Feb 15 Read Trump’s full national emergency proclamation By Molly Finnegan The one thing the declaration does not mention specifically: a wall. Continue reading
Feb 15 Trump administration sued over policy of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts is being challenged in a federal court in San Francisco. A lawsuit filed Thursday by civil liberties groups claims the practice that took… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Reporter challenges Trump on his immigration facts By Joshua Barajas During President Donald Trump's remarks on a new national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, a reporter pushed back against the president's characterization of immigration and crime, asking: "What do you base your facts on?"… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Trump declares national emergency to build border wall By Associated Press Trump did not say on Friday when he would make such a declaration, but the move will allow him to bypass Congress to spend more money to erect barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Trump declares national emergency to build border wall By Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 14 What’s in the massive border security and funding bill? By Lisa Desjardins The funding and border security bill is 1,159 pages. We have been studying the bill carefully so you don’t have to. Here are some highlights and key details. Continue reading
Feb 13 WATCH: Trump tells law enforcement conference that border wall is ‘on its way’ President Donald Trump told a conference of the Major County Sheriffs and Major Cities Chiefs Association that the wall he envisions in some places along the southern border would be harder to scale than Mount Everest. Continue reading
Feb 12 The latest border security deal, explained By Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor Here is exactly what’s in the compromise struck between the top Republicans and Democrats on the congressional appropriations committees, and how it looks from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue. Continue reading
Feb 12 WATCH: Trump says he’s not ‘thrilled’ with border deal President Donald Trump says 'I can't say I'm thrilled' with a congressional compromise on border security designed to avert a second government shutdown. Continue reading
Feb 12 Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks. Continue reading