A bipartisan group of six senators have agreed on a framework for an immigration deal that solves the status of DREAMers, as well as addresses President Trump’s demand of funding for a border wall. The lawmakers rushed to the White …
Continue ReadingThe president decried immigration from certain countries in an oval office meeting today on immigration, when someone suggested restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan deal on comprehensive immigration reform.
“Why …
Continue ReadingImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided nearly 100 7-Eleven stores early Wednesday morning in a crackdown on illegal workers. Twenty-one people were arrested in the sweep.
Ninety-eight stores in states including, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, California, Florida, as well …
Continue ReadingConservative commentator Ann Coulter tweeted yesterday that nothing Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff has said about President Trump has hurt him as much the DACA lovefest happening right now. Coulter was referring to a meeting taking place at …
Continue ReadingA judge in California has placed a nationwide injunction on the ending of the DACA program, mandating that it stay in place for now. The judge, William Alsup of Federal District Court in San Francisco, wrote that the Trump …
Continue ReadingDemocrats, Republicans and the White House have agreed to a two-step negotiation process that, they hope, will bring about solutions to the nation’s immigration problems. Congress and the president agreed to come up with a solution to the DACA program …
Continue ReadingThe president suggested bringing back a form of congressional earmarks today during a meeting with congressional leaders today. “Maybe all of you should think about going back to a system of earmarks. This system lends itself to not getting along,” …
Continue ReadingThe former Sheriff of Maricopa Country, Arizona, Joe Arpaio declared his candidacy for US Senate today. The Sheriff is best known for his hardline stance on immigration and controversial practices employed in correctional facilities in his jurisdiction.
In an …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has ended a protected status program for immigrants from El Salvador that began in 2001 after a pair of catastrophic earthquakes struck that country. Nearly 200,000 Salvadorians have been living in the US since 2001. After the …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is sticking to earlier demands for tighter border security in the ongoing negotiations over a permanent solution for those seeking protection under the DACA program. A spending bill must be passed by January 19 to avoid a government …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Mark Meadows (R-NC) made it clear yesterday that there will be no deal on amnesty for so-called DREAMers in the spending bill that needs to pass Congress later this month. He said there will be no “last minute scenario” …
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