Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination data, The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. and Grace Hall residents woke up Sunday and Monday mornings to cold dorm rooms as they waited for help from Public Safety and maintenance. Livy Dunlap has today’s News in :90.
The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti has resigned, the U.S. is one step closer to offering booster shots Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the Minnesota Timberwolves fired president Gersson Rosas on Wednesday. Emily Rudie has today’s News in :90.
The Biden Administration plans to allow an estimated 25,000 asylum seekers waiting in Mexico into the U.S. as immigration court hearings proceed, and authorities charged a Minnesota man with murder after an attack on an Allina Health clinic left a medical assistant dead. Studio Producer Kayla Mayer has today’s News in :90.
On his first day, President Joe Biden signed 15 executive orders with topics ranging from the pandemic to climate change. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters argues Biden’s top priority should be uniting the country, especially in the face of COVID-19 and January’s political whirlwind.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration, the oil market plunged further, and Minnesota colleges will receive $180 million from the CARES Act. Assignment Editor Jack Stanek has today’s News in :90 from a distance.
Since late 2018, migrant caravans from Central America have attempted to reach the United States in hopes of gaining asylum. Columnist Gustavo Gutierrez argues the U.S. and other countries have the ability to help these people and simultaneously reduce the number of caravans.
The UN Refugee Agency reports that as of June 2019, there are 25.9 million refugees worldwide. Columnist Kayla Mayer argues the topic of refugee resettlement and immigration isn’t a political issue; it’s a humanitarian issue.
Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address tonight, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam still has not indicated whether he will step down, and attorneys for 21 Savage said Monday that the rapper was being wrongly held by federal immigration authorities. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
President Donald Trump’s order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion and uncertainty along the border, with no clear plan to reunite families but with growing signs the administration is dialing back its “zero tolerance” policy on those entering the U.S. illegally.
President Trump unveils his new infrastructure plan, the Senate hosts a rare open debate on immigration policy, and stocks are rising. Reporter Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
Design Editor Carrie Tronvold breaks down the statistics of the Obama Administration’s 2012 immigration program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations is on hold after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate the order.
Opinions editor Letizia Mariani gives her perspective as an Italian immigrant on Trump’s immigration ban.
Minnesota’s attorney general has joined a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s recent immigration order.
In response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan sent an email on Jan. 30 to the St. Thomas community declaring the school’s support for “those who are most vulnerable and in need.”
