Opinion

By Joe Guzzardi December 5, 2017   On refugee issues, two recent successes are encouraging, and may lead to a sensible approach to how America should resettle migrants. This week the United States, at President Donald Trump’s insistence and with Secretary of... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 3, 2017   Days after the cruel, unjust not guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle trial, Americans are still raging over the decision. Regardless of people’s opinions about immigration, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate’s acquittal on murder charges is... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi November 30, 2017   An Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Chicago’s Cloverhill Bakery that netted 800 illegal alien employees can be looked at two ways. First, management at the bakery, which makes McDonald’s Corp. hamburger buns and baked... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi November 28, 2017   The deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) brouhaha is about to hit its peak. Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are perfectly willing – eager, in fact – to shut down the federal government if 750,000... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi November 26, 2017   Last week, Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians will end. The TPS-protected Haitians will have 18 months to make arrangements to leave the U.S., and... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi November 23, 2017   For U.S. Border Patrol agent Rogelio Martinez’s family and friends, Thanksgiving Day was somber. Martinez and his partner were brutally beaten in Texas’ Big Bend sector. A 36-year-old father, Martinez died from head injuries sustained... Read More