As gridlock in Congress prevents meaningful action on immigration, state lawmakers have begun to fill in the gap.
As Mallory Noe-Payne reports, Virginia’s legislature is one of the busiest — taking a lead in state-based immigration legislation.
On Immigration Where Congress Fails, States Step In
- Leave a comment
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
From NPR News- Can You Guess The Meaning Of These Humanitarian Icons? February 18, 2019They're used in infographics, maps, charts and signs to help make crisis-related information easier to understand. See if you can understand what they convey.
- Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner Finishes Prison Term February 18, 2019The New York congressman was sentenced to 21 months after he sent an explicit photo of himself to a 15-year-old girl.
- Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer February 18, 2019Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.
- Officials Describe 'Coordinated, Unlawful' Scheme In Disputed N.C. Election February 18, 2019The North Carolina State Board of Elections is finally getting a look at the evidence of election fraud investigators say they have uncovered in the state's 9th Congressional District.
- Trump Will 'Protect' Emergency Declaration If Congress Disapproves, Miller Says February 18, 2019The president is prepared to veto any congressional resolutions of disapproval on his declaration of a national emergency over border security, White House adviser Stephen Miller says.
- Can You Guess The Meaning Of These Humanitarian Icons? February 18, 2019
- From BBC News
- Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership February 18, 2019The MPs - including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna - urge others to join them, as Jeremy Corbyn says he is "disappointed" by the split.
- What the last big Labour split led to February 18, 2019In 1981, four prominent Labour politicians left the party and formed the Social Democratic Party.
- Honda set to close Swindon car plant February 18, 2019The carmaker is set to announce the closure of its Swindon plant in 2022, jeopardising 3,500 jobs, sources say.
- Shamima Begum: 'I didn't want to be IS poster girl' February 18, 2019In a BBC interview, Shamima Begum asks for forgiveness and says the choice to go to Syria was her own.
- Migrants brought ashore to Dover as boat found February 18, 2019The group of people have been brought ashore and given blankets after an incident off Dover.
- Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership February 18, 2019
