BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There is a lie moving through America. It creeps through congressional halls and across television screens, whispering that undocumented immigrants live freely off...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As the U.S. House Rules Committee met recently to consider three Republican-backed bills targeting the District of Columbia’s local governance, and ahead of...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — President Donald Trump has sparked new outrage after declaring that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined to perform grueling farm labor — and that...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon has condemned the state’s $450 million immigration detention facility in the Everglades—dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”—as an inhumane, politically motivated...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The remarks echo proposals President Donald Trump himself has floated in recent months, including a plan to compel farmers to house and supervise...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The most recent chaos surrounds aggressive ice raids on Mexicans, Brazilians, and others who are said to be illegal in this nation by...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge unlawful...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Meeks, the Ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is requesting “transparency” with a “transcript” of the meeting amid the controversy...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Despite ongoing negotiations over undisclosed provisions, Democratic lawmakers voted to adopt their version of the spending plan because they must pass a balanced...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has soared in recent years, with 249,785 arrests taking place along the border in...
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, California Black Media writer McKenzie Jackson takes a look at the lives...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mrs. Bradford, a retired Dallas schoolteacher and long-time minister’s wife, said it was faith and common sense that sustained her through it all...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Continuing to deport migrants to Haiti would have implications for the U.S., as well, because Haiti’s health-care system is so drastically compromised, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In December 2020, Mayor DeBlasio and the New York City Council announced more than 150 awardees of the Complete Count Fund. Each awardee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states had new voting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The African American community has been historically undercounted in the census. The Census Bureau estimates that African Americans were undercounted by more than...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan decided to not sign more than 200 bills into law, but he chose to veto eight pieces of legislation.
Washington (CNN) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration actions to...
(Vanity Fair) – To be an undocumented immigrant is to obsess over documents. A driver’s license, for example, is not merely a driver’s license—it proves you...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to keep a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border from becoming a deeper political liability, pushed...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I am totally perplexed by Republicans who advocate amnesty for those who entered the U.S. illegally. We Republicans are supposed...