Hispanic Community January 2019

Mythical Terrorist Tide From Mexico

Although the State Department issued a report discrediting it, President Trump and his officials have continued to state that terror suspects are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico.

Global January 2019

Air Travel During The Shutdown

Will there be flight delays? How will TSA respond to no-shows? What about traffic controllers? Who is inspecting planes? The following article explores air travel and the shutdown.

Technology January 2019

NMSU Receives $350K For VR Lab

La Cruces-based Electronic Caregiver is giving two New Mexico State University professors $350,000 to establish an augmented and virtual reality laboratory.

Global January 2019

Trump And The Disputed Border Crisis

President Donald Trump made his first prime-time speech Tuesday night where he declared a crisis on the border. The following is the Associated Press’ fact check of that speech.

Global January 2019

Catch And Can't Release Fast Enough

The U.S. has been rapidly releasing asylum-seeking families. How rapidly? Families have been given court dates without having to pass initial screenings by asylum officers.

Global January 2019

Trump Takes Shutdown Battle To Border

President Trump will be visiting a border patrol station in an effort to bolster his case for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Recent government shutdown negotiations blew up.

Legal January 2019

Follow Up: Student Debt Relief

This week Hispanic Outlook ran a roundup of articles about a student debt settlement involving 48 states and the District of Columbia. The following is about the Nebraska settlement.

Global January 2019

Shutdown, Grants, NY; Top 5 Headlines

How is air travel affected by the government shutdown? What grants are helping to increase teacher diversity in New Jersey? What New York schools are reaching out to Puerto Rico?

Global January 2019

US Approves Child Bride Requests

Does the U.S.’s immigration system enable forced marriage? Over the last decade, the U.S. approved thousands of child and adolescent bride requests.

Global January 2019

Changes On High-Tech Visas?

President Trump promised he would stop high-tech visas from being used as a “cheap labor program Now, the president says changes are coming to these visas.

Global January 2019

Shutdown Ties For Longest On Record

The current government shutdown has now tied with a government shutdown in 1996 for the longest shutdown on record. Some 800,000 federal workers will not be receiving paychecks.

Global January 2019

School System Helps During Shutdown

A school district in Maryland is helping students impacted by the partial government shutdown by raising money for meals. The fund has raised $15,000 so far.

Global January 2019

Shutdown: Day 24; 10 Things To Know

While Congress returns to Washington, there appears at this time to be no end in sight to the partial government shutdown. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Saudi leaders.

Hispanic Community January 2019

Julian Castro Visits Puerto Rico

Julian Castro Visits Puerto Rico Presidential Candidate To Discuss Increasing Latino Political Representation By DANICA COTO, Associated Press

Global January 2019

Trump Rejects Short-Term Shutdown Fix

President Trump rejected a proposal from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to temporarily reopen the government while continuing negotiations regarding funding for his border wall.