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The Trump administration has cancelled a never-implemented Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens from deportation, fulfilling one of President Donald Trump's campaign promises. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly revoked the memo creating the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program.
An Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from deportation has been formally cancelled, fulfilling a key campaign promise from President Donald Trump, the Homeland Security Department announced late Thursday. Homeland Security John Kelly formally revoked a policy memo that created the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program.
The Latest on U.S. and Central American officials meeting as President Trump signals a policy shift : Vice President Mike Pence started a speech to a Central American security conference by expressing gratitude for the Capitol police officers who defended members of Congress in a shooting that wounded several lawmakers and their aides at a baseball field outside Washington. Pence noted that he served in Congress with some of the people who came under attack Wednesday and that he is friends with Rep. Steve Scalise, who is recovering from wounds suffered in the shooting.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has won the Democratic primary for governor, beating progressive candidate, former Rep. Tom Perriello, in their closely watched contest, according to the Associated Press.
Some of President Donald Trump's closest allies - including one of his sons - have begun questioning whether Robert Mueller's wide-ranging probe is becoming too political, as the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election intensifies. Leading Republican legislators on Tuesday waved off the idea of firing Mueller, but a public effort to muddy the waters surrounding the investigation comes amid growing White House concern that the probe could detract from the president's agenda.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia. Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions' involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia investigation well before Sessions recused himself in March.
New York [U.S.], June 13 : Reacting furiously on twitter to the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against reinstating his revised executive order limiting travel from six-Muslim majority countries, President Donald Trump emphasized that the travel ban is essential at such a dangerous time in America and the world. Trump tweeted "Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again - Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a dangerous time in the history of our country.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia. Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions' involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia investigation well before Sessions recused himself in March.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he disagrees with a U.S. appeals court's decision to keep blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban. Sessions said Monday that the ban is necessary to protect national security.
Happy Monday, OnPolitics readers! We hope you had a restful weekend and that you're ready to go, because today felt like we were in The Godfather, and we're pretty sure it's only going to pick up from here. OnPolitics Today: Politicking and politics Happy Monday, OnPolitics readers! We hope you had a restful weekend and that you're ready to go, because today felt like we were in The Godfather, and we're pretty sure it's only going to pick up from here.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program launched under Barack Obama to build trust with community groups has been reconfigured to focus on assisting victims of crimes committed by immigrants. Twenty-one employees hired and trained to work in community outreach have been assigned to work under President Donald Trump's new Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, which was established in his Jan. 25 executive order on immigration.
A second court upheld a Maryland judge's ruling that also blocked Trump's 90-day ban on travelers from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump suffered another legal setback on Monday as a second federal appeals court refused to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute headed to the US Supreme Court.
The Trump administration's Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security was recently released and highlights proposed funding increases across the DHS, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . The FY 2018 President's Budget proposes an increase of $2.9 billion for investments necessary for CBP to obtain operational control of the southern border, as directed by Executive Order 13767.
The ruling from the liberal Ninth Circuit is the final step before the Supreme Court, which is receiving responses today to the Justice Department's request that it uphold the travel ban. President Trump's travel ban struck down by second appeals court The ruling from the liberal Ninth Circuit is the final step before the Supreme Court, which is receiving responses today to the Justice Department's request that it uphold the travel ban.
The Trump administration's stepped up enforcement against illegal immigrants is having an impact on many largely Hispanic communities across the U.S,, including in one small rural town in southeastern Pennsylvania that is a source of labor for the surrounding farms and orchards.
A new California law allows people who are no longer in jail to challenge old convictions, a move that could offer deportation relief to immigrants as President Donald Trump's administration targets those with prior crimes. The law - known as "Criminal procedure: postconviction relief" - allows people who have claims of innocence, or people whose attorneys failed to warn them about the immigration consequences of a plea deal, a way of challenging those convictions.
One day last month, a Largo Police officer arrested Malkhaz Ambroladze on a charge of allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a vehicle. The next day, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent Pinellas County jail officials an arrest warrant for Ambroladze, a 39-year-old Guatemalan man, saying agents had probable cause to believe he was in the country illegally.
Tens of thousands of people dressed in rainbow attire and waving protest signs walked en masse through Los Angeles on Sunday in a "Resist March" against U.S. President Donald Trump, an event that took the place of the city's annual Pride parade. People participate in a Resist March that replaced the annual Pride Parade in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2017.
A new report by Politico claims that the same Democrats who supported President Donald Trump's nomination of Marine Gen. John Kelly for head of Homeland Security are now turning against him as he works to implement the president's agenda.
New illegal immigration numbers reveal Trump's incredible impact on the border - One of President Donald Trump's central campaign promises was to shut down the flow of immigrants illegally crossing into the United States, especially from Mexico. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.