Immigration

Tom Homan.

Homan at the top of Democrats’ oversight target list, top House Democrat says

Molly Parks · November 10, 2026 7:26 pm

Collage of ICE immigration detention photos.

Habeas corpus cases near 100,000 as ICE detainees seize on new way to fight detention

A portion of border wall is under construction in the Big Bend region in Texas.

Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit

Migrants disembark at the port of "La Estaca."

Spanish prime minister calls meeting over ‘migration emergency’ as thousands surge into Canary Islands

President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington.

Conservatives balk at Trump’s ‘amnesty’ proposal: ‘Total betrayal’

According to the most recent data provided to the Washington Examiner, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement made roughly 75,000 administration arrests of illegal immigrants from January to June 2017 -- a near 40 percent uptick from the same period last year. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Trump administration arresting more illegal immigrants, but deportations are down

Kelly Cohen August 11, 2017 7:46 pm

The most visible element of Trump populism concerns immigration, both legal and illegal. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

In the age of Trump, populism ain’t what it used to be

Robert Ehrlich August 11, 2017 4:43 pm

President Trump on Monday appointed Thomas D. Homan to acting director of ICE. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Latin gays, transsexuals seek asylum, demand immediate freedom in US

Paul Bedard August 11, 2017 2:14 pm

Huddled Masses Through the Ages

Philip Terzian August 11, 2017 6:20 am

Harvard economist George Borjas is immigration critics' favorite intellectual. His work is regularly cited by the White House, top Republican lawmakers, and conservative pundits to justify policies that would keep more people out of the country. Without his work, they would be hard-pressed to find any academic or scholar making the same arguments. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

The Cuban-born Harvard economist who immigration critics love

Sean Higgins August 11, 2017 4:01 am

The majority of Republican voters said they would support postponing the 2020 election at President Trump's request to ensure only eligible Americans can vote, according to a new poll. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

Half of GOP voters would support postponing 2020 election if Trump requested it: Poll

Melissa Quinn August 10, 2017 2:52 pm

Some Democrats have criticized Trump for undermining civilian control of the military by having so many current and recently retired generals in his administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In supporting Trump, populists may have made the devil’s bargain

W. James Antle III August 10, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump's nomination of Richard Spencer as Navy secretary was set for a committee hearing in June but was postponed due to Senate work on repealing and replacing Obamacare, according to an Armed Services aide. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Byron York: Democrats, some Republicans slam new Trump-backed immigration bill. But voters like it.

Byron York August 10, 2017 3:32 am

The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general revealed last September that more than 1,000 immigrants residing in the U.S. were erroneously granted citizenship after applying with different names or birthdates. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Justice Department ‘too busy with litigation’ to denaturalize illegal immigrants who wrongly received citizenship

Gabby Morrongiello August 9, 2017 7:00 pm

A new poll showed that a majority of Americans support the idea of creating a merit-based system for immigrants. (Wikipedia Commons)

Thomas Friedman: Democrats should accept that US ‘can’t take in every immigrant’

Eddie Scarry August 9, 2017 3:59 pm

A number of provisions in the revised bill by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia received majority support. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Most voters support Trump’s push to create merit system for immigrants

Anna Giaritelli August 9, 2017 3:35 pm

FILE - In this April 16, 2016 file photo, Pope Francis meets migrants at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The pope, in his annual message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, denounced the forced repatriation of unaccompanied children migrants who flee wars and poverty, saying countries should try to meet their needs rather than return them to uncertain futures back home. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Catholic law school close to Pope Francis to fight sanctuaries, Trump

Paul Bedard August 9, 2017 1:59 pm