Latest Stories By Maria Ramirez Uribe

Millions of immigrants are coming to the U.S. from foreign prisons and mental institutions. Immigrants are raising U.S. crime rates. Immigrants are ruining Social Security. Noncitizens are illegally voting in federal elections. Immigrants are taking U.S. jobs.  That is just a sampling of the false and misleading immigration claims former President Donald Trump has repeated […]

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has stoked fear about what he calls “migrant crime,” despite a nearly 50-year low in violent crime and studies showing that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. Approaching Election Day, Trump has zeroed in on one group — the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan prison gang.  […]

Former President Donald Trump hammered an anti-immigration theme in his closing argument pitch to voters Oct. 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.  But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” and disparaged Black Americans, Latinos […]

In a 30-second campaign ad, a narrator tells voters that former President Donald Trump warned them about criminal immigrants. Throughout his campaign, Trump has connected immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border to crime even though violent crime is down in the U.S., and studies show that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. […]

En una entrevista el 15 de octubre con el presentador de radio, Charlamagne tha God, la vicepresidenta y candidata presidencial demócrata, Kamala Harris, dijo que lo primero que la administración Biden-Harris hizo fue introducir un proyecto de ley para arreglar el sistema migratorio.  Sin embargo, una publicación del 16 de octubre en X difundió un […]

A cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has been his promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. The details for how he would carry out the plan have been unclear. But at recent rallies, Trump has said he will use an 18th century law to enforce mass deportations.  The […]

In a frequently contentious, sometimes testy exchange, Vice President Kamala Harris went on Fox News and fielded Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier’s questions on immigration, the economy and her policy differences with her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, and her boss, President Joe Biden. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, did her first-ever Fox News […]

During her interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, for spreading misinformation about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. “When you have that kind of microphone in front of you, you really ought to understand how much your […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Vilbrun Dorsainvil dijo que huyó de su país natal, Haití, después de que intentaron secuestrarlo.  Tres años después, dice que teme por su seguridad y la de su comunidad en Estados Unidos. “Antes no temía, pero ahora puedo decir que tengo miedo”, dijo Dorsainvil. “Ahora, temo que pueda haber un tiroteo masivo […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Vilbrun Dorsainvil said he fled his home country, Haiti, after someone tried to kidnap him.  Three years later, he says he’s afraid for his and his community’s safety in the U.S. “Before I was not, but right now I can say I am afraid,” Dorsainvil said. “Right now, I’m afraid there may […]

As former President Donald Trump courts Jewish voters, he has claimed that “Israel is gone” under a Kamala Harris presidency and that her Jewish supporters need their heads “examined.” As vice president, Harris condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, with hundreds more taken hostage. She has also lamented […]

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said “the dangers of Trump’s Project 2025 agenda will be on full display” in the Sept. 10 presidential debate. Former President Donald Trump said Harris has “changed every policy” and “doesn’t even know what she is talking about.” It’s safe to assume the first and so far only debate between […]