trump responded,  "Well, I have a solution. Tell people not to come to our country illegally. That's the solution. Don't come to our country illegally. Come like other people do. Come legally." A reporter then inquired, "Is that what you're saying? You're punishing the children?" Trump replied, "I'm saying this very simply: We have laws. We have borders. Don't come to our country illegally. It's not a good thing."

The Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security ((DHS) say that nearly half of the young children taken into custody after crossing the border needed to be separated from the adults who brought them. Some of those adults were not the children's parents, and others had criminal records and posed a danger to the children. DHS cited "many instances where human traffickers have used children to cross the border to gain illegal entry.

President Trump warned European leaders that they had "better watch themselves" because mass immigration is "changing the culture of Europe." He added that, "I think it's a very negative thing for Europe. I think it is very negative. And I know it's politically necessary correct to say that, but I'll say it, and I'll say it loud."

A group of Democratic House members are supporting legislation to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that does interior enforcement of U.S. immigration law. A strong supporter of this plan is Sean McElwee, co-founder of Data for Progress and originator of the slogan, "Abolish ICE." Said McElwee, " Now that we have clear consensus that ICE must be abolished, it's time for a discussion about a humane enforcement system. That means the ending the criminalization of migration, creating a fast path to citizenship, limiting the scope of CBP's enforcement, and ending our inhumane immigration detention system. The existence if the legislation proves that within the Democratic Party there is some interest in moving away from pandering to white supremacy. 

A study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that immigration (legal and illegal) is having a negative impact of the employment of U.S. teenagers. The study notes that: "The share of U.S.-born teenagers (16 to 19) in the labor force — working or looking for work — in the summer has been declining for more than two decades, long before the downturn that began in 2007. We project that things will improve only slightly this summer. At the same time as teenage employment has declined, the overall number of immigrants (legal and illegal) holding a job has more than doubled. The evidence indicates that immigration has likely accounted for a significant share of the decline in teen labor force participation. The decline in teen work is worrisome because research shows that those who do not hold jobs as teenagers often fail to develop the work habits necessary to function in the labor market, creating significant negative consequences for them later in life."

President Trump nominated Judge Brent Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. In his written opinions Kavanaugh has indicated sympathy for enforcement of immigration law and the belief that immigration restriction serves to protect American workers.

The movement among Democrats to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is one that conceals its real objective, says Mark Krikorian, who heads the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).  He notes, "The point of abolishing ICE is to end all non-criminal deportations of illegal aliens. That would mean that every foreigner who manages to slip past the Border Patrol or who overstays a visa would be permitted to stay forever, so long as he isn't convicted of an especially heinous crime. "That would render our entire body of immigration law meaningless. The numerical caps on various categories and the requirements to qualify would be irrelevant because there be no agency to enforce them. #AbolishICE means nothing if not unlimited immigration and open borders."