Immigration

There are moments when politics needs to stop. The death of 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel is one of them. Bel was a Haitian immigrant, a Springfield High School graduate, JROTC student, soccer player and new student at Wright State University. He was beginning his adult life and he is now dead.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued one of the most significant constitutional rulings in decades this week, rejecting President Donald Trump's effort to limit birthright citizenship and reaffirming children born on American soil are citizens of the United States regardless of their parents' immigration status. This week, in a 6-3 decision, the high court struck down Trump's executive order and reaffirmed a principle that has been part of American law for more than a century. Ch

If you've lived anywhere near Springfield over the past few years, the city has become the center of a national immigration debate. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in, allowing the Trump administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and others who have been living and working in the United States under a program originally intended to be temporary.

Efforts to enforce illegal immigrant deportations are not steeped in racism: It is about getting people to recognize U.S. law and order.