The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, has an office in Atlanta.

Pitt has yet to release statement about stance on ICE cooperation

By Neel Kamal and Naomi Weiss • February 21, 2025
Pitt has remained silent on how the administration will respond to potential ICE presence on campus nearly one month into Trump’s second term.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Pittsburgh Latino organizations provide support amid new executive immigration policies

By Sarah George, Staff Writer • February 5, 2025
Latino organizations in Pittsburgh prepare for the effects of the recent immigration crackdown under the Trump administration.
Opinion | I am a broken record worth listening to

Opinion | I am a broken record worth listening to

By Grace Harris, Senior Staff Columnist • January 28, 2025
The repetitive statements on my record are not nonsensical — they derive from the basic morality that this nation has lost in each campaign cycle involving Donald Trump. Most notably, this record is consistent and backed with evidence — at its most basic level, it plays songs advocating for equality.
Editorial | Schools must remain ICE-free to protect children

Editorial | Schools must remain ICE-free to protect children

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 24, 2025
The 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe ruled that undocumented children have the right to public education, and it was believed that immigration arrests that took place in the school environment were unconstitutional. This is clearly not a belief of the Trump administration any longer, as Trump’s threats to commit a mass deportation — specifically against Latinx populations — become an increasingly likely reality.
JD Vance greets the crowd at the Pennsylvanian on Thursday.

JD Vance talks economic, immigration policies at downtown press conference

By Emma Hannan, Contributing Editor • October 18, 2024
Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance came to the Pennsylvanian Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh on Thursday, Oct. 17.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the IBEW Local Union 5 on Monday, Sept. 2.

Opinion | I hope Harris deviates from her predecessors’ immigration policies

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • September 30, 2024
If anything, her candidacy represents potential for progress. Hopes for these policies represent a great step forward.
President Joe Biden speaks at the Public Education forum Downtown in 2019 during his campaign.

Editorial | President Biden needs to deliver on his progressive campaign policies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 19, 2022
Despite a progressive campaign, President Joe Biden isn’t following through on many of his campaign promises, especially in regards to immigration and COVID-19.
Experts, community members and students gathered in the Public Health building Friday for “Family Separations: Short and Long-term Effects,” a panel held in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month with a special focus on children in detainment centers at the border.

Panel discusses health effects of family separations

By Claudia Huggins, For The Pitt News • October 13, 2019
Experts, community members and students gathered in the Public Health building Friday for a panel about how trauma can affect victims.
In an effort to retaliate against Democrats, White House officials have been pressuring immigration authorities to move immigrant detainees to sanctuary cities this week.

Editorial: Undocumented immigrants aren’t punishment for sanctuary cities

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 16, 2019
President Donald Trump’s latest proposal involves more than just labeling undocumented immigrants as a threat. Now, he’s trying to use them as punishment.
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the press before departing the White House to visit the Texas border as the federal government shutdown continues on Thursday.

Editorial: Trump’s test of emergency powers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 11, 2019
The National Emergencies Act of 1976 was originally passed to provide a check on presidential power while codifying specific constraints under which presidents could declare states of emergency. Congress must enforce this intent.
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