Latest Stories By Maria Ramirez Uribe

The two 2024 presidential election front-runners traveled to Texas on Feb. 29 to deliver vastly different messages about a key election issue: immigration.  Former President Donald Trump stoked fear about the people crossing the southern U.S. border, citing recent high-profile criminal cases in which authorities charged immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally. President Joe […]

In the historic Feb. 13 impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, House Republicans said the Homeland Security secretary “willfully and systematically refused to comply with immigration laws” and “breached public trust” by falsely telling Congress the U.S.-Mexico border was secure. This is the second time in U.S. history that a Cabinet member has been impeached; the first […]

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has led attempts to update immigration law, this month rejected a bill that would have given immigration officials more funding and changed how asylum is decided for people arriving at the U.S.’ southwest border. Rubio justified his decision in a Feb. 11 CNN interview, saying the bill would have led […]

Following an increase in the number of Chinese immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border, former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have said that these are “military age men” with ties to China’s military or allegiance to the Communist Party of China. “From China, they had 28,000 people in the last few months, 28,000,” Trump […]

President Joe Biden says he has done everything under his authority to try to reduce illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border, and that he’ll be able to do more once Congress passes a new bill. But Republicans disagree. Biden said Jan. 26 that he’s waiting for a bipartisan bill being negotiated in the Senate […]

Texas and the federal government are fighting each other in court over who should take charge of an area in Texas that borders Mexico.  Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argues that the Biden administration isn’t doing enough to control illegal border crossings. Abbott ordered the state’s National Guard to install razor wire along the Rio […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump, who ran a nontraditional campaign in New Hampshire, beat his onetime ally Nikki Haley in the state’s Republican presidential primary. This was not the typical New Hampshire primary. Trump refused to debate his primary rivals for months, skipped the usual events other candidates attended and largely campaigned in […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. – After a few sporadic campaign events in New Hampshire in the days leading up to the state’s Jan. 23 primary, Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race, saying there was “no clear path to victory” for him. DeSantis said he was sticking to his commitment to back the Republican Party’s […]

PETERBOROUGH, N.H.: On her 52nd birthday, Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley called out former President Donald Trump on his age and for confusing her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.  Haley told supporters at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture that during a Jan. 19 rally, Trump, 77, blamed her for failing […]

Imágenes de miles de personas amontonadas en la frontera sur de los Estados Unidos han sido constantes durante el mandato del Presidente Joe Biden. Los republicanos en el Congreso culpan a Biden por el alto número de cruces ilegales. La Casa Blanca dice que es responsabilidad del Congreso actualizar las leyes migratorias.  Mientras que miembros […]

Images of thousands of people crowded at the southern U.S. border have permeated President Joe Biden’s time in office. Republicans in Congress blame Biden for the high number of illegal crossings. The White House says it’s Congress’ responsibility to update immigration laws.  As members from separate branches of government point fingers at one another, the […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sparred over whether to raise the Social Security retirement age during a CNN Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Haley said life expectancy is longer today, so the age to start collecting Social Security benefits should be older than the current 65 […]