Tag: Deportation

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's move to end debate on four amendments related to immigration means the Senate could finally hold a few votes on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell gets behind Trump’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 9:01 pm

"I did not want DACA in the budget," President Trump said Monday, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that his administration plans to wind down early next month. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump calls on Democrats to negotiate DACA deal: ‘It’s really up to them’

Sarah Bedford · February 12, 2018 5:39 pm

Beltway Confidential

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

"I'm hoping we can find a bipartisan way forward on both DACA and the wall that the president has insisted on building," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Richard Blumenthal: Democrats can be ‘flexible’ on border barriers, let Trump ‘call it a wall’

Steven Nelson · February 11, 2018 6:45 pm

"I will support a package consistent with what the voters said," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Jim Jordan: Freedom Caucus won’t support joint immigration package with the border wall, DACA

Naomi Lim · February 11, 2018 5:58 pm

The media have painted a picture in which President Trump routinely implies so-called "Dreamers" "are not American." No implication needed. They are literally not American citizens. That's the sticking point. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

The media’s DACA scam isn’t working

Eddie Scarry · February 10, 2018 5:01 am

Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has become a favorite of the media for his vocal defense of President Trump in the Russia investigation. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Matt Gaetz: The boy politician making the most of his Trump moment

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2018 10:59 pm

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

"The budget is a statement of our values, but the president's brutal collection of broken promises and staggering cuts shows he does not value the future of seniors, children and working families," Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi’s Dreamers speech leaves Democrats split ahead of budget vote

Laura Barrón-López · February 8, 2018 11:16 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi: Budget deal a ‘good bill,’ but won’t support without DACA vote promise

Al Weaver · February 8, 2018 3:32 pm

After the last government shutdown, some Democrats already fear they are losing leverage in the immigration debate against President Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

If Trump wins the shutdown fight, can he prevail on immigration too?

W. James Antle III · February 8, 2018 5:01 am

Manuel Orrego-Savala was charged with two counts of causing death when operating a motor vehicle and two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Indiana prosecutor charges twice-deported man with deaths of Colts player, Uber driver

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2018 7:09 pm