The Latest News about Immigration

Retiring Rep. Paul Ryan (R–NeverTrump) has revealed what he hopes will be his lasting political legacy. Ryan intends to be the last Republican Speaker of the House. Ever. And Ryan working hard to achieve his goal. The immigration bills he supports will do everything Donald Trump promised he wouldn’t do when he ran for president. Grant amnesty to DACA invaders ...

Recent developments on the restaurant front are going to put a dent into ‘date night’ plans for Kellyanne Conway and her husband. If Sarah Huckabee Sanders can’t eat in peace with her Never Trump in–laws in some central Virginia one–horse–town, there’s no way Conway can have a sit–down dinner anywhere in DC or Northern Virginia and the drive–through may be ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it would increase the number of H-2B visas for the 2018 fiscal year. “An additional 15,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas will be available for Fiscal Year 2018,” DHS said in a statement. “In this determination, Secretary Nielsen determined there are not sufficient, qualified, U.S. workers available to perform temporary non-agriculture labor ...

The Department of Homeland Security proposed removing the International Entrepreneur (IE) rule allowing entrepreneurs to remain in the U.S. past their visa...

President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on immigration Wednesday at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center in Bethany, New York. The group will include law enforcement and local leaders and the discussion will center on immigration loopholes that enable MS-13 to infiltrate American communities. “These catch-and-release loopholes including lax asylum standards, the pervasive entry of unaccompanied alien minors, and dangerous constraints ...

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 ...