Assessing the True Threat of Cyberwar
This week, President Obama issued an executive order to strengthen the nation's cyber security against what the government sees as a potentially cataclysmic threat. There has been plenty of drum...
View ArticleRaising the Living Wage
Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed in an executive order that will lead to an expansion of the living wage law, which is expected to reach out to thousands of more families. New York Times' '"The Working...
View ArticleAn Immigration Executive Order, Without Congress
Sources say the President is planning on signing an executive order on immigration as early as next week. It's expected to save nearly 5 million people from deportation. Jordan Fabian, politics editor...
View ArticleFixing Our Broken Immigration System in NYC
President Obama addressed the nation last night with the details of his executive action plan for immigration, which includes granting legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants. Juan Manuel...
View ArticleHomeless Policy Latest Issue to Divide Cuomo, de Blasio
Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order this past weekend requiring cities across New York State to move the homeless off the streets when the temperature drops to 32 degrees or below. In...
View ArticleThe nuance you may have missed in Obama’s gun control plan
The president is calling his new plan on gun control an executive action, not an executive order. Why? Photo by Shannon Stapleton/ReutersAt an emotional speech Tuesday at the White House, President...
View ArticleThe Immigration Debate
Is Obama acting as an imperial president or a common sense immigration reformer?
View ArticleBusy day at SCOTUS yields support for affirmative action, roadblock for...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: We return to the big day at the Supreme Court. A split on immigration puts millions in limbo. And justices uphold affirmative action.We dig into both...
View ArticleTie SCOTUS Ruling on Immigration Raises Questions on Executive Authority
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it had reached a 4-4 decision in its ruling on President Barack Obama's immigration plan, which...
View ArticleHere’s what Clinton and Trump plan on immigration
People march with an inflatable effigy of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an immigrant rights May Day rally in Los Angeles, California, on May 1, 2016. Photo by Lucy...
View ArticleHow Trump’s executive order impacts future of the Affordable Care Act
President-elect Donald Trump arrives for the inauguration ceremonies swearing him in as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20,...
View ArticleWhy 'Sanctuary City' Dispute is About Public Safety
President Trump's executive order on public safety states that "many aliens" who violate or overstay their visas or enter the U.S. illegally present a threat.His order goes on to say that sanctuary...
View ArticleYour Calls on Trump's Executive Order Against Sanctuary Cities
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding for so-called "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with immigration officials any more than they absolutely have to.We asked...
View ArticleThe Expected Order To Ban Muslim Refugees
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Melanie Nezer, HIAS VP Policy and Advocacy, discusses the women's march and President Trump's plans to block refugees...
View ArticleTrump suspends refugee program to defend U.S. against ‘terrorists’
Displaced Iraqis, who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, gather at Khazer camp in Iraq on Dec. 26. Photo by Khalid al Mousily/ReutersPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday...
View ArticleHow is Trump’s immigration crackdown seen in Muslim-majority nations?
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York. Photo by Keith Bedford/ReutersDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Many citizens of Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald...
View ArticleIn Trump’s immigration order, a tangle of legal issues
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View ArticleLegal Advice for Those Affected by the Immigration Order
Allan Wernick, professor of law at Baruch College and director of CUNY Citizenship Now!, offers advice for those affected by President Trump's recent executive order barring immigration from certain...
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