By: Sudhin Thanawhala | The Associated Press The Trump administration will try to convince a U.S. appeals court Tuesday that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be the first…
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By: Stephanie Ebbs | ABC News President Trump Wednesday expressed optimism about reaching a bipartisan deal on immigration, suggesting he is even open to granting citizenship to Dreamers after a 10-to-12-year period as part of a comprehensive plan. He also told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl that – if a deal…
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By: Jessica Vaughan | Center for Immigration Studies More than 500 individuals who obtained DACA benefits that were later revoked due to criminal and/or gang involvement apparently are still living in the country and at large, according to statistics provided by USCIS to Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate…
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By: Hailey Branson-Potts and Cindy Carcamo | The Los Angeles Times Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and their allies temporarily blocked a vehicle entrance to Disneyland on Monday, just as the Senate reached an agreement to end the government shutdown brought on in part by a stalemate…
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By: Maggie Haberman | The New York Times Three former homeland security secretaries warned congressional leaders and officials of both parties on Wednesday that the window for legislative action to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children will close by the middle of January, months before a period…
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By: Maria Clark | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune President Donald Trump said Friday (Dec. 28) that, without funding to build a wall between the U.S.-Mexico border, no deal would be met to assure the future of the program that, up until Sept. 5, protected approximately 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation…
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By: Vanessa Yurkevich | CNN On March 6, 2018 almost 1,000 people a day could begin to lose their protected status as their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program permits expire two-years later. President Donald Trump has left it to Congress to figure out what to do with the nearly…
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By: Hans von Spakovsky | The Daily Signal Some members of Congress are threatening to block government funding unless Congress provides amnesty to so-called Dreamers—the illegal aliens included in President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which President Donald Trump is ending. Responsible members of Congress should not…
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By: Michelle Moons | Breitbart News Nine Americans who have lost loved ones at the hands of illegal aliens spoke out in response to reports out of a Wednesday night dinner meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi that the discussions…
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By: Eliana Johnson | POLITICO President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a…
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