Democratic President Joe Biden s fast motions to reform federal immigration policy will have a significant impact on Arizona, which has a sizable population of undocumented immigrants.
Among a flurry of executive orders that Biden signed was a directive to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. His administration has also ordered that deportations and immigration-related arrests be curtailed.
The executive order calls on federal officials to preserve and fortify the DACA program. Meanwhile, a separate memo authored by David Pekoske, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), directs U.S. immigration agencies to focus on enforcement based on protecting national security, border security, and public safety. People who have engaged in or are suspected of terrorism or espionage will be prioritized by immigration authorities, as well as individuals apprehended at the
My neighbourhood is being destroyed to pacify his supporters : the race to complete Trump s wall Samuel Gilbert
At Sierra Vista Ranch in Arizona near the Mexican border, Troy McDaniel is warming up his helicopter. McDaniel, tall and slim in a tan jumpsuit, began taking flying lessons in the 80s, and has since logged 2,000 miles in the air. The helicopter, a cosy, two-seater Robinson R22 Alpha is considered a work vehicle and used to monitor the 640-acre ranch, but it’s clear he relishes any opportunity to fly. “We will have no fun at all,” he deadpans.
McDaniel and his wife, Melissa Owen, bought their ranch and the 100-year-old adobe house that came with it in 2003. Years before, Owen began volunteering at the nearby Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and fell in love with the beauty and natural diversity of the area, as well as the quiet of their tiny town. That all changed last July when construction vehicles and large machinery started “barrelling
Trumpâs Legacy Through The Eyes Of Those His Presidency Hurt
From inciting violence to separating families, the repercussions of the Trump administrationâs policies and rhetoric will be felt for a long time.
By Elise Foley, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Alanna Vagianos, Hayley Miller, Rowaida Abdelaziz, and Chris D Angelo
01/15/2021 05:45 am ET
Updated
Jan 15, 2021
One week into his term, President Donald Trump devastated tens of thousands of people with the stroke of a pen.
Throughout the campaign, Trump had vowed to enact a Muslim ban. His fifth executive order effectively made good on that promise, banning people from seven countries â all majority-Muslim â from entering the United States.Â
Efforts to rush parts of President Donald Trump s border wall in his final days in office are doomed and in some places have actually harmed border security, according to campaigners.
Witnesses to the work in Arizona told Insider that mountainous parts of the border were easier to reach now than when Trump took power four years ago, as the process involved building new roads over rough terrain.
This is a small portion of the whole border, hundreds of miles of which have been fortified.
But sources told Insider that they d seen a resulting increase in crossings in these weak spots, which were previously too inhospitable to be much of a security concern.
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Trump will visit the city of Alamo, located in Texas Rio Grande Valley. That stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border is the busiest corridor for human smuggling among the Border Patrol s nine sectors.
The Rio Grande Valley remains a major focus of border wall construction, especially in areas that previously did not have any barriers. However, construction efforts here have been slow compared to other sections of the border, for two reasons.
The first is that much of land along the border is private, forcing the federal government to file condemnation cases against landowners, a process that can take years. Secondly, Congress approved restrictions on funding it appropriated to prevent construction in certain areas of the Rio Grande Valley, including historical sites and protected wildlife areas.