Deportations of reunited immigrants suspended

Children were sent to multiple care facilities across the country, and their parents were incarcerated in immigration detention centres or federal prisons - in keeping with the government's "zero tolerance" policy. Photo: Reuters A US judge has temporarily barred the US government from the rapid deportation of immigrant parents reunited with their children, while a court considers the impact on children's rights to seek asylum.

Never mind the candidates. In a key midterm contest, it’s all about Trump

Republican Steve Knight, left, and Democrat Katie Hill are competing for his congressional seat in the 25th District. Katie Hill and Steve Knight are waging one of the most fiercely competitive congressional races in the country, a free-for-all spilling from the pin-neat subdivisions of Simi Valley to the scrubland of the high desert.

Trump Says Border Policy Mirrors Obama’s, Denigrates Immigration

President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration hadn't implemented new policies leading to the separation of children from their parents at the U.S. border, and said immigration is changing Europe "and I don't mean in a positive way." Trump was told during an interview on Air Force One with British journalist Piers Morgan that protests against his visit across the U.K. were a response to his administration's policy of child separation.

Pompeo meets next Mexican president, says Trump wants better ties

MEXICO CITY: U.S. President Donald Trump wants to strengthen and improve ties with Mexico after "bumps in the road," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Mexico's next leader on Friday, following the leftist's landslide victory this month. President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in turn, handed Pompeo a letter addressed to Trump with his plans to reset the relationship, focussing on trade, immigration, development and security, said Marcelo Ebrard, an aide to the incoming president.

Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry

Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually - a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds. Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services for detained unaccompanied and separated children soared from $74.5 million in 2007 to $958 million dollars in 2017.

Malala slams Trump’s child separation policy

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai described as "cruel" a policy launched by US President Donald Trump to separate children of illegal immigrants from their families, during her first visit to South America to promote girls' education. More than 2,300 children were separated from their parents after the Trump administration began a "zero tolerance" policy on illegal immigrants in early May, seeking to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally from Mexico into the United States.

Mind-altering breast milk? New pot study poses that question

Foxconn Technology Group says it will invest $100 million in engineering and innovation research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is one of the largest gifts in the school's history. Foxconn Technology Group says it will invest $100 million in engineering and innovation research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is one of the largest gifts in the school's history.

Disney princesses topic of heated exchange with star

It all started when conservative YouTuber Ashton Whitty posted a photo of herself wearing a Make America Great Again red cap at Disneyland. Whitty, whose videos include attacks on illegal immigration and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, added that "we need a Disney princess" that supports the Second Amendment, opposes abortion , and is passionate about both free speech and her country.

Rep. Diane Black Calls for Law Making Illegal Border Crossings a Felony

Rep. Diane Black said Wednesday her plan to make illegal border crossings a felony offense rather than a misdemeanor would stop people from being willing to break the law while entering the United States. "One of those big disincentives would be now to know this is a felony not a misdemeanor," the Tennessee Republican told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."

Post Supreme Court Decision Recap: How Immigration Control Will Help The Private Prison Business

ICE has submitted budget increase requests for detaining illegal immigrants, and a significant portion of that should translate into private prison revenue. Brett Kavanaugh's appointment should strengthen the president's foothold and power to enact his policies, likely further increasing detainment and in turn profits.

Racial resentment is the biggest predictor of immigration…

White Americans' negative attitudes toward immigrants are driven overwhelmingly by racial prejudices, not "economic anxiety," according to a new working paper by political scientist Steven Miller of Clemson University. Immigration hard-liners, including President Donald Trump, often frame their arguments with ostensibly race-neutral appeals to public safety or economic interest.

Trump’s DNA jab at Warren strikes chord among Senate hopefuls

President Donald Trump's remarks about tossing a DNA test at U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a hypothetical debate have not sat well with some top Bay State Republicans, including one who is running to defeat the Cambridge Democrat. For years Warren has faced controversy over identifying herself as of American Indian heritage, including listing herself as a minority in an Association of American Law Schools legal directory.