A Backdoor for Immigration Enforcement: Why Trump’s Federal Takeover of D.C. Matters

A Backdoor for Immigration Enforcement: Why Trump’s Federal Takeover of D.C. Matters

By: Dara Lind | americanimmigrationcouncil.org| Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock.com One week into the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., it’s becoming increasingly clear that this is yet another front in the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the communities that welcome them. The Trump administration’s 30-day federalization of the capital and mobilization of the D.C. […]

What Adams missed in D.C.

What Adams missed in D.C.

By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman | November 6, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams landed in Washington, D.C. on Thursday at about the same time that federal agents were raiding his chief fundraiser’s home in Brooklyn. He pulled up to his first meeting but never got out of the car before deciding to return home. He was in the air […]