Could you please give me a moment? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This brief was featured in Documented’s Early Exhibition newsletter. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox three times a week.
All over America
President Trump vows to deport millions of people. Builders say this will exhaust workers and increase housing costs.
While some contractors dismiss the plan as political rhetoric, many say they cannot afford to lose any more jobs, with an aging and immigrant-reliant workforce still short by nearly 400,000 people. people are claiming. — NBC News
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One-third of Americans agree with President Trump’s racist comments about immigrants.
A survey found that one-third of Americans agree with President Trump’s assessment that immigrants are “tainting our nation’s blood.” — Axios
Debunking myths about immigration and crime:
The American Immigration Council compared crime and demographic data from 1980 to 2022 and found that crime rates declined as the proportion of immigrants in the population increased. — American Immigration Council
Rhetoric and reality — addressing common misconceptions about immigration:
The spread of misinformation about immigration is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment and making it difficult to find common ground on changing the country’s immigration system. — Arizona Miller
new york
Lawmakers are investigating “service disparities” as the city sees an increase in the number of unaccompanied immigrant youth.
New York City accepted 2,873 unaccompanied children into sponsoring families from October 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, but many other children need to be placed in federal care. there were. — city limits
Washington DC
Most of President Trump’s claims that immigrants are to blame are either false or misleading.
The Trump campaign has consistently cited illegal immigration as the cause of many of the problems plaguing the country. In reality, this is almost never the case. — New York Times
Trump believes the border helped him win in 2016, and he believes it will happen again.
And Mr. Trump has a new reason to focus on the issue. Mr. Trump told his rally audience and loved ones that his opposition to illegal immigration saved his life. — New York Times
President Trump has promised to deport them under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it?
When the United States was on the brink of war with France, Congress, with the support of President John Adams, passed the Alien Enemies Act as part of the Four Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. – NPR
