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Sep 12 2020
Analysis
Court Thwarts Trump's Attempt To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census
A federal court has thwarted an executive order that said undocumented immigrants should not be counted in the 2020 Census. In a Thursday ruling, the court noted that President Donald Trump's July 21 order runs contrary to America's historical method of tallying an area's population—a count that matters for purposes of determining how many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives that area
ReasonOct 30 2018
News
Trump: End 'Ridiculous' Birthright Citizenship for Some US-born Babies
President Donald Trump is intensifying his hardline immigration rhetoric heading into the midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order an end to the "ridiculous" constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens.
Newsmax (News)Dec 03 2020
News
Sen. Graham to Trump Legal Team: 'You Gotta Prove' Election Fraud Claims
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is urging President Donald Trump’s legal team to prove its claim of voting fraud.
Graham made his comments on Wednesday during an interview on the Fox News show, "The Story With Martha MacCallum."
Earlier on Wednesday, Trump, in a 46-minute video, slammed the “rigged” election, saying the system was under a “coordinated assault and siege.”
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Newsmax (News)Dec 28 2020
News
Illegal Immigrants In Virginia Can Apply For Driver Privilege Cards Starting Jan. 1
Illegal immigrants will be able to apply for driver privilege cards in Virginia starting Jan. 1, 2020, according to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
Advocates of the permits claim the issue is in the interest of public safety, NBC Washington reported. Virginia’s General Assembly, which has a Democratic majority, passed the legislation allowing the cards in March.
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The Daily CallerApr 24 2019
News
Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump’s Census Citizenship Question
Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census in a clash that will shape the allocation of congressional seats and federal dollars.
In an 80-minute argument Tuesday that was both technical and combative, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh directed almost all their questions to the
BloombergSep 20 2022
Headline Roundup
Annual Arrests at Southern Border Top 2 Million for First Time
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested over 2.1 million unauthorized migrants at the southern border this fiscal year, a new record.
203,597 migrant encounters were recorded at the U.S.–Mexico border in August, bringing the fiscal year total above 2 million for the first time ever. Border Patrol agents conducted 20,464 life-saving operations involving migrants between Oct. 2021 and Sept.
CBS News (Online) Poynter National Review (News)Oct 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs. Biden Quick Links: Immigration
Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden's stances on immigration, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings.
Trump:President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda promises to block non-citizens from becoming eligible for taxpayer-funded welfare, healthcare, and free college
AllSides StaffDec 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Election Controversies, Voting Issues Remain In Spotlight
More than a year later, the aftermath of the 2020 election still looms large, and the electoral process remains a hot-button issue nationwide. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot voted this week to hold Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the probe. The full House voted 222-208 to
AllSides StaffJul 08 2019
News
Citizenship Back in the Census?
“The Justice Department said Friday it will press its search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is ‘very seriously’ considering an executive order to get the question on the form.” (AP News)
The left opposes adding a citizenship question due to the risk that minorities will be undercounted,
The Flip SideApr 25 2019
Opinion
OPINION: No, Convicted Felons Shouldn't Be Allowed to Vote From Behind Bars
Earlier in the week, Bernie Sanders endorsed allowing convicted felons to vote -- not after they've paid their debt to society, mind you, but while they're still behind bars. He framed this stance as an matter of principle on voting rights, implying that opposing arguments are effective endorsements of GOP-backed voter "suppression" efforts. It's a "slippery slope" he intoned, ignoring the
Guest Writer - Right