Tag: Border

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., takes more direct aim at changing immigration policy beyond simply raising border funding. He is opposed to the diversity program as it is constructed and hopes a system that favors wealthy immigrants would bring talented people to the United States. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

Dana Rohrabacher: Rich immigrants can pay for Trump’s wall

Joel Gehrke · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

On the same day President Trump squared off with the White House press corps, upscale Washington restaurants shuttered to protest his immigration policies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fake ICE fliers in DC tell people how to report illegal immigrants

Melissa Quinn · June 1, 2017 5:18 pm

White House director of legislative affairs noted that more than two dozen Senate Democrats voted for 700 miles of border fencing in 2006, but now are threatening to shut down the government over funding for President Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Byron York: While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward

Byron York · May 30, 2017 3:03 am

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly participates in a moderated discussion with Director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Frank Cilluffo at George Washington University in Washington, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

John Kelly counters Obama ‘wall’ comments: ‘We’re not hiding behind a wall’

Melissa Quinn · May 26, 2017 1:05 pm

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan, left, and Deputy Chief Carla Provost. The truck driver was taken into custody and will be prosecuted for immigrant smuggling.

Border agents find 14 illegal immigrants hiding in dump truck

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2017 10:26 pm

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

4th Circuit keeps block of Trump’s travel ban

Ryan Lovelace · May 25, 2017 6:11 pm

Former President Barack Obama, during a event on democracy and global responsibility in Berlin, discussed the importance of humanitarian aid, saying "We can't hide behind a wall." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Obama: ‘We can’t hide behind a wall’

Melissa Quinn · May 25, 2017 12:57 pm

"General Kelly is a hypocrite who is a disgrace to the uniform he used to wear," Gutierrez said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrat warns DHS chief: Don’t tell Congress to ‘shut up’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2017 8:36 pm

Those requests were made in response to what Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said was a problem being fueled by poor border security. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Police ask Senate for funding, surveillance changes to fight MS-13 gang

Todd Shepherd · May 24, 2017 4:34 pm

President Trump's executive order played a role in radically reducing the number of illegal crossings at the southwestern U.S. border, according to a top U.S. Customs and Border Protection official. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio)

DHS: ‘Historic shift’ in border crossings since Trump’s executive order

Pete Kasperowicz · May 23, 2017 7:30 pm

The budget calls for a $2.6 billion investment in border security, including "funding to plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border." (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

Trump’s budget calls for ‘a physical wall’

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 3:38 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a department memo on Monday that the department may "tailor grants to promote a lawful system of immigration." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump administration asks judge to reconsider ‘sanctuary’ city injunction

Kelly Cohen · May 23, 2017 3:37 pm