Trump warns Honduras over migrant caravan now in Guatemala
The group’s numbers have snowballed since about 160 migrants departed Friday from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.
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Chico urges City Council to cancel Gary airport pact over deportation issue
Under the deal, Chicago to sent at least $500,000 a year to the Gary airport. Chico said it was meant to last only three years; that was 23 years ago.
No sanctuary for Rauner — gov embraces Sister Jean, but not her immigration work
Cullerton said Sister Jean “has opened doors to non-traditional students” and “worked to expand higher education for immigrants.”
City to file 2nd suit against Sessions, Trump DOJ over sanctuary city policies
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the Trump Department of Justice is holding back grants due to Chicago’s sanctuary city status.
Civil rights groups slam Gov. Rauner for ‘racist rhetoric’ against immigrants
The group did not take kindly to Gov. Bruce Rauner blaming undocumented immigrants for “high unemployment” and “so much crime” in Chicago on Tuesday.
Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in one year
Until now, it’s been unclear how many were discharged and for what reason because the Army has refused to discuss specific cases.
U.S. asks Central America to do more on illegal immigration
The president of Honduras said he would like more certainty about what to expect from the United States.
Rauner redo: Crime linked to illegal immigration, not immigrants themselves
One day after his remarks at a Sun-Times forum ignited a partisan firestorm, the governor complained he was the victim of “false political spin.”
Chinatown job agency accused of exploiting Latino workers to shut down
Xing Ying Employment Agency is one of the agencies accused of recruiting “desperately poor Latino workers” with no permanent residence for jobs.
Probably only a matter of time before Rauner starts chanting ‘Build that wall!’
You’d have thought the governor had been deputized by the U.S. Border Patrol and signed on to President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
Stricter US screening splits anguished refugee families
Tighter scrutiny imposed by the Trump administration is keeping families apart for longer periods of time.
Chinatown job agencies, Asian restaurants ‘exploit’ Latinos, say workers, suit
The agencies attract “desperately poor Latino workers” with no permanent residence who move from job to job and city to city, a lawsuit says.
Government won’t appeal freedom for pizza deliveryman
Pablo Villavicencio was detained June 1 in New Jersey after delivering pizza to the Fort Hamilton Army base in Brooklyn.
DHS ‘not fully prepared’ to implement border child separation policy, IG finds
DHS officials, in response, said the report “provides no mention of the Department’s significant accomplishments to reunify families.”
Problems for Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program
The decade-old program has been on hold since 2016 amid concerns that immigrant recruits were not being screened well enough.
