Mexico
Mexican cartel targeted by Biden administration in multiple fentanyl indictments
WASHINGTON — As illicit fentanyl seizures reach record numbers, the Biden administration on Friday announced “government-wide efforts” to counter narcotics trafficking, including criminally charging members of the Sinaloa Cartel operating out of Mexico, and sanctioning Chinese producers of the chemicals used to make the synthetic drug. The Department of Justice unsealed indictments alleging fentanyl trafficking, […]
“Thanks, and God bless you”: Asylum-seekers allowed to enter U.S. after “remain in Mexico” ends
Two weeks after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration to end the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols, U.S. judges are beginning to allow migrants to stay in the country as their asylum claims are pending. EL PASO — Willian woke up before dawn on a recent Tuesday, packed his legal documents into a blue folder […]
Waiting at a closed border
Asylum-seekers in a Mexican shelter share their stories of hope and disappointment The inner courtyard of Casa del Migrante in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, looks like a day care center. Plastic toys are scattered from one end to the other. Tiny baby clothes hang on the chain link fence, drying in the sun.
U.S. House panel hears from DHS about problems with ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials outlined to House members on Wednesday problems with a Trump-era immigration policy that federal courts are forcing the agency to follow. One of the Department of Homeland Security officials, Blas Nuñez-Neto, said that the court-ordered Migrant Protection Protocols is a flawed policy program and the agency believes […]
Tillis endorses Trump plan for Mexican tariffs
Senator Thom Tillis continued to expand his embrace of Trump administration policies today — even those opposed by many Republicans. Despite his longstanding self-identification as a “free market conservative” and “free trader,” Tillis endorsed President Trump’s plan to impose economic tariffs on Mexico this morning during an interview on the Fox News program “America’s Newsroom.” […]
Editorial: “Inhumane” Trump administration to blame for Sunday’s border chaos
President Donald Trump’s “inhumane” urging for anti-immigrant policies is to blame for this weekend’s border chaos, a new editorial from The Charlotte Observer says. As we wrote at Policy Watch, Trump deployed a Fox News-fed panic over a migrant caravan to bolster Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. And the president’s administration has been roundly […]
NC Democratic Party: ‘Real damage’ possible for state if Trump imposes 20 percent tax on imported goods from Mexico
Mexico is North Carolina’s second largest international trading partner, and if President Donald Trump imposes a 20 percent tax on all imported goods from the country, residents can expect to pay more money for goods, including clothing, electronics and produce. Trump embraced the tax plan floated by House Republicans as a possible way to pay for the wall […]