Two Republican legislators from Wisconsin, Reps. Dave Steffen (Green Bay) and John Macco (Ledgeview), are seeking a change to Wisconsin law that will allow illegal immigrants that have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to become police officers.
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Continue ReadingPresident Trump revealed yesterday that he will be signing an executive order that will grant a “road to citizenship” for DACA recipients. The President made the remarks in an interview with Spanish-language network Telemundo.
“The deal was done. …
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The head of the Department of Homeland Security said that the Trump administration is determined to end DACA within the next 6 months. The acting Secretary Chad Wolf made extensive comments on the program during various Sunday talk shows …
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A federal judge has ruled the reasons the Trump administration has given for ending the immigration program known as DACA are inadequate, and ordered the program reinstated.
In his opinion, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates wrote the …
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A federal judge has ruled President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program illegal and ordered the program reinstated. He also ruled the administration must continue to accept new applicants, taking the defense of the …
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A caravan of 1,000 men, women and children migrants hoping to seek asylum in the United States has reportedly been disbanded according to Mexican authorities. The group made headlines last weekend when it crossed into the Mexico with the goal …
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President Trump has vowed to stop negotiating on a solution to the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program Sunday morning, citing what he considers a lack of desire on the part of congressional Democrats to get a deal …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Luis Gutierrez called on the House of Representatives to take up legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought here as young children from deportation, so-called DACA recipients.
“The President still plans to kill …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving President Trump’s authority to end the immigration-protection program known as DACA, likely signaling the program’s continuance for at least several months. The program’s original end date was March 5.…
Continue ReadingSenator Jeff Flake isn’t giving up on immigration reform. The junior Senator from Arizona said that he plans to force a vote on a proposal as soon as the Senate returns from its winter recess after next week. Flake proposed …
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children are left in limbo as immigration reform once again failed to pass in the Congress this week. The fate of DREAMers is up in the …
Continue ReadingRepublicans made a last-ditch effort to pass a DACA solution this week only to have it thwarted by Democrats. Are we seeing the beginning of a midterm election strategy by Democrats? We discuss DACA and the failure of Congress to …
Continue ReadingA bipartisan plan put forth by a group of twenty-two senators has drawn the ire of the White House and other agencies in the Trump administration, and failed in a vote in the Senate. “The changes proposed by Senators Schumer-Rounds-Collins …
Continue ReadingSenator Mitch McConnell is making one thing clear: it is now or never on immigration. The Majority Leader has vowed to have an open debate policy when it came to an immigration bill this week, notably allowing an “opportunity for …
Continue ReadingU.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of New York has become the second federal judge to place an injunction the Trump administration’s ending of the DACA program, the program that protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country …
Continue ReadingRepublican Senators have introduced a bill in the Senate that addresses all of the President’s major legislative concerns when it comes to immigration. The Senate has vowed to take immigration legislation up this week ahead of a winter recess next …
Continue ReadingThe President released a video statement last night emphasizing the importance of Congress acting on immigration. The president characterized immigration as a national security issue outlining loopholes within the system that are allowing gang members, like those affiliated with MS-13, …
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