The House of Representatives will vote today on two immigration bills amid concerns about the humanitarian crisis at the nation’s southern border.  The American Dream and Promise Act would create a pathway to citizenship for millions for “Dreamers”––undocumented youths brought to the United States as children––as well as others who’ve been granted temporary protection from…
New House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said on Friday that some amount of money for border security in exchange for legal protections for Dreamers, or young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, could be the way to agreement for Democrats and Republicans to end the ongoing partial government shutdown. “There’s a…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has promised that the House of Representatives will pass legislation next year that will put Dreamers — young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children — on a pathway to citizenship. Pelosi is attempting to secure her position as Speaker of the House when her party retakes control…
A man with a long history of saying untrue things and making outrageous claims about undocumented immigrants has been nominated by President Donald Trump to a sensitive position dealing with refugees. The State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration will be led by Ronald Mortensen, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), if…
A multi-millionaire Republican donor is threatening to turn off the money supply to GOP candidates who don’t support DACA.
Donald Trump caused this mess by lifting protections for DACA recipients. Paul Ryan is making it worse by not holding a vote to clean it up.
In one speech, she likely did more work than Trump has done all week, and Republicans could do nothing but tip their caps.
Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California who represents the boy, said they would seek a review of the decision. The court ruling would allow the government “to pit trained prosecutors against children fleeing persecution,” he said.
“So let us be clear: any politician who backs up this ransom note is enabling Trump and Miller’s white supremacist agenda.”
In the flurry and frenzy of new scandals and tragedies that wear on the spirit of our country, we must not forget the nine million children who have no say in these matters and the 700,000 Dreamers who enrich our country with their lives and service.
A U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday it would be “rational” to legislate a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children, but within hours the administration backtracked, saying his comments did not state the views of President Donald Trump.
A coalition of individuals and organizations, led by the governor, have come together to raise enough money to pay the $495 DACA renewal fee for all of the state’s DREAMers
Trump is doubling down on his DACA decision, and hundreds of thousands more immigrants may be in his crosshairs.
The rescinding of DACA last Tuesday put some 800,000 youth and young adults on a countdown clock with Congress. Without swift action from lawmakers in the House and the Senate to protect Dreamers, families will be torn apart, employers will lose workers, and students will be unable to complete their degree programs.
The GOP representative had planned to “force a vote on his bill to extend work permits and deferred deportations for young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.”
Congressman Luis Gutierrez said Democrats shouldn’t be negotiating with Trump the day after he rescinded protections for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants.
It remains to be seen whether Congress can pass legislation that will shield Dreamers from deportation, but it’s clear the Trump is already regretting the move he made on Tuesday.Â
Sen. Cory Gardner joined a Democratic colleague to co-sponsor legislation that would give young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship and protect them from deportation.
Trump’s DACA decision puts himself squarely on the wrong side of American history and public opinion. What’s new?
During a joint press conference, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it clear that Trump’s plan to ransom the fate of Dreamers to get his border wall paid for was dead in the Senate.
Rep. Adam Schiff has an amendment that would not fund any Trump effort to deport Dreamers.
A holiday weekend means a new sleazy news dump from Donald Trump, as the White House has leaked that Trump is going to end DACA protection for Dreamers and possibly deport more than 800,000 immigrants who came to the US as children.
Some Republicans in Congress are working to prevent Trump from carrying out a top campaign promise.
PoliticusUSA’s Friday Fox Follies writer, Headly Westerfield, reports from the Marco Rubio Campaign Kick-Off in Miami.
