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Trump’s Immigration Policy Echoes 1920s Crackdown, but This Time Congress Isn’t Involved

13 août 2026 à 14:08
U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to Trump’s crackdown, with a catch: He’s doing it without Congress.

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President Calvin Coolidge signing the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924 on the White House South Lawn.

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

© Kathleen Flynn for The New York Times

A Boeing 737 passenger jet purchased by the Department of Homeland Security parked last month at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, La.
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