The most recent edition of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s weekend program
Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson included multiple instances of misinformation about immigration, including misleading claims about President Joe Biden’s immigration policies and lies about asylum-seekers. The program airs on 162 local TV stations around the country controlled by Sinclair, including in the border states of Texas and California.
Sinclair’s national news programming has taken a noticeable anti-immigrant tone since Biden took office. A late January segment of Sinclair’s morning news program
The National Desk pushed the bigoted and long-debunked myth of immigrant criminality. This program and some Sinclair national news reports embedded in local newscasts on Sinclair stations have also repeatedly turned to former Trump immigration official Mark Morgan for commentary, allowing him to continue spewing lies on Sinclair’s airwaves even after he joined an anti-immigration extremist group.
Washington, D.C. — A new column released today by the Center for American Progress confirms that there is no evidence to suggest that granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) approximately 20 years ago to certain nationals from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua increased undocumented immigration to the United States. Since the TPS was enacted by statute more […]
Dreamers Deserve a Path to Citizenship, Here’s Why Details
FIRST PERSON-I grew up undocumented in America. As a kid, I often saw little hope for the future in the country I considered home.
In high school, I was denied scholarships, financial aid, and college admissions because of my status. It seemed like all I could hope for was a job cleaning homes, like most undocumented Mexicanas did in my hometown.
Luckily, the support of my community and a big change in immigration policy in 2012 changed that.
First, with the help of many teachers, family, and friends, I was able to attend Amherst College with a generous financial aid package. Then, in 2012, President Obama finally bowed to pressure from the immigrant rights movement and created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.