The Latest News about Immigration

The French intended the Statue of Liberty to symbolize America’s openness to immigration, Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine claimed. But did they? As I listen to French President Macron address Congress, I'm struck that it's the same day that the Supreme Court will hear the Muslim travel ban case. The French people recognized the U.S. as a nation of immigrants when they ...

update: President Trump tweeted Friday morning that “the language used” by him “was tough,” but the reported verbiage “was not the language used.” The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made – a big setback for DACA! — Donald J. Trump ...

  by Will Racke A top White House official said Thursday that a bipartisan proposal to give legal status to younger illegal immigrants is too weak on border security and immigration reform to pass muster with President Donald Trump. The agreement trades some border security enhancements, plus some limits on family migration and the diversity visa lottery, for a path ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that any deal to help DREAMers would have to include money for the way, and an end to both the visa lottery and chain migration. “Any legislation on DACA must secure the border with a wall. It must give our immigration officers the resources they need to stop illegal immigration and also to stop ...

President Donald Trump has issued a new Executive Order that provides for the general resumption of the refugee admission program after a 120-day review. Based on Section 6(a) of Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” the U.S. government undertook a 120-day review of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to identify and ...

In May of 2016 Donald Trump casually discarded one of his central campaign promises. I thought it was remarkable. While it was traditional for Republican candidates in former campaigns to wait until after their inauguration to break campaign promises, Trump didn’t even wait until he was the nominee. Trump had repeatedly declared, “By self-funding my campaign, I am not controlled ...

Living in the United States in 2017 is a veritable horn of plenty when it comes to leftist outrage and if a Phoenix newspaper is to be believed, there will be ear-piercing howls of indignation over this story about immigration. If you live in any major U.S. city, you are probably familiar with the local weeklies that have a tendency ...

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a temporary order restoring President Donald Trump‘s restrictions on immigration and travel from nations terrorists might use to gain access to the U.S. Justice Anthony Kennedy stayed a 9th Circuit Court ruling that had placed restrictions on Trump’s travel ban. The stay will allow the ban to remain in effect until ...

On Wednesday while attending a White House press briefing, CNN’s Jim Acosta was predictably bitching and moaning about the RAISE Act by which Trump intends to limit legal immigration into the U.S. Acosta stated that only immigrants from Australia or England would be allowed to immigrate under the new requirement of having to be able to speak English. Senior White ...

President Donald Trump, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Senator David Perdue (R-GA) announced Wednesday a bill that includes a set of immigration reforms intending to get skilled immigrants through the system faster. The president said that the bill represents “the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century.” Titled the RAISE Act, Reforming American Immigration for Strong ...

For years I have been saying we are not doing immigrants any favors by having phone prompts in other languages except for English. One of the first things an immigrant should do when they get here is to learn the English language. After all, that is the language of America. I have always said that Congress should pass a law ...

A Hawaiin federal judge placed a stay on President Trump’s revised travel ban just six hours before it was due to go into effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson put out an emergency stop on the president’s executive order which halted immigration of nationals from six countries that can not or will not vet those seeking entrance into the United ...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer discusses the issues of the day with the media. Likely Topics: Hawaii’s legal challenge to the new immigration order American Health Care Plan – day 2 Reports that Trump’s OMB considering cuts to Coast Guard, TSA, FEMA to pay for wall

Hawaii state attorneys will take legal action on Wednesday against the new Trump immigration order. A filing on Tuesday stated Hawaii’s intention of filing a motion on Wednesday seeking a restraining order against the immigration executive order signed by President Trump on Monday. The legal action is similar to the motion filed by Washington state on the previous immigration order ...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer briefs the press on issues of the day. Likely topics: President’s executive order on immigration American Health Care Act Trump tower wiretapping Live Stream of White House Press Briefing