Michelle Hackman
Covering health policy for @WSJ. Proud @yaledailynews alum. Aspiring Chinese speaker. Send tips/Say hi! [email protected] or DM for signal
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WSJ News Exclusive | Trump Administration Considers Early Biometric Screening for Visa Seekers
Under the proposal, visa applicants would need to submit their fingerprints and possibly other biometric information to be entered into a new database before they are permitted to submit applications online.
Pattern of Unnecessary Gynecological Treatments Identified at Georgia ICE Facility
At least 19 women held at an immigration detention center in Georgia underwent overly aggressive gynecological treatments at the hands of one doctor that outside experts say were medically unnecessary.
Trump Campaign Tones Down Immigration Messages That Dominated 2016 Election
A Wall Street Journal review found that immigration was the fourth most mentioned issue in Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign TV ads but has barely cracked the top 10 this cycle.
Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.
Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers.
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Michelle Hackman
Proud to work in the @WSJ's DC bureau
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Trump Administration Races to Meet Border-Wall Goal
Building a border wall was one of President Trump’s signature policies. His administration is constructing new sections of wall as quickly as it can to try to meet his goal of building 450 miles by the end of this year.
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Michelle Hackman
Our latest is on the Trump administration's push to build its border wall where it's easiest to build, meaning in many cases it's putting up wall in places where not many people cross the border and destroying protected land in the meantime wsj.com/articles/trump… pic.twitter.com/y6LAJqMZYh
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Appeals Court Allows Trump Policy Expanding Swift Immigrant Deportations
The court ruled that a federal judge was incorrect to block an administration policy allowing the government to quickly deport unauthorized immigrants without going through immigration courts.
U.S. Postal Service Benches Its Police Officers Before Election
The U.S. Postal Service has ordered its police officers off city streets, sparking a legal battle in the final weeks of an election that could hang on mail-in ballots.
U.S. Agents Returned Migrants to Honduras in Unauthorized Operation, Senate Report Says
Border agents are prohibited by the State Department from conducting direct enforcement operations in countries abroad.
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Michelle Hackman
Last January, a caravan of Honduran migrants crossed into Guatemala, headed for the U.S. To stop its progress, CBP agents stationed in Guatemala rented vans, arrested the migrants and drove them back to Honduras. Story W/@Jose_deCordoba
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WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Covid-Testing Plan Aims to Open New York-London Travel by Holidays
U.S. officials are aiming to open travel between New York City and London with shortened traveler quarantine periods as soon as the holidays, as the availability of rapid Covid-19 tests grows.
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Michelle Hackman
Safe-corridor routes would require travelers to be tested for Covid-19 before their flight and again upon arrival, allowing them to avoid lengthy quarantines at their destinations. The U.S. and U.K. are in discussions to open up the New York-London route
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VP Debate Live Updates: Pence vs. Kamala - WSJ.com
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are set to face off Wednesday night, in a debate that has taken on more importance after the recent hospitalization of President Trump.
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Michelle Hackman
Two debates, zero immigration questions. Remarkable given it has been President Trump's top and perhaps most consequential policy priority
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Trump Administration Announces Overhaul of H-1B Visa Program
The changes will require employers to pay high-skilled foreign workers significantly higher wages, narrow the types of degrees that could qualify an applicant, and shorten the length of visas for certain contract workers.
CDC Officials Objected to Order Turning Away Migrants at Border
The Trump administration said the March order barring asylum-seeking migrants came from the agency, but it was driven by the White House.
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“Miller and others around him realized they could use the CDC’s public- health authority to, in their mind, shut down the border,” one official involved in the discussions said.
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NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a pandemic border policy of immediately expelling migrants from the country--a policy it said arose from the CDC's public health concerns. But our reporting shows that senior CDC officials opposed the idea
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Judge Partially Blocks Trump Administration From Enforcing Visa Ban
A federal judge in San Francisco has partially blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on foreign workers on H-1B and several other types of visa through the end of the year.
U.S. Refugee Backlog Swells, Leaving Families Waiting to Reunite
Each year President Trump has been in office, he has set the annual cap on the number of refugees the U.S. would accept at a record low. The cap for this year was 18,000 refugees, but the number was further reduced by a temporary moratorium due to...
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Of the 4,000 refugee slots the administration earmarked for Iraqis who aided the American military, 123 refugees have been resettled, though about 107,000 people have entered the resettlement pipeline as of last year.
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Presidential Debate Live Analysis - Trump Faces Biden - WSJ.com
President Trump and Joe Biden are meeting each other for the first time on stage.
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Michelle Hackman
Mr. Trump has for years promised to release a health care plan to replace The Affordable Care Act, but he has repeatedly missed his self-imposed deadlines for doing so
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15-year-old girl who spent her life in the U.S. facing deportation after hospital arrest
A Texas teen's hospitalization led to her aunt's immigration arrest and her placement in a U.S. government shelter for migrant minors.
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Michelle Hackman
A 15-year-old girl was taken into custody by Cbp at a hospital where she went to get surgery and is now facing deportation
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Where Trump and Biden Stand on Immigration, Border Wall and ICE
Immigration formed a core theme of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, and he has since sought to reduce nearly all forms of immigration to the U.S. Former Vice President Joe Biden formulated his immigration policy as a rebuttal of Mr. Trump’s terms.
Business Recovery Hampered for Some by Foreign-Worker Visa Bans
Ski resorts and amusement parks are facing hiring hurdles this year after the Trump administration’s ban on several work-based visa types.
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Michelle Hackman
What happened to Americas seasonal employers and resort towns after the Trump administration banned the foreign workers they normally rely on? @Justinbaer and I explore in our latest
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Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn’t Know They Would Appear at RNC
Two women say they didn’t mind being featured in a video and celebrated their citizenship, but Trump administration critics accuse the president of taking advantage of the new citizens and politicizing government functions.
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The immigrants who became citizens at last night's naturalization ceremony at the White House were told only minutes beforehand that President Trump would be appearing, and they weren't told that footage of the ceremony would air during the RNC
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House Passes Emergency Bill to Halt Immigration-Agency Cuts
The House unanimously passed a bill to provide emergency funding to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is set to furlough roughly two-thirds of its employees at the end of this month.
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Michelle Hackman
Last night, the House unanimously passed a little-noticed bill to shore up funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, aimed at stopping furloughs of 2/3 of its staff. IF Senate takes up the bill w/UC, it could become law before they take effect
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