America's population could plunge as much as 32% if the US were to completely close its borders, one Brookings projection found.
The centerpiece of Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent's economic agenda is what he calls a "3/3/3" approach to policy: cutting the budget deficit to 3% of GDP, achieving 3% annual growth, and increasing domestic oil production by 3 million barrels per day.
The Biden administration is loosening key immigration restrictions ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term, opening door for thousands more illegal immigrants to enter the country.
President-elect Trump’s incoming administration is expected to take aim at legal immigration in addition to cracking down on the illegal variety, slowing the pace of application approvals and redirecting resources to look for fraud in old applications,
JD Vance and others on the “new right” say limiting immigration will raise wages and give jobs to sidelined Americans. Many studies suggest otherwise.
President-elect Donald Trump's relatively strong showing among voters of color has been one of the most striking takeaways from the 2024 election. According to data from AP VoteCast, the Associated Press's next-generation spin on the traditional exit poll, Trump's share of the Black and Latino vote increased by 8 points each between 2020 and 2024.
Agriculture companies and laborers fear raids; 42% of crop farmhands aren’t legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Arizona Congresswoman-elect Yassamin Ansari (D) shared why she thinks she won in her swing state, but Vice President Harris didn’t, while also weighing in on immigration as President-elect Trump
Avula will become Richmond’s first Indian American and immigrant mayor. And, in a city often defined by a white-Black dichotomy, Avula will be the first Richmond mayor who is neither.
President-elect Trump is returning to the White House looking to dwarf his first term’s significant impact on immigration policy. Eight years after he first won the presidency, Trump has
"The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department does not enforce civil immigration enforcement ... we don't do enforcement on civil immigration," he said. "So we'll continue to do what we do."
And Evans-Schroeder expects Trump will undo Biden's policy of prosecutorial discretion, in which immigration authorities are allowed to prioritize certain groups for arrest and deportation, like those who pose a threat to public safety or national security, while deprioritizing others.