Trump, Sessions Increase Pressure on Sanctuary Cities
States not complying with federal requests concerning illegal immigrants held in local jails will now lose federal grant money, declared President Trump and...
Immigration
Supreme Court Grants Trump Partial Victory in Ongoing Travel ban Controversy
The war over security versus freedom to immigrate is far from over. ...
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Homeland Security Tasks Army Corps of Engineers to Test Types of Border Walls
The Army Corps of Engineers are now conducting tests in the Southwest to determine the best type of border wall to be built...
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Trump Discusses a Border Wall Topped With Solar Panels and With See-through Openings
President Trump proposed having a border wall topped with solar panels to generate electricity, which could be sold to produce revenue, as well...
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Supreme Court Puts Travel Ban Case Back in Hawaii’s Court — Gives Them Until July 18 to Respond
The Supreme Court has asked Hawaii to respond by July 18 to the Justice Department’s appeal of Hawaii District Court Judge Derrick Watson’s...
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Hawaii’s Judge Watson Loosens Trump Travel Ban
Judge Derrick Watson of the Federal District Court in Honolulu expanded on the Supreme Court’s definition of “bona fide relationship” regarding who may...
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IRS Fails to Notify Americans Whose Social Security Numbers Are Used by Illegal Aliens
A report from the treasury inspector general for tax administration (TIGTA) stated that IRS procedures are not sufficient to identify all employment identity...
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DHS Cancels Promise to Deport “Dreamers” — Passes Ball to Congress
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly indicated that he would keep protecting 780,000 “Dreamers” from deportation and hoped Congress would grant them permanent status....
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Ninth Circuit Court Rules Against Travel Ban, but Trump Fires Back
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against President Trump’s March 6 executive order banning travelers from six countries with heavy...
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GAO Says Immigration Courts Have Backlog of 437,000 Deportation Cases — Scheduled to 2022
A report issued by the GAO said the immigration courts’ backlog has more than doubled and the number of pending cases is 437,000,...
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AP: Fewer Illegals Applying for Food Stamps; Fear Deportation
President Trump’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration have proven somewhat successful, and a new report by the Associated Press reveals that fewer illegal...
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Trump’s DOJ Submitted “Watered Down” Version of His Travel Ban to Supreme Court
President Trump urged DOJ to “seek an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court” while pursuing a “much...
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33 States Have Legislation to Fight Illegal Immigration and End Sanctuary Cities
Starting with Texas, at least 33 states have introduced immigration enforcement bills since Donald Trump assumed the presidency in January. ...
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Obama Administration Transferred MS-13 Gang Members to Placement Centers Across the Country
Senator Ron Johnson stated that during the Obama years, at least 16 MS-13 gang members were transferred out of federal custody into insecure...
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Illegal-alien Arrests Up Nearly 40 Percent Under Trump
Since President Trump signed his executive orders on immigration enforcement, ICE agents have arrested more than 41,000 illegal aliens — up 37.6 percent...
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