Category: immigration

Judge OKs Environmental Law Against Immigration Policies; Oregon Plans for Universal Health Care | NTD News Today

A judge green-lights a lawsuit using environmental law to challenge President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. What’s at the heart of the argument? Massachusetts is holding its primary election. We take a look at the candidates in the race for governor. A grassroots chapter of Black Lives Matter is accusing the head of the global foundation of…


Polls Indicate a Decline in Those Interested in Leaving Hong Kong; Scholar Challenges the Result of Survey

Hong Kong’s population dropped to 7.29 million this year after a “net outflow” of over 110,000. However, a recent poll by Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute announced that, compared with the March survey, fewer people planned to leave and more intended to stay. Critics challenged the feasibility of conducting polls in the present menacing…


Capitol Report (Aug. 30): Trump Special Master Request Faces Hurdles; Taiwan Fires at Chinese Drone

The Justice Department filed an unusual and lengthy response to former President Donald Trump’s special master request. A security law group gave the judge a list of candidates for the role, but none of them seem to like the former president. President Joe Biden weighs in for the first time on the fallout from the…


Capitol Report (Aug. 26): Heavily Redacted Affidavit Unsealed; Peter Navarro on ‘Taking Back Trump’s America’

A heavily redacted affidavit that led to the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s home was unsealed Friday. The Justice Department says the raid is justified based on what’s in the affidavit. Former adviser to Trump Peter Navarro has a new book, an inside glimpse of the inner workings of the presidency. The Federal Reserve…


Canada Will Have More Seniors Than Children Within 10 Years, Feds Say

Canada’s senior population is set to outpace its number of children by 2030 due to the country’s increasing average age combined with its low fertility rate, says a federal government report. In the 2020 “Actuarial Report On The Old Age Security Program” Canada’s chief actuary, Assia Billig, projected that the country’s population made up of…


NYC Is ‘Most Dangerous Sanctuary Community’ in US, Says Report on Illegal Alien Policies

New York City has been deemed “America’s Most Dangerous Sanctuary Community” in a report issued by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI). The city was named the second-worst sanctuary community in IRLI’s previous 2019 ranking. “Since then, the city has doubled down on its dangerous sanctuary policies to earn the shameful top position,” according to…


Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Let It Keep Releasing Criminal Illegal Aliens

President Joe Biden’s administration on July 8 asked the Supreme Court to stay a lower court order that is preventing it from implementing guidance that narrows which illegal immigrants can be arrested and deported. The ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has forced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to…


Biden Administration Cannot Ignore Federal Law, Must Remove Illegal Alien Criminals: Court

President Joe Biden’s administration cannot ignore federal law that says authorities must arrest, detain, and remove illegal aliens convicted of certain crimes and/or aliens who are ordered deported, an appeals court has ruled. Federal law says the attorney general “shall take into custody,” “shall detain,” and “shall remove” illegal aliens convicted of certain crimes and…


The Flood of Illegal Immigration Into the US Continues

Commentary The illegal immigration numbers continue to rise. Despite the continuation of Title 42 by court order, the disaster on the U.S. southern border continued unabated and accelerated during May. Title 42 is a Trump-era public health provision that denies asylum requests under U.S. law and international treaty to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (the…


Supreme Court Won’t Lower Bar for Immigration Detainees to Sue Government

In a pair of rulings on June 13, the Supreme Court made it harder for those held in immigration detention to bring legal challenges. In Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, court file 19-896, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote (pdf) for a unanimous court that the federal government is not required to conduct a bond hearing for noncitizens detained…