In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants […]
Tag: border crisis
Build streamlined immigration, not a useless border wall
Political campaign season is starting to ramp up (not that it ever really ended), so we’re going to hear a lot more about illegal immigration and the […]
W.Va. National Guard a pawn in a political game
We care deeply about the devastating impact fentanyl has had on our communities. And the best way to address the very real fentanyl crisis is to address […]
America needs both parties to secure the border
Donald Trump’s solution was to build a wall and insult migrants. Left off his playbook for curbing illegal immigration was any punishment for employers who hired undocumented […]
The ‘Stars and Stripes Express’
by Martin Schram At first glance, on the last Thursday in April, you might have thought President Joe Biden’s border crisis cabinet chiefs were belatedly but finally […]
Trump border policy spreads in Canada
by Karen Musalo and Audrey Macklin At almost 4,000 miles, the United States’ northern border is about twice as long as the U.S.-Mexico border — much of […]
Biden finds border isn’t ‘pretty simple’ — and may need Trump’s old policies
by Cynthia M. Allen Before I had kids, I can remember thinking, as I watched a mom struggling with her toddler in the grocery store: I won’t […]
Biden’s border policies: better but not good enough
Joe Biden has done so many things well — saving Ukraine, confronting China, signing a bipartisan gun control bill. And in a week of right-wing crazytown, he […]
Barn doors and horses
After months of ignoring the problem and demonstrably false claims by his Homeland Security secretary that the southern border is “secure,” President Biden is finally visiting the […]
A New Year’s border crisis resolution
by Martin Schram Ever true to its traditions, Official Washington has celebrated its holidays by toasting its successes, and then cruising comfortably into yet another new year. […]
