“They killed my cousin,” said the Brooklyn man, a Haitian immigrant in his forties, explaining why he came to the United States four years ago. He asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons.
The situation in Haiti—a catastrophic earthquake in 2010, followed by the collapse of the government and the domination of much of the country by murderous gangs—enabled him to get Temporary Protected Status here. That meant he could stay and work legally, as a housekeeper in a nursing home, and support his family—his wife, who is pregnant, and their two children.
In the days after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship as the law of the land, an enraged Trump administration has been rigorously investigating new ways to crack down on “birth tourism,” a practice that refers to pregnant women who come to the United States solely to give birth and obtain US citizenship for their […]
President Trump said on Wednesday morning that ICE should continue making vehicle stops, appearing to contradict his own administration’s suspension of the stops following federal officers fatally shooting two men within a week. “We must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, […]