Jun 21 Trump administration proposes merging Education and Labor departments By Associated Press The plan calls for merging the education and labor departments and moving the federal food stamp program to the Department of Health and Human Services and renaming that agency. Many of the changes would require approval from Congress. Continue reading
Jun 21 Trump’s reversal on family separation sparks concern, confusion By Nomaan Merchant, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Donald Trump's reversal of a policy separating migrant families at the Mexico border sparked confusion over how the new guidelines will play out. Continue reading
Jun 21 Trump supporters remain steadfast despite immigration uproar By Angie Wang, Dave Kolpack, Associated Press When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to end forced separations on his own, they shrugged. The end, they suggested, justified the means. And it was the fault of Congress rather than Trump. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 6:50 Trump makes abrupt about-face on family separation after intense pressure President Trump relented on the widely condemned practice of splitting up undocumented families on Wednesday, reversing his decision with the stroke of a pen while seeming openly conflicted about the decision. Instead, his executive order would detain families together, as… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Trump administration asks judge to block California immigration laws n our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration urged a federal judge in Sacramento to block three California laws that protect undocumented immigrants. Also, on this World Refugee Day, Hungary intensified its immigration crackdown, as lawmakers amended the constitution to… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:00 What Trump rally supporters say about family separation By Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford President Trump left the immigration firestorm behind on Wednesday afternoon, traveling to Minnesota to meet a far friendlier crowd. Ahead of a primary campaign rally, Yamiche Alcindor talks with supporters and protesters, then joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the news… Continue watching
Jun 20 More than 140 arrested at meatpacking plant in another Ohio immigration raid By John Seewer, Associated Press The investigation focused on whether the company knowingly hired people who are in the country illegally and used fake identities belonging to U.S. citizens. Continue reading
Jun 20 Read Trump’s full executive order on family separation By Erica R. Hendry President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that will stop the practice of separating children and parents detained at the U.S.-Mexico border while trying to enter the country illegally. Read it here. Continue reading
Jun 20 Trump meets with lawmakers after Senate blocks China ZTE deal By Ken Thomas, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump has met with lawmakers after the Senate moved to block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 20 Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says ‘zero-tolerance’ policy will continue By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says 'zero-tolerance' prosecution policy will continue. Continue reading