by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 24, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – The questions of whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority and violated the Constitution in ordering that the 2020 census require people to disclose whether they are a citizen came before the Supreme Court Tuesday. In a controversial...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 22, 2019 | Demographics, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of children born in America who have moved to Mexico because their parents were deported or returned home voluntarily lack records and other documents needed to enroll in Mexican schools and access social services, officials of both countries...
by Camille Erickson | Apr 21, 2019 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s proposed 2020 budget would cut transportation funding by $5.9 billion, shifting rail infrastructure costs onto states and shrinking long-distance Amtrak routes like the Lake Shore Limited. But Democrats in Congress show...
by Camille Erickson | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights should take immediate action to intervene and increase its oversight of the Trump administration’s policy separating the children of undocumented immigrants from their parents because it created a cycle of...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—To fulfill an 18th century constitutional requirement, the Census Bureau is using 21st century tools – primarily online, but their ease of use and speed also create new risks to a 10-year counting that is used for everything from creating...
