Homeland Security chief nears quitting after Trump rebuke
The president, angry about a rise in illegal immigration, berated Kirstjen Nielsen in a meeting on Wednesday. She has drafted a resignation letter but has not submitted it, officials say.
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Cohen says he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right in Stormy Daniels case
Cohen’s declaration cited an “ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.”
Government must resume DACA and accept new applications, federal judge rules
The judge said that the government’s decision to end the program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was predicated on the “virtually unexplained” grounds that the program is “unlawful.”
Money for police cannot be pegged to cooperation with ICE, judge rules
The Justice Department cannot force local police departments to cooperate with immigration agents as a condition for receiving federal funding for a law enforcement program, a judge in LA has ruled.
Mattis authorizes up to 4,000 National Guard troops for US border with Mexico
The order specifies that National Guard troops will assist the Department of Homeland Security along the border but not perform law enforcement missions and will be armed only when necessary for self-defense.
Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall
The president has told Speaker Paul Ryan that the military should finance it after Congress provided only $1.6 billion.
ACLU sues Palmer police, calling arrest of immigrant ‘false imprisonment’
Arguing that local police have no right to arrest someone for living in the U.S. illegally, the ACLU of Alaska has sued the Palmer Police Department over the arrest of a man beaten in a bar fight last summer.
Trump’s lawyers want him to refuse an interview in Russia inquiry
The move would raise the specter of a months-long court battle over whether the president must answer questions under oath.
Trump says he is open to a path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
President Trump again seemed to undercut his administration’s message, saying that he would be open to allowing the young illegal immigrants to “morph into” citizens over a period of time.
Government, citing ruling, again will accept requests for DACA protection
A judge had stayed the effort to rescind DACA permits.
Migrants fleeing to Canada learn even a liberal nation has limits
Canadian officials are warning that even liberal Canada has its limits amid concerns that illegal migration is stretching the immigration system to a breaking point.
Immigration talks founder after White House rejects deal and Trump insults other countries
A bipartisan group of senators had offered an opening bid to resolve various immigration issues. Then the president made a reference to "shithole countries."
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump move to end DACA program for immigrants
The president on Wednesday blasted the U.S. court system as "broken and unfair."
Out of chaos, President Trump reshapes immigration
While Trump has been repeatedly frustrated by the limits of his power, his efforts to remake decades of immigration policy have gained increasing momentum.
The perilous path to Canada for migrants
With tightening U.S. immigration policy sending people for the border, local officials in Minnesota and Canada are angry about being shoved onto the front lines of the debate.
8 ways to build a border wall
The government could choose a design soon, but experts say picking one that works for the entire southern border would be extremely hard.
U.S. sees fewer deportations under Trump despite more immigration arrests
U.S. agents are on pace to deport fewer people in the government’s 2017 fiscal year than during the same period last year, statistics show. The lower totals are not for lack of effort.
Trump plans 45,000 limit on refugees admitted to the U.S.
The proposed number is the lowest any White House has sought since 1980.
Meet Alaska’s newest Americans
This week's naturalization ceremony granted U.S. citizenship to 46 people from 21 countries.
US Army kills contracts for hundreds of immigrant recruits; some face deportation
Many enlistees waited years to join a program designed to attract highly skilled immigrants into the service in exchange for fast-track citizenship.