Tag: Mexico

President Trump has backed away from his initial demand that a spending bill to keep the government open past Friday must include money to start building the border wall. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump backs down on border wall funding

Kyle Feldscher · April 25, 2017 11:51 am

"It's appropriate time to take stock of what this president has accomplished so far," Schumer said. "Unfortunately, it's not much." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer warns White House against ‘non-starter’ funding for border wall

Al Weaver · April 24, 2017 8:03 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has traditionally said fewer apprehensions are usually a sign of fewer illegal attempts at crossing the border. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

White House: Wall needed for ‘permanent’ fix to illegal immigration

Pete Kasperowicz · April 24, 2017 6:18 pm

Spicer said it’s clear what Trump wants in the continuing resolution, and he wants $1.4 billion for the wall. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Sean Spicer: Trump not backing down on wall funding in spending bill

Kyle Feldscher · April 24, 2017 6:04 pm

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday they will not support a week-long patch to keep the federal government fully operating unless a larger spending deal that doesn't including funding for a border wall is close to completion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats won’t support funding extension until GOP drops border wall

Susan Ferrechio · April 24, 2017 2:35 pm

President Trump's border wall between the United States and Mexico, and his pledge to force Mexico to pay for it, was his most consistent policy pitch from the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Trump won’t commit to signing spending bill that doesn’t fund his border wall

Kyle Feldscher · April 24, 2017 12:10 pm

"Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed wall," Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

National Security

Trump defends border wall: It would stop drugs and ‘very bad’ gang members

Robert King · April 23, 2017 4:55 pm

The attorney general said the $21 billion Mexico-U.S. wall will pay itself off. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Border wall ‘will save us billions of dollars’

Anna Giaritelli · April 23, 2017 2:19 pm

"I would suspect that he'll be insistent for funding" on the border wall, Kelly said. (Ruben R. Ramierz/The El Paso Times via AP)

National Security

DHS chief John Kelly: Trump will ‘be insistent’ for border wall funding

Anna Giaritelli · April 23, 2017 1:02 pm

The Department of Justice on Friday reprimanded eight "sanctuary cities" for failing to adhere to federal requests to detain illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Justice Department reprimands ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions on illegal immigration

Kelly Cohen · April 21, 2017 4:13 pm

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reverses itself on the status of Juan Manuel Montes, who may be the first person who qualifies for a program to shield young immigrants to be deported by President Trump. Authorities now acknowledge that Montes, qualified for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program but still defend the decision to return him to Mexico. (Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Deported Dreamer lawyers vague on details

Byron York · April 21, 2017 12:41 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions tours the U.S.-Mexico border with border officials in Nogales, Ariz. Sessions announced making immigration enforcement a key Justice Department priority, saying he will speed up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of federal crimes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Jeff Sessions cites ‘incredible progress’ on immigration at the border

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2017 8:44 pm