Trump’s DACA plan seen passing hot potato to Congress, sparking ‘civil war’ within GOP

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, chant slogans and hold signs while joining a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, but with a six-month delay, according to two people familiar with the decision-making.

New York Threatens to Sue Trump Over DACA

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ready to sue President Trump if the DACA decision goes in a direction he and his attorney general don't like. Cuomo, along with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, said in a statement Monday that should Trump go through with this "cruel" decision to end DACA, it would devastate tens of thousands of New Yorkers.

Anger spreads across Asia over Myanmar’s violence against Rohingya Muslims

Jakarta, Indonesia: Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia rallied for the third straight day on Monday as Muslim nations across Asia voiced growing concern over Myanmar's brutal military crackdown against its Rohingya Muslim minority. Outside the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, the demonstrators, mostly hijab-clad women, demanded that the Indonesian government pressure neighbouring Myanmar to stop the military operation that has sent tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees to camps in Bangladesh for the second time in a year.

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President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program under which young illegal immigrants who came to the country as children could avoid deportation and receive work permits, Politico reported Sunday. The report comes one day before ten states were set to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Harvey wreaks havoc on undocumented immigrants

Among the most vulnerable in a region on the mend are Houston's estimated 575,000 undocumented immigrants, the third-largest population of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. Harvey wreaks havoc on Houston's undocumented immigrants Among the most vulnerable in a region on the mend are Houston's estimated 575,000 undocumented immigrants, the third-largest population of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://usat.ly/2eD4sWM Hurricane Harvey hit Houston's undocumented immigrants especially hard, with some not being able to pay rent because they haven't been able to go to work. Father-son activists Robert and Zakary Rodriguez donate their time, and a mattress.

Immigration Reform

The end of the policy - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - would come with a six-month delay, possibly giving Congress a window to act on the program. Will Donald Trump deliver a "softer" plan for the 11 million people illegally in the U.S.? Republican Latinos say he needs to do that in his speech.

Donald Trump expected to end program for young immigrants

President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said. The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of the so-called Dreamers legislation, according to two people familiar with the president's thinking.

Report: Trump to end DACA program for undocumented immigrants

President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking, a Politico report says. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a decision likely to ignite a political firestorm - and fulfill one of the president's core campaign promises.

Houston teen whose home was flooded now faces second threat if Trump ends DACA

A Houston teen whose home was flooded by Harvey says her family faces possible further devastation if President Trump ends the DACA program for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Yazmin Medrano, 15, came to the United States with her family when she was 5 years old and just applied for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allows undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to apply for work permits and deferral of any deportation actions.

Republicans backing Barletta’s Senate run see Casey and his seat as vulnerable

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Still ‘Dreaming’ of Amnesty: NYT Warns Trump Off ‘Hard-Hearted’ Plan to Kill DACA

New York Times reporter Julie Hirschfeld Davis filed the paper's latest passionate defense of an amnesty plan for young illegals -- Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA -- in Saturday ' s edition. Warning that Trump risked appearing "particularly hardhearted," Davis shamelessly used Hurricane Harvey as a political weapon to prop up the initiative put in place by President Obama in 2012, after Congress failed to pass the DREAM Act, in " Storm Complicates a Decision on Whether to Keep 'Dreamers' Program.

Witcover: Trump’s response to Harvey fraught with political tension

Hurricane Harvey may have wreaked havoc among thousands of Texans, but it has thrown a political lifeline to Donald Trump, handing him a much-needed opportunity to demonstrate he can play president in a time of national emergency. The last Republican in the Oval Office, George W. Bush, initially settled for an antiseptic presidential flyover of Hurricane Katrina's assault on New Orleans 12 years ago, and was roundly criticized for it.

New California Law to Expand Protection for Immigrants

California police will soon be barred from arresting crime victims or witnesses just because of actual or suspected immigration violations under a new law the governor signed Friday. The measure is one of several authored by state lawmakers to ensure people living in the country illegally who otherwise follow the law are not deterred from reporting crimes or serving as witnesses.

What Should Be Done About the DREAM-ers?

Last night when my wife and I were watching the news, the reporter interviewed a teary young woman, an illegal immigrant brought to the United States as a child, who was obviously frightened about what would happen to her if Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program were eliminated. It is in fact illegal to enter the United States without having your authorization to enter the country reviewed by a duly constituted officer of the federal government.

From CEOs to bishops, support grows for immigrant program

Corporate executives, Roman Catholic bishops, celebrities and immigrants have become unlikely companions in an effort to pressure national leaders to save an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation. Immigrant groups have been staging daily protests in the scorching Phoenix heat, mobilizing people through phone banks in California, and demonstrating outside House Speaker Paul Ryan's church and office.

‘The Dreamer program?’ Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore doesn’t appear to know what DACA is

The Republican leading in the runoff race in Alabama's Senate primary appears to have no idea what one of the biggest political issues of the moment even is. In a July 11 interview with "The Dale Jackson Show" on local radio WVNN , and uncovered Friday by Washington Examiner columnist Philip Wegmann , Judge Roy Moore appears totally stumped on what the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is -- you know, the one that's been a rallying cry on the right for liberal overreach for years, and the one President Trump has said he'll decide about over the weekend, and the one some Republicans in Congress are paradoxically encouraging him to keep.