Immigrant population may be higher than expected
On the national scale, talks of President Trump building a southern border wall have been met with both support and outcry. In the Magnolia state,...
Tag : Immigration
Senate bill would allow government employees to ask immigration status
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON- Senate Bill 2710 says local governments and public colleges could not stop their employees from asking a person their immigration status, that includes giving any...
Trump’s immigration plan…Is it legal?
by Chad Dixon
This past Friday afternoon President Donald Trump signed an executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, blocked...
Immigrants to Mississippi fight for rights, challenge Trump’s wall
Members of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance met this week at the Capitol to raise awareness regarding issues surrounding working conditions for undocumented immigrants. Bill...
Trump stumps in Mississippi, talks immigration, job creation, security
JACKSON, MISS– Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rallied thousands at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson Wednesday night. ...
Wicker votes to end sanctuary cities, bills blocked in D.C.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., voted to strengthen U.S. immigration laws by supporting two measures aimed at cracking down on sanctuary cities....
Illegal Immigration: Jeb Bush, Roger Wicker Share Views on Fixing the Problem
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.– While the two haven’t come forward together on fixing immigration issues, both have spoken and made strides toward eliminating sanctuary cities. ...
Amnesty Blocked By a Federal Judge, Mississippi Reacts
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–An amnesty plan by Pres. Obama, with an executive order, that would have kept millions of people in the country illegally from being deported,...
The Obama Executive Immigration Action: Mississippi’s Delegation Reacts
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–As expected, Pres. Obama’s executive action on immigration has gotten a thumbs down reaction from the state’s D.C. delegation. Senators Cochran and Wicker, and...
New U.S. Citizens in Mississippi: Seventy-six Sworn in at Oxford High School Tuesday
by kim
OXFORD, Miss.–Legal immigration is alive and well in the U.S. and in Mississippi, with 76 new citizens sworn in at a ceremony at Oxford High...