Recent moves by several U.S. states to impose strict new limits on abortion have encouraged abortion opponents that they might eventually be able to challenge a 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right for women to seek an abortion and another story where thousands of immigrants seeking asylum wait at the southern border, many are being apprehended across the border by American border patrol agents
Leaked audio of wailing migrant children, separated from their parents; President Trump’s deployment of National Guard and active-duty troops for what he called “a national emergency”; and images of families fleeing spreading tear gas fumes at the U.S.-Mexico border will be remembered as the most evocative displays of Trump’s immigration policies of 2018
President Trump has begun to station more than 7,000 active-duty troops there in preparation for its arrival. In El Paso, one possible destination for those seeking asylum, border residents highlight a disconnect between optics and reality.