Immigration in America
Articles tracking the ongoing debate and controversy around immigration and immigrant rights in America.
Left articles: 10
Center articles: 10
Right articles: 7
Trump signs executive order to stop family separations at border
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to allow children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally -- moving to stop the family separations that have triggered a national outcry and political crisis for Republicans.
Trump says he'll sign order ending child-parent separation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would be signing an executive order later Wednesday that would end the process of separating children from families after they are
Tent cities cost millions more than keeping migrant kids with parents
Separating migrant kids from their parents will cost the administration more than placing them in permanent structures or keeping them with their parents.
Fact Check: Trump’s False and Misleading Claims About Germany’s Crime and Immigration
The president suggested Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migration policy was responsible for rising crime and causing Germans to turn against their leaders.
Who decided to separate illegal immigrant families?
After criticism of the policy, Donald Trump blamed the Democrats for the "horrible law".
Donald Trump, the family separation crisis, and the triumph of cruelty
Trump's immigration crackdown is an exercise in government cruelty.
The Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller Wants
For President Trump’s senior adviser, the public outrage and anger elicited by policies like forced family separation are a feature, not a bug.
Trump ramps up rhetoric: Dems want 'illegal immigrants' to 'infest our country'
President Donald Trump amplified his heated immigration rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing Democrats of wanting "illegal immigrants ... to pour into and infest our country," language evoking images of pests, not human beings.
Manchin becomes final Democrat to back bill preventing separation of immigrant families Manchin becomes final Democrat to back bill preventing separation of immigrant families
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Monday that he will back legislation to prevent the separation of immigrant families along the border, solidifying Democratic support for the bill.
Manchin's decision means all 49 members of the Democratic caucus, which includes independent Sens. Bernie…
FACT CHECK: Was the 'Law to Separate Families' Passed in 1997 or 'by Democrats'?
There is no federal law mandating children and parents be separated at the border; a policy resulting in that outcome was enacted in May 2018.
Trump to Support DACA Protections for More Wall Funding
President Trump is planning to support protections from deportation for some undocumented immigrants in the U.S. in exchange for $5.7 billion to build the southern border wall.
WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning on Saturday to support protections from deportation for some undocumente…
Largest single group of migrants ever tunnels under border wall: CBP
A group of 376, including nearly 200 minors, was arrested.
The largest single group of asylum seekers ever to cross into the U.S. tunneled beneath the border wall near San Luis, Arizona, on Monday, voluntarily turning themselves into Customs and Border Protection, according to the agency…
McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to reopen government
During a bill signing for human trafficking legislation, President Trump argued with a reporter over signing a bill that would end the partial government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a move by Senate Democrats on Thursday to get the chamber to vote on spending…
Test of steel prototype for border wall showed it could be sawed through
President Donald Trump has repeatedly advocated for a steel slat design for his border wall, which he described as "absolutely critical to border security" in his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday. But Department of Homeland Security testing of a steel slat prototype proved it could be c…
Trump Wants to Deliver Prime-Time Address on Government Shutdown and Will Visit the Border
The White House has requested network airtime for President Trump to speak about the partial government shutdown, a person familiar with the request said.
President Trump announced on Monday that he would address the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening to discuss what he calle…
Trump threatens government shutdown ‘will last for a very long time’ if Democrats oppose House bill that includes border wall money
In morning tweets, the president also sought to pin blame on Democrats for a potential government shutdown, even though he said a week ago that he would proudly own one.
President Trump warned Friday that a partial government shutdown would last “for a very long time” if Congress does no…
Trump is doubling down on his strategy that cost the GOP the House
With his threat to shut down the federal government unless he receives funding for his border wall, President Donald Trump is employing a tactic that is unpopular to advance a goal that may be even more unpopular.
Trump's threats -- and the muted public resistance to them from GOP congre…
Is Mexico Paying for the Wall Through USMCA? - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump declared via Twitter that he is keeping perhaps his most famous campaign promise, claiming that "MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!" through a recent trade agreement negotiated with Mexico. But economic and trade experts we interviewed said that's not possible.
FACT CHECK: What's Happening On The U.S.-Mexico Border?
On Sunday, U.S. agents fired tear gas on migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants were protesting the slow pace with which the U.S. has been processing asylum claims.
More than 5,000 migrants from Central America have reached the border town of Tijuana, a…
Judge blocks Trump administration from denying asylum claims to immigrants who cross border illegally
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's asylum restrictions on immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally.
In an order laced with language accusing President Donald Trump of attempting to rewrite immigration laws, a federal judge …
Trump To Meet With 'Chuck And Nancy.' Expectations Are Low
With a partial government shutdown on the horizon, President Trump and Democratic leaders are set to discuss border funding and other issues at the White House.
"Republicans still control the House, the Senate, and the White House, and they have the power to keep government open," Senate…
Trump wants to sign an order to end birthright citizenship, setting up a constitutional battle
President Donald Trump is planning to terminate birthright citizenship, according to a report by Axios.
President Donald Trump is planning to terminate birthright citizenship, according to a report by Axios, potentially setting up another stand-off between the U.S. president and the cour…
Contentious Georgia GOP runoff tests Trump voters' loyalty
ATLANTA (AP) — Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp have run to the Trumpian right as they try to win Georgia Republicans’ nomination for governor in a Tuesday runoff.
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban on some Muslim-majority nations
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump’s controversial travel ban affecting several mostly Muslim countries, offering a limited endorsement of the president’s executive authority on immigration in one of the hardest-fought battles of this term.
Paul Ryan is a ‘lame duck leader,’ says Judge Jeanine Pirro
Judge Jeanine Pirro tells FOX Business’ Lou Dobbs that she is convinced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) must immediately leave his post as House Speaker.
House rejects conservative immigration bill, delays vote on GOP compromise measure
The vote on the compromise bill was postponed to Friday amid member confusion about its content.
U.S. government says nearly 2,000 child separations at Mexico border in under two months
The government said on Friday that 1,995 children were separated from 1,940 adults at the U.S.-Mexico border between April 19 and May 31, as the Trump administration implements stricter border enforcement policies.
The US was left alone and humiliated on the world stage as European allies collectively dunked on Trump’s ‘America First’ policy at a major security conference
But since Trump became president, the US has been pushing for the withdrawal from global agreements – such as the Paris climate accord – creating…
India accused of 'hiding' poor people ahead of Trump visit
As a wall goes up alongside a slum area containing 2,000 people, one resident asks: "Why are they hiding us poor people?"
D.C. Makes It A Crime To Wear Masks. So Why Was A Group Of White Nationalists Able To?
More than 100 members of the Patriot Front hate group marched through D.C. on Feb. 8, almost all of them wearing white face masks. …
Jim Jordan: Key Trump ally was 'crying and begging' student wrestler to deny abuse cover-up, hearing told
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