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April 5, 2024

Latino voters may make or break the presidential election in swing states like Nevada

The latest numbers show the majority of Latino voters in Nevada are registered as non-partisan and make up a key group candidates need to win over.

March 30, 2024

US voters want more border patrol agents, less asylum seekers allowed: poll

An Associated Press-NORC poll released this week suggests voters across party lines see illegal immigration as one of the most important issues in the U.S. and want tighter border security.

March 27, 2024

NYC officials defend prepaid debit card program for illegal immigrants: 'There is no free money'

The mayor of New York City, his deputies and other city officials are defending a recently implemented program giving prepaid debit cards to migrant families to help with food costs.

March 21, 2024

TikToker goes viral explaining how illegal immigrants can take advantage of squatting laws

A Venezuelan man has posted a now-viral TikTok explaining how illegal immigrants can invoke squatters' rights and seize abandoned homes in the U.S.

March 19, 2024

Biden launches 'Latinos con Biden-Harris' to court Hispanic voters wooed by Trump

President Biden's 2024 re-election campaign is launching a new program called "Latinos con Biden-Harris," meant to bring in Hispanic voters in key swing states.

March 16, 2024

NYC to deny some immigrants 'right to shelter' after compromise with activists

New York City is rolling back its long-standing "right to shelter" policy due to the ongoing migrant crisis, now limiting each individual to 30 days of provided housing.

March 14, 2024

ICE agents to begin wearing body cameras in 5 cities

Acting ICE Director Patrick J. Lechleitner said officers in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Buffalo and Detroit will start wearing body cameras.

March 1, 2024

GA House passes bill requiring police to detain undocumented immigrants after student beaten to death

The Georgia House passed a Republican-backed bill that would require police departments to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation.

February 23, 2024

Handyman-turned-squatter hunter outlines ‘nightmare scenario’ when migrants catch on to housing laws

Squatter hunter Flash Shelton is concerned that migrants will catch on to states' lenient tenants' rights laws and create a squatting crisis that is “beyond control."

February 5, 2024

Arizona border county official’s blunt message to Congress to reject immigration bill: ‘Shut down the border’

Yuma County, Arizona, Supervisor Jonathan Lines said the Senate deal does not go far enough to crackdown on illegal immigration into the U.S. and should be rejected by Congress.