GOP presidential candidates use Israel-Hamas war to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment
Republicans have repeated the claim that many residents of Gaza are antisemitic or sympathetic to terrorism.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023Republicans have repeated the claim that many residents of Gaza are antisemitic or sympathetic to terrorism.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023The Task Force on New Americans, which stopped meeting during the Trump administration, is returning under Biden.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2022Humanitarian groups that advocate for immigrants’ rights praised the Biden administration’s decision.
By Oliver Willis - December 07, 2022Senate Republicans are objecting to the Biden administration’s decision to lift a Trump-era rule that kept asylum-seekers out of the country.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2022Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) has not suggested anything but prayers for Ukrainians fleeing Russian invaders, either.
By Josh Israel - February 28, 2022Rep. French Hill voted with a House majority to expedite the processing of refugees in July.
By Oliver Willis - September 09, 2021Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) compared service members working to help Afghan refugees to ‘daycare operators’ and said they ‘should be training’ instead.
By Oliver Willis - September 07, 2021Tucker Carlson accuses the Biden administration of letting unvetted ‘Afghan Pashtun tribesmen’ into the United States.
By Oliver Willis - August 31, 2021The 36-year-old father had worked for a security company at the U.S. Embassy.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2021Afghan civilians and U.S. government contractors will be vetted and given health screenings upon arrival in the United States, before they’re allowed into other parts of the country.
By Oliver Willis - August 20, 2021The South Carolina senator voted twice against impeaching Donald Trump.
By Emily Singer - August 20, 2021Afghan civilians fled their homes hoping to be evacuated over the weekend, as the Taliban retook several major cities, including the capital city of Kabul.
By Josh Axelrod - August 16, 2021Advocates for Sikh and Hindu minorities in Afghanistan warn of ‘impending genocide.’
By Josh Axelrod - July 06, 2021The Biden administration faced weeks of backlash after saying it would delay lifting the refugee cap, as the president had promised to do.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2021Some are questioning the administration’s reasoning for keeping the cap lower than previously promised.
By Amy Lieu - April 16, 2021‘This continues to have a devastating impact on people in dire need of humanitarian protection,’ families of refugees wrote in a letter to the White House, citing the Trump-era ceiling that’s still in place.
By Amy Lieu - April 07, 2021Activists and advocacy groups expressed devastation over the news, saying it is ‘unconscionable’ to deport people in the middle of a pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - March 16, 2021Many of the refugees had sold their belongings and left places they were renting and now are scrambling to find another place to stay.
By Associated Press - March 05, 2021The new ceiling is more than eight times higher than the one set by Donald Trump.
By Amy Lieu - February 05, 2021‘We’ve seen how the sole concentration of refugee policy in the White House can wreak such destruction in the wrong hands.’
By Associated Press - January 31, 2021Experts say Trump’s efforts have made it even harder for Biden to fix the system once he takes office.
By Amy Lieu - December 03, 2020Antony Blinken’s stepfather survived the Holocaust and was rescued by Americans from a Nazi concentration camp.
By Emily Singer - November 24, 2020Stephen Miller is spending the final days of the election pushing for even more extreme immigration policies.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 29, 2020Refugee rights organizations say Donald Trump previously pledged to help Christian refugees but has failed them.
By Donna Provencher - October 02, 2020The decision was contained in a court settlement over Trump’s Muslim travel ban.
By Associated Press - February 10, 2020Gov. Greg Abbott’s refusal to resettle any additional refugees in his state is ‘incomprehensible,’ the Houston Chronicle wrote.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 13, 2020One State Department official warned that ending the programs would be ‘counterproductive to U.S. interests.’
By Dan Desai Martin - November 07, 2019Taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill for canceled air travel.
By Emily Singer - October 29, 2019The bipartisan resolution reaffirms the ‘importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.’
By Josh Israel - September 24, 2019Stephen Miller, the author of Trump’s racist Muslim ban, is now looking to bar all refugees from entering the country.
By Lisa Needham - July 19, 2019