Jul 07 Child migrant crisis pushes humanitarian and legal boundaries for U.S. By Charles Babington, Associated Press The White House said Monday that most unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are unlikely to qualify for humanitarian relief that would prevent them from being sent back from their home countries. Continue reading
Jul 07 Appeals court blocks Arizona’s policy of denying licenses to immigrants By Joshua Barajas An appeals court reversed Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's policy Monday that denied young immigrants from receiving driver's licenses under an Obama administration program that granted qualifying immigrants deportation deferrals. Continue reading
Jul 07 Kids at the border turning into political crisis for Obama administration By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Continued disagreement over what’s drawing unaccompanied minors and what to do about them After blows at Supreme Court, White House weighs contraception options Airstrikes in Iraq, and the amazing return of Chalabi in Iraq… Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Marcus and Gerson on agreement and division at the Supreme Court, immigration protests By PBS News Hour Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on contraception, how the Obama administration is trying to quell an influx of unaccompanied migrant children trying to… Continue watching
Jul 01 Immigration advocates stack demands for Obama By Jim Kuhnhenn, Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama faced immediate demands for bold action to stem deportations Tuesday, a day after declaring immigration legislation dead and announcing plans to act on his own. At the same time GOP opposition to the president's go-it-alone… Continue reading
Jul 01 Immigration is still really dead this time By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Where does immigration go from here? Unaccompanied minors issue drove the final nail Corporations have religions, my friend By the way, 200 more troops are going to Iraq Immigration: All the pretense is finally… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch President Obama pushes immigration reform without Congress By PBS News Hour President Obama says that until Congress does something about immigration reform, he will pursue the matter on his own. In the White House Rose Garden, the president said he was directing more agents to the U.S. border to respond to… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch President Obama pushes immigration reform without Congress By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 30 Obama seeks more power to send unaccompanied children back across the border By Jim Kuhnhenn and Erica Werner, Associated Press Setting up a confrontation with immigration activists, President Barack Obama is asking Congress for increased powers to send unaccompanied children from Central American back home from the U.S. border they tried to cross illegally. Continue reading
Jun 29 Obama seeks ‘fast track’ procedures for minors crossing border alone By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press President Barack Obama will seek more than $2 billion to respond to the flood of immigrants illegally entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas and ask for new powers to deal with returning immigrant children apprehended… Continue reading