Tag: Border

President Trump invited the press into bipartisan immigration reform talks Tuesday in what's been lauded as a rare example of transparency in the upper echelons of politics.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration hawks fear two-phase DACA deal could lead to Trump amnesty

Gabby Morrongiello · January 10, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats in Arizona would much rather face Joe Arpaio in the midterm than Rep. Martha McSally, who reportedly will announce her Senate bid on Friday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Joe Arpaio’s advisers say Senate bid is for real

David M. Drucker · January 10, 2018 5:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in September the Trump administration was rescinding the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected illegal immigrants from deportation so long as they came to the U.S. as children. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA

Diana Stancy Correll · January 10, 2018 4:56 am

Republicans to propose $30 billion to fund border wall

Pete Kasperowicz · January 10, 2018 2:40 am

"If you want to take it that further step, I'll take the heat," the president said. "You are not that far away from comprehensive immigration reform." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump ‘certainly open’ to discussing citizenship for illegal immigrants

Gabby Morrongiello · January 9, 2018 8:20 pm

"Encouraged the President is seeking bipartisan solutions to our immigration challenges," former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tweeted Tuesday afternoon shortly after Trump made comments to reporters at the White House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeb Bush ‘encouraged’ after Trump ‘bill of love’ immigration comments

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2018 7:47 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lawmakers agree to four goals in immigration talks with Trump

Susan Ferrechio · January 9, 2018 7:24 pm

"Last year [2016], morale was probably about as low as it could get. So, with the new administration showing the support that they're showing, it's helped, but it can only do so much," Jon Anfinson, president of Local 2366 in the National Border Patrol Council, told House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Chair Martha McSally, R-Ariz., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border Patrol union: Morale was ‘low as it could get’ under Obama, but Trump’s support has ‘helped’

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2018 7:09 pm

President Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House clarifies Trump comments on ‘clean’ DACA bill

Gabby Morrongiello · January 9, 2018 6:43 pm

DHS said 40,513 people were taken into custody by CBP officers in December. The number was up 1,500 from November and nearly 6,000 higher than October, the first month of the 2018 fiscal year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Illegal immigration hits 45-year low under Trump

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2018 6:22 pm

"We have something in common - we'd like to see this get done," President Trump told reporters on Tuesday, during a meeting with Republican and Democratic lawmakers. This comes as the White House is pushing for a bipartisan bill that would fix DACA while also increasing border security. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump teases ‘bill of love’ on immigration

Gabby Morrongiello · January 9, 2018 5:39 pm

The number of assaults against Customs and Border Protection was 847 in fiscal year 2017, which ended Oct. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Assaults on border agents going unpunished: Union official

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2018 5:01 pm