Donald Trump’s Frightening Response To The Brussels Attacks

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is seizing upon the attacks in Brussels to again call for the Mexican border to be closed, Muslims to be banned from entering the country, and terrorism suspects to be waterboarded....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/22/3762257/donald-trump-frightening-response-brussels-attacks/

U.S. Citizen Detained By Immigration Agents After Protesting Donald Trump

Over the weekend, dozens of Arizonans shut down a major highway leading to a rally Republican frontrunner Donald Trump held in Phoenix, blocking supporters from attending the event for several hours. One of the handful arrested on Saturday was Jacinta Gonzalez, who had locked her neck, with a U-lock, to a truck blocking the highway. But while her fellow activists were processed and released a few hours later, Gonzalez was held overnight, transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and questioned about her immigration status, despite the fact that she is a U.S. citizen....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/21/3761978/trump-arizona-protest/

After Brussels Attack, Cruz Calls For Police To ‘Patrol And Secure’ Muslim American Neighborhoods

Just hours after attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) extremists in Brussels, Belgium, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) seized the opportunity to call for more intense police surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/22/3762362/after-brussels-attack-cruz-calls-for-police-to-patrol-and-secure-muslim-american-neighborhoods/

Jane Sanders Visited A Controversial Immigrant Prison In Arizona. She Left Horrified.

Sanders tweeted that Arpaio admitted that “the temperature in the tents were up to 130 degrees in the summer” and that he removes meat from all of the prisoners’ meals. Arpaio, meanwhile, insisted that the conditions at Tent City are appropriate. “These are all convicted (inmates). They’re all doing their time,” he told Sanders, according to The Arizona Republic...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/15/3760249/jane-sanders-visits-arpaio-tent-city/

Sanders Visits US-Mexico Border, Talks Immigration Reform

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he will fight for immigration reform while standing yards from a border fence that divides Arizona and Mexico.....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sanders-visits-us-mexico-border

Watch: Jimmy Kimmel's Fake Ad Hilariously Points out Cruz and Trump Are One and the Same | Alternet

When both of your options are awful, it can be hard to find the silver lining...
http://www.alternet.org/media/watch-jimmy-kimmels-fake-ad-hilariously-points-out-cruz-and-trump-are-one-and-same

Donald Trump Changed His Stance On Immigration On Live TV

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner known for espousing harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric that’s doing him no favors among the Latino population, has now slightly softened his position.

“I’m changing,” Trump said in reference to his immigration policy during Thursday night’s GOP debate. “We need highly-skilled people in this country, and if we can’t do it, we’ll get them.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/04/3756587/donald-trump-softens-immigration-stance/

"The Muslim Problem" (commentary)

*** Explicit Language ***
https://youtu.be/g2k24aJITgo

John Oliver Tries To Take Donald Trump's Border Wall Proposal Seriously (VIDEO)

What will it be made of? Who will pay for it? Where will it go? Oliver gets to the bottom of it all—and comes back to the xenophobia.
https://youtu.be/yMAPRDBBjX4 

The U.S. Economy Without Undocumented Workers (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Lots of talk about building a wall in the Republican presidential primary. And from Donald Trump and sometimes more, about shipping out undocumented workers. By the millions. What would the American economy look like if that came to pass? “Get tough” Arizona may tell us. Undocumented worker numbers are down 40 percent in Arizona. How has that worked out? This hour On Point, the Arizona story. When undocumented workers go away. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/02/17/us-economy-without-undocumented-workers

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Border Wall (HBO)

Donald Drumpf wants to build a wall on the U.S-Mexico border. Is his plan feasible? 
https://youtu.be/vU8dCYocuyI

Donald Trump Loves the Great Wall of China. Too Bad It Was a Complete Disaster.

The Donald's second-favorite wall was "a symbol of futility, waste, cruelty, bad policy."
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/great-wall-china-donald-trump

GOP Debate on Immigration Marked by Misinformation & Lack of Empathy (Jose Antonio Vargas, Democracy Now)

Florida Senator Marco Rubio went on the offensive against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump during a spirited debate last night in Houston, Texas. It was the final showdown for the five remaining Republican candidates before Super Tuesday, when about a dozen states will hold contests to choose a nominee. The debate came just days after business mogul Donald Trump won the Nevada caucuses in his third consecutive victory. With former Florida Governor Jeb Bush no longer on stage, the five remaining candidates were Trump, Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Much of the debate focused on immigration. We play highlights from the fiery debate and get reaction. "You look at the two Hispanic candidates for president who are trying to out-Trump Trump. … Given their own immigration history in this country, where is compassion? Where is empathy? Where is a sense of humanity when it comes to talking about this issue?" says Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, founder and editor of #EmergingUS and founder of Define American. Vargas is also critical of the job moderators and reporters have done covering immigration in the 2016 election. "I just don’t understand … when it comes to an issue like immigration, which has been central to this campaign, why a lot of journalists don’t know the facts and don’t call out the candidates for not knowing the facts."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/Y-X1Pn6nKEM

ICE Ignores Immigrants’ Medical Needs In Detention Centers Until They Die

The report, entitled Fatal Neglect: How ICE Ignores Deaths in Detention, examined how ICE failed to comply with the agency’s own medical standards even after routine reviews identified violations of medical standards “as contributing factors in these deaths.” Inspections conducted before and after detainee deaths failed to acknowledge serious flaws. In all but one of the eight cases, facilities received passing ratings even when Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) inspections found they failed to meet proper medical care standards...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/26/3753580/immigrant-deaths-ice-detention/

The Undocumented Immigrants Who GOP Candidates Want To Deport Pay Billions In Taxes

GOP Candidates Likely Don’t Want You To Know This Fact About Undocumented Immigrants...
But there is one area where they are clearly contributing. Undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay $11.6 billion in state and local taxes annually, according to an updated Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy report.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/25/3753432/undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes/

Arizona Is Paying a High Price for Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

Arizona is a test case of what happens to an economy when such migrants leave, and it illustrates the economic tensions fueling the immigration debate...
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/02/arizona-paying-high-price-cracking-down-illegal-immigration

Cruz repeats False attack about immigration bill letting Syrians in U.S. without background checks

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/03/ted-cruz/cruz-repeats-false-attack-about-gang-8-bill-allowi/

Marco Rubio incorrectly says illegal immigrant population is higher than 5 years ago

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/31/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-incorrectly-says-illegal-immigrant-pop/

REALITY CHECK: Undocumented Immigrant Population Hits 13-Year Low

Currently 10.9 million immigrants live in the country illegally, according to the Washington Post, which got the report first. That is the first time the unauthorized immigrant population has dropped below 11 million since 2004 and it is at its lowest level since 2003. The report reveals that the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has been shrinking steadily since 2008...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illegal-immigration-is-down-in-the-u-s

Fact check: The sixth Republican debate (USA Today)

One of the final debates before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses contained old and new claims alike...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/01/15/fact-check-sixth-republican-debate/78821048/