WASHINGTON — More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery and more than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, President Donald Trump’s incendiary comments about immigrants have ripped open a jarring debate in the United […]
WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: Democratic Sen. Minority Whip Dick Durbin, who attended Thursday’s meeting on immigration at the White House, called President Donald Trump’s comments during the meeting, “hate filled, vile and racist.” (Jan. 12) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on […]
JOHANNESBURG — Africans were shocked on Friday to find President Donald Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. But it wasn’t what people had hoped for. Using vulgar language, Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. would accept […]
ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians reacted with outrage Friday to reports that President Donald Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa at an Oval Office meeting held on the eve of the […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump questioned Thursday why the U.S. should permit more immigrants from “shithole countries” after senators discussed revamping rules affecting entrants from Africa and Haiti, according to three people briefed on the conversation. Trump made the remark […]
White House Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders says despite reports to the contrary, no deal has been reached yet on legislation to protect younger immigrants brought to the country illegally, but she says, “they’re close.” (Jan. 11) WASHINGTON — Three Republican […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and immigration (all times local): 1:50 p.m. A bipartisan group of senators has reached a deal on immigration to protect younger people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. That’s according […]
Democratic lawmakers pressed for protections for nearly 800,000 immigrants who arrived illegally in the U.S. as children. They were joined by so-called ‘Dreamers’ as they spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol. (Jan. 10) WASHINGTON — Backed by the White […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a federal judge who’s temporarily blocked him from ending protections for nearly 800,000 young immigrants. The Senate’s top Democrat said that despite the ruling, lawmakers and the White House must drive […]
WASHINGTON — Seeking a bipartisan compromise to avoid a government shutdown, President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that an immigration deal could be reached in two phases — first by addressing young immigrants and border security with what he called a […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation. El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens […]
JOHANNESBURG — Ninety-two Somalis sat bound and shackled on an airplane for nearly two days, some urinating on themselves, during a botched U.S. deportation attempt, a class-action lawsuit filed in the United States says. U.S. immigration agents “kicked, struck, choked […]
New York City bomb suspect Akayed Ullah’s family says they’re heartbroken and saddened by the suffering the attack caused. However, in a statement the family also said they’re outraged by alleged law enforcement actions following Ullah’s arrest. (Dec. 12) NEW […]
WASHINGTON — Vowing to “stop this craziness,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures based on “merit” after the deadly truck attack in New York City. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday’s attack “came into […]
WASHINGTON — Just 1 in 5 Americans want to deport young immigrants brought to the United States as children and now here illegally, the focus of a politically fraught debate between the White House and Congress. Americans also have largely […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released a list of hard-line immigration priorities on Sunday that threaten to derail efforts to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought into the U.S. illegally as children. […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed sanctuary state legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally — a move that gives the nation’s most populous state another tool to fight President Donald Trump. […]
LOS ANGELES — The line stretches down the block before the sun rises in Los Angeles, made up of immigrants seeking help to renew their work permits under a program that has shielded them from deportation but is now nearing […]
WASHINGTON — The fate of 800,000 young immigrants hung in the balance Thursday as top lawmakers, White House officials and President Donald Trump himself squabbled over whether an agreement had been struck to protect them – and if so, exactly […]
WASHINGTON — Few issues have animated President Donald Trump’s ardent supporters more than his pledge to build a wall along the nation’s Southern border. Now, Trump’s decision to put that promise aside – at least temporarily – while he pursues […]
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