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President Joe Biden, in his first sit down interview since his State of the Union address, addressed one moment of the speech when he was responding to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Biden about his use of the term “illegal” when he was talking about the suspect…

UPDATED, 4:23 PM: An official with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said that the state was behind the movement of migrants from Texas to California, actions that Gov. Gavin Newsom likened to kidnapping. Alecia Collins, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Emergency Management, said…

California Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for an investigation into whether federal laws were broken in the actions by Texas and Florida to send migrants to other states, the most recent being Gov. Ron DeSantis’ who sent two planes to Martha’s Vineyard, MA. “What [DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott] are doing…

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, after being pressed for weeks to visit the region as it deals with migration and the issue of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States. “The work that we have to do is addressing the…root causes, otherwise we will…

President Donald Trump said that he will issue an executive order that will restrict immigration for the next 60 days. It will apply to those seeking permanent residency via green cards but not to those entering the country on a temporary basis. “It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be…

President Donald Trump tweeted Monday night that he plans to sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States. Trump said he wants to save jobs and prevent the “Invisible Enemy,” or coronavirus, from entering the U.S. from other countries. In light of the attack from the Invisible…

The polarizing politics of immigration and the controversies that straddle the border between the U.S. and Mexico are starting to percolate more and more in the genre film sector with compelling projects such as the supernatural horror film Tigers Are Not Afraid, the magic-informed thriller Witch Hunt or the upcoming…

President Donald Trump pulled his Twitter trigger aggressively Wednesday morning, hitting a wide swath of targets. TV news outlets had a busy morning, keeping up with Trump as he: -Stomped on his just-announced official state visit to the UK, endorsing an OANN report “United Kingdom Intelligence [helped] Obama…

Lore in my wife’s family says that her mother, a beautiful Jewish immigrant fleeing grief in the Ukraine about a century ago, ran into someone named Carl Laemmle on a ship crossing the Atlantic. As the story goes, Laemmle asked her to check in with his still-young Universal film company, as she might have a future in…

Seth Meyers caught up viewers on President Donald Trump’s latest antics about his taxes and immigration laws. Per usual, Trump and team insist Trump’s taxes are under audit – “Fake Audit,” Meyers calls it – and POTUS keeps repeating the claim over and over, every time he’s asked. Playing some of the clips, Meyers…

NBC News personality Tom Brokaw, who has returned to regular on-air commentary after a brush with #MeToo issues, has run into more controversy over thoughts about immigration he shared on Meet the Press. Appearing as a panelist on the Sunday morning show (see video via Twitter below), Brokaw said when he “pushes&#8221…

CBS late-night star Stephen Colbert joined the fracas over Fox News Channel star Tucker Carlson’s on-air assertion the United States is becoming a “poorer and dirtier” place because of people coming over the southern border. Carlson “already has got a reputation for flirting with racism” and, last week, took it to “a…