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November 8, 2018

What is DACA and what does the Trump administration want to do with it?

The Trump administration is dismantling an Obama-era program that, in part, allows for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to remain in the country.

June 21, 2018

US needs immigration reform but Obama's plan undemocratic, unconstitutional

Thursday night in his speech on immigration, President Obama reiterated his desire for Congress to send him an immigration bill that he can sign, which simply hasn’t happened. But moving ahead with piecemeal bills passed by executive order is fundamentally anti-democratic and it is unconstitutional.

January 16, 2018

Is DACA deal headed for disaster?

Will there be a DACA deal?

November 7, 2017

Trump ends temporary immigration permits to Nicaraguans

The Trump administration is expected to end in January 2019 a special immigration status given to over 5,000 Nicaraguans that protects them from deportations.

September 27, 2017

Sens. Graham, Durbin introduce bipartisan Dream Act

In a bipartisan move, two senators announced Thursday their intention to grant legal status to a group of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, commonly referred to as DREAMers.

September 26, 2017

Immigrant mother who sought sanctuary in church granted deportation stay

A Connecticut housekeeper and mother of four who sought sanctuary in a New Haven church has been granted an emergency stay of a deportation order that would have returned her to her native Guatemala.

July 5, 2017

Miami-Dade officials approve decision against 'sanctuary city' designation

County commissioners in immigrant-rich Miami-Dade voted Friday to uphold their Cuban-born mayor's order to cooperate with federal immigration officials, drawing shouts of "shame on you" from those hoping to make their community a sanctuary city.

March 29, 2017

Cities, feds try to find 'common ground' in sanctuary debate

Emerging from a meeting with Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly Wednesday on the Trump Administration's plan to withhold federal grants to sanctuary jurisdictions, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti struck an optimistic tone: "What we're trying to find is common ground," he told reporters.

March 22, 2017

Bill O'Reilly: Media's treatment of Maryland high school rape 'beyond anything I have ever seen'

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly slammed the mainstream media on Wednesday's "The O'Reilly Factor" for ignoring the case of two teens who police say are in the U.S. illegally and are accused of raping a Maryland high school student.

March 2, 2017

Young immigrant detained shortly after speaking at news conference

Federal agents detained a young Argentinian immigrant just minutes after she criticized U.S. deportation policies at a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi.