Eric Westervelt
Stories
-
Supreme Court bars the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court has barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport Venezuelans in custody in northern Texas. The administration says the men are gang members.
-
Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released
Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old Columbia University student arrested and detained by masked immigration agents after his naturalization interview in Vermont, has been released on certain conditions.
-
North Carolina nonprofit helping dispel panic and rumors amid immigration crackdown
President Trump demands cities and states cooperate with immigration enforcement. In immigrant communities, that's led to panic and many rumors. A North Carolina nonprofit is helping dispel them.
-
A protest song by Venezuelan rappers asks Trump not to deport them
Three Venezuela rappers created the song "Donaltron," a protest song in which they make their plea to President Donald Trump to not deport them. The song has become a viral hit on TikTok.
-
Trump executive order aims to deport international students who have protested Israel
A recent White House order lays the foundations for the government to deport international students who've participated in protests against Israel. Critics call it censorship of protected speech.
-
ICE has arrested scores of migrants in the U.S. who have no criminal records
The Trump administration says it has already arrested thousands of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. Officials say some have committed heinous crimes, but many don't have criminal records.
-
Legal status of over 1.4 million migrants at risk after 'humanitarian parole' ends
President Trump has ended so-called humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, jeopardizing the legal status of nearly 1.5 million immigrants in the U.S.
-
DACA recipients skeptical after Trump says he wants to protect them
Immigrants with protection under the DACA program worry they could targeted with mass deportations. But Trump now says he thinks so-called 'Dreamers' should be allowed to stay.
-
The biggest competitive mariachi event is drawing students from across the country to Texas
Hundreds of young singers from five different states have descended on San Antonio, Texas, for the Mariachi Extravaganza, the largest Mariachi music competition in the country.
-
Meet the Latinos who voted for Trump in the Arizonian county bordering Mexico
On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.
