Author: Mica Rosenberg
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Bill aims to increase penalties for child labor violations
WASHINGTON • Lawmakers Wednesday introduced a bipartisan bill that would raise penalties on employers who violate child labor laws, in the wake of reporting and federal investigations that found a growing number of companies employing underage migrant workers in dangerous factory settings. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives, follows a similar Democrat-led effort…
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U.S. immigration agents to more narrowly target migrants for deportation
The U.S. government will narrow who immigration agents target for arrest and deportation, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday, in a marked departure from the hard-line approach taken by then-U.S. President Donald Trump. New guidance issued on Thursday gives agents more discretion to make case-by-case decisions, Mayorkas said, focusing primarily on those…
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For asylum advocates, border expulsions strain faith in Biden
NEW YORK • Confused and tired-looking toddlers clung to their parents at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti on Tuesday, among the 360 family members rapidly expelled from the U.S. over the past three days. These scenes came after U.S. border agents on horseback on Sunday used whip-like reins to block Haitian migrants wading across the Rio…
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Judge blocks expulsions of migrant families under Trump-era order
WASHINGTON • A U.S. district judge on Thursday blocked the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under an order put in place by former President Donald Trump’s administration early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, invoking Title 42, was issued in March 2020 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
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Trump vows to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
President Trump holds a rally March 15, 2017, at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters President Trump holds a rally March 15, 2017, at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters