Jun 20 Boehner calls migrant influx ‘national security’ crisis By Erica Werner, Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner is urging President Barack Obama to send National Guard troops to the southern border to help deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America. Continue reading
Jun 13 Border agents in Texas warned not to talk to media By Christopher Sherman, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters. An… Continue reading
Jun 12 Republicans move quickly to fill leadership vacuum left by ousted Cantor By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: McCarthy makes his move to replace Cantor in leadership Cantor, a ‘victim of his own ambitions’ Cantor doesn’t likely change 2014, but 2016 is a different story A warning about volatility in campaigns New… Continue reading
Jun 11 Cantor loss sends jolt through political world By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Cantor falls in stunning upset to Brat Defeat highlights difficulty for GOP on dealing with immigration reform Plenty of questions about Cantor’s campaign strategy House Republicans now without heir apparent to Boehner Obama weighs… Continue reading
Jun 10 Surge of children apprehended at border overwhelms ill-equipped facilities By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras The federal government is scrambling to house a surge of Central American migrant children traveling alone across the border. These children are supposed to be held in Department of Homeland Security custody fewer than 72 hours before they’re transferred to… Continue reading
Jun 09 SCOTUS: Children over 21 go to back of visa line By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that most immigrant children who have become adults during their parents' years-long wait to become legal permanent residents of the United States should go to the back of the line in their… Continue reading
Jun 06 U.S. releasing undocumented immigrants, but won’t say how many By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration is releasing inside the United States some immigrants who have crossed illegally into the country amid a surge in traffic across the Mexican border in southern Texas. But how many remains a mystery because the government won't… Continue reading