Jul 04 WATCH: Pence touts legal immigration system at July 4 naturalization ceremony By Gretchen Frazee The vice president congratulated the immigrants, who came from 29 countries, and said they set an example of how the U.S. has the most generous legal immigration system “in the history of the world.”… Continue reading
Jul 04 Appeals court rules Trump can't use Pentagon money for border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A divided three-judge panel agreed with a lower court ruling that prevented the government from tapping Defense Department money to build sections of wall in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Continue reading
Jul 04 Booker visits Mexico to see asylum seekers By Associated Press Sen. Cory Booker is the second 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to visit Juarez. Continue reading
Jul 02 Rep. Castro secretly recorded a migrant facility in Texas. Here's what he found By Tess Conciatori U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facilities are under-resourced and overcrowded, Castro said, arguing that the problems were exacerbated by the prolonged detention of asylum seekers in the U.S. under President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 02 2020 Census will not include citizenship question By Mike Schneider, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. Continue reading
Jul 02 Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking… Continue reading
Jul 02 Rep. Castro shares video of migrants held at border facility By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said in an interview that he had no second thoughts about taking and sharing the images after officials had asked the lawmakers on a facility tour to leave their cellphones behind. Continue reading
Jul 02 Investigation launched into secret Border Patrol Facebook group By A.C. Thompson, Dara Lind, ProPublica The investigation comes after a ProPublica report exposing the secret three-year-old Facebook group, which is called “I’m 10-15” and has some 9,500 members. Continue reading
Jul 02 Booker unveils immigration plan that relies on executive orders By Elana Schor, Associated Press The proposal includes a shift away from criminal prosecution of border crossings and a new mandate for migrant detention facilities to meet minimum standards. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 3:24 After 1st debates, how 2020 Democrats positioned themselves on the campaign trail By Yamiche Alcindor After the first debates of the 2020 presidential campaign, candidates sought to build on their momentum or reposition themselves over the weekend. Sen. Kamala Harris fended off attacks from the Trump campaign, while other 2020 Democrats came to her defense. Continue watching