Trump Administration Gives Details on Border-Wall Plans, Costs

The Trump administration provided details on its request for $3 billion in immigration enforcement spending for this year, telling Congress on Monday that the new funding will pay for some additional fencing and a combination levee and wall system in the Rio Grande Valley area. According to the proposal, it will cost between $18 million and $24 million for each mile of additional barriers along the border with Mexico,... Despite enthusiastic backing for President Donald Trump and pleas for a stronger border, Arizona ranchers are conflicted in their support for Trump's promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

Illinois congressman ends Chicago immigration office sit-in

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez has ended a sit-in at a federal immigration office in Chicago where about a dozen activists demanded no future raids and reconsideration on a deportation case. Gutierrez and others stayed several hours beyond Monday's scheduled meeting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Illinois congressman leads Chicago immigration office sit in

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez is leading a sit-in at a federal immigration office in Chicago, saying he and other activists won't leave until demands are met. Among other things, the Illinois Democrat is asking immigration officials not to conduct raids and reverse a years-old deportation decision on a Mexican immigrant in the country without legal permission.

Middle East Studies Assn., joins Md. Suit to block Trump Muslim Ban

Civil rights and refugee groups today asked a federal court in Maryland to block the Trump administration's revised executive order, arguing that it would cause irreparable harm for their plaintiffs. The order, which still maintains the suspension of refugee resettlement along with banning entry of nationals from six Muslim-majority countries, was issued on March 6. The groups that brought the case include the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Maryland, and the National Immigration Law Center on behalf of the International Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center, HIAS, and the Middle East Studies Association, along with individuals, including U.S. citizens, affected by the ban.

Immigrant Rights: College tuition aid 101

The federal, state and New York City government provide financial aid - grants, loans and college work-study wages - to students who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees and refugees and several other categories. TAP applicants must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for every academic year to be considered for financial aid.

Locals eye reduction in southern border arrests

Bay State lawmen are taking note after President Trump's no-nonsense approach to illegal immigration appears to have had a major impact on the southern border, where arrests have plummeted by 40 percent in the past month. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, a vocal hardliner against illegal immigration locally, said the drop may indicate that coyotes - or human smugglers - will now be looking for new routes into the U.S. "You know they are thinking now how to beat the system.

A look at legal issues with Trump’s revised travel ban

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson finishes a news conference about the state's response to President Trump's revised travel ban Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Seattle. Legal challenges against Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order.

Former ICE officer convicted of accepting bribes

Former ICE officer convicted of accepting bribes Somerset man convicted of accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for providing employment authorization documents Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/2mrhg3L A man from the Somerset section of Franklin has been convicted of accepting cash bribes and sex to prevent illegal immigrants from being deported. A 39-year-old former deportation officer from the Somerset section of Franklin has been convicted of accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for providing employment documents and hiding his hiring of an undocumented immigrant at a West Orange hair salon he owned.

A populist agenda based on Fox News hooey fizzles

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events With a lot of pretentious talk about the " deconstruction of the administrative state " and political fantasies , Stephen K. Bannon and President Trump hoped to transform the GOP into an ethno-nationalist, pro-Russia party akin to the Alternative for Germany , the National Front in France and the Netherlands' Party for Freedom . We will see how the European counterparts do in elections throughout the year, but so far the Trumpist GOP and its hodgepodge of ill-conceived ideas gleaned from Fox News have fallen flat.