Tag: Border

According to a deal struck by Secretary of State John Kerry and the Australian government, the U.S. will accept 2,400 refugees who were denied entry into the Australia. (Eoin Blackwell/AAP Image, via AP, File)

Lawmakers blast feds ‘unprecedented’ secrecy on refugee deal

Joel Gehrke · December 6, 2016 6:41 pm

Critics regard McCaul as too lax in this immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Immigration hawks balk at McCaul for DHS

W. James Antle III · December 3, 2016 8:46 pm

Luis Gutierrez to skip Trump inauguration to protest ‘hatred, bigotry’

Luis Gutierrez to skip Trump inauguration to protest ‘hatred, bigotry’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 1:34 pm

Conway: Trump is ‘receiving information’ about illegal voters

Conway: Trump is ‘receiving information’ about illegal voters

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 1:07 pm

Trump's marquee issue of building a border wall is less of a winner outside the population of his rally-goers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Beltway Confidential

Most Americans want Trump’s tax cuts, not his wall

Philip Wegmann · December 1, 2016 3:43 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced late Wednesday that it is building a facility in Donna, Texas, to hold up to 500 people. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US builds second ‘temporary’ holding facility as immigrants pour in

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 3:08 pm

Mexico: Trump’s border wall would harm the environment

Energy and Environment

Mexico: Trump’s border wall would harm the environment

Meghana Kurup · December 1, 2016 2:02 pm

Abdul Razak Ali Artan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

State Dept. defends refugee vetting after Ohio State attack

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2016 7:21 pm

WH: Sanctuary cities a ‘symptom’ of larger immigration problems

Sarah Bedford · November 30, 2016 6:17 pm

Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan listens as he testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concerning border protection, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Border chief: ‘Do we need more fencing? Yes. Does it work? Yes’

Paul Bedard · November 30, 2016 5:55 pm

In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent works with a suspected immigrant entering the country illegally along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Washington Secrets

Shock: 200% increase in assaults on Border Patrol agents

Paul Bedard · November 30, 2016 3:43 pm

The deaths are the second and third since Oct. 1, the start of the 2017 fiscal year, putting ICE on pace to beat last year's record-high 10 total deaths. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Two illegal immigrants in ICE custody died over the weekend

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2016 12:55 am