Tag: Border

There is a case to be made that at present, admitting immigrants in lower numbers but with higher skills would benefit many black and Latino American workers. That case can be made by an immigration-reform movement that looks like Barbara Jordan. (AP Photo)

Trump should want Barbara Jordan’s immigration debate, not Joe Arpaio’s

W. James Antle III · August 31, 2017 4:01 am

Trump announced he was rescinding DACA with a six-month delay for Congress to act. Could some concessions be made to those want a legislative fix without the increases in illegal immigration seen after past amnesties since 1986? It's the stuff that DREAMs are made of. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hurricane Harvey threatens to scramble Trump’s legislative agenda

Sarah Bedford · August 31, 2017 4:00 am

Trump does not see a government shutdown as inevitable if Texas and border funds are both included in the appropriations bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Trump pressing Congress to ensure Texas gets funding for Harvey relief

Anna Giaritelli · August 31, 2017 12:37 am

The Politico/Morning Consult poll, published Wednesday, found that 61 percent of voters are against shutting down the government, including 48 percent who are strongly opposed. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

Most voters oppose partial government shutdown to get border wall funding

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2017 12:57 pm

With congressional Republicans no longer holding back as much in their criticism of Trump's actions and behavior, it feels like the divide within the Republican Party is deep. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Forget Obamacare repeal and tax reform. After Trump and Tea Party, big issues are over.

Kristen Soltis Anderson · August 30, 2017 12:54 pm

Trump has softened his rhetoric toward undocumented youth since taking office. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Trump’s decision on ‘Dreamers’ could spell fate of immigration reform

Gabby Morrongiello · August 30, 2017 4:01 am

People rest at a convention center that has been set up as a shelter for evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Houston assures illegal immigrants they’re not checking papers at Harvey shelters

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2017 3:10 pm

"While subterranean tunnels are not a new occurrence along the California-Mexico border, they are more commonly utilized by transnational criminal organizations to smuggle narcotics. However, as this case demonstrates, law enforcement has also identified instances where such tunnels were used to facilitate human smuggling," CBP said in a statement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Border Patrol: 23 Chinese nationals caught crossing underground tunnel from Mexico to California

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2017 10:51 pm

It signals that the proverbial buck no longer stops at the president's proverbial desk, so long as the executive can point at his predecessors and shout "they did it first!" (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump defends border wall, rips NAFTA: ‘One way or another, Mexico will pay’

Gabby Morrongiello · August 28, 2017 9:42 pm

Border Patrol agents conduct checkpoint operations in Lincoln, N.H. (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

Border Patrol checkpoint in New Hampshire nets arrests of 25 illegal immigrants

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2017 9:31 pm

Protesters march through downtown Phoenix, Monday, May 1, 2017. Immigrant and union groups marched in cities across the United States on Monday to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump's efforts to boost deportations. The day has become a rallying point for immigrants in the U.S. since demonstrations were held in 2006 against a proposed immigration enforcement bill. (AP Photo/Matt York)

200,000 deportation cases quietly ‘closed’ under Obama

Paul Bedard · August 28, 2017 2:36 pm

Dominic Dominguez looks through a stack of boats jumbled in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Mexico offers to help after Hurricane Harvey hits Texas

Caitlin Yilek · August 28, 2017 1:35 pm