Jun 29 House Republicans back bills to crack down on illegal immigration By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Trump often railed against illegal immigration during his presidential campaign; his support for tougher immigration policies is crucial to his voting base. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice… Continue reading
Jun 28 President Trump urges passage of House immigration bills By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump is urging the House to pass legislation that would stiffen punishments on people who re-enter the U.S. illegally and for "sanctuary" jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation forces. Continue reading
Jun 26 Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio goes on trial for defying court order on immigration enforcement By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's criminal trial opened Monday over his defiance of the courts in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants, marking the most aggressive effort to hold the former lawman of metro Phoenix accountable for tactics that critics say racially… Continue reading
Jun 26 Supreme Court orders new arguments in two immigration cases By Associated Press The Supreme Court is ordering re-arguments in two cases involving immigrants or foreigners that will give new Justice Neil Gorsuch the tie-breaking vote. Continue reading
Jun 23 Supreme Court says immigrants with bad legal advice can get second chance in court By Associated Press The court's 6-2 ruling Friday applies to immigrants facing overwhelming evidence they are guilty of a crime. Continue reading
Jun 16 Trump administration keeps DACA program, shields young immigrants from deportation By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Trump administration is keeping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in a move that reverses one of the president's campaign pledges. Continue reading
Jun 15 How Jared Kushner and others gerrymander to sell visas to foreigners — at a steep discount By Paul Solman Trump Bay Street is a model of luxury as well as a model of a loophole U.S. developers use in a controversial citizenship-for-cash program. Continue reading
Jun 08 Under Trump, old deportation orders get new life By Amy Taxin, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — For years, immigrants facing deportation have been allowed to stay in the U.S. provided they show up for regular check-ins with federal deportation agents and stay out of trouble. After a brief meeting, they're usually told to… Continue reading
Jun 05 Legal experts to Trump on travel ban: Put down the Twitter By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Trump's 140-character musings Monday may have undercut his own efforts to persuade the Supreme Court to reinstate his revised travel ban, which Trump called a "watered-down, politically correct" version of what he'd originally sought. Continue reading