Feds Dispute Texas Judge’s Attorney Sanctions

The government claims a federal judge overstepped his authority when he ordered Justice Department attorneys to take ethics classes for accusations of misconduct in the legal fight over President Barack Obama's immigration policies. A Texas-led coalition of 26 states sued the federal government in December 2014 to block Obama's executive actions that offered temporary relief from deportation to half of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

EDITORIAL: Improving US immigration courts

The immigration crisis that is so polarizing our country, our politics and our humanitarian beliefs, is now a judicial crisis - one manifested in outrageous federal court backlogs that are further compounding and complicating this issue. Currently, the median length of time to dispose of a federal immigration case involving a non-detained defendant is 665 days ; it's 71 days for a defendant held in a detention facility.

Learning to run on autopilot in Egypt

A demonstrator waves the Egyptian flag in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of Egypt's uprising. Autopilot is an amazing thing - that human ability to keep going, to keep existing, numbly, to move on and forget, despite the madness and the chaos unfurling around us.

Illustration on the centrality of trade to national security by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

For nearly a century, the Jones Act has been a reliable safeguard against American and global corporatists wanting to make higher profits at the expense of U.S. national security and jobs. Thanks to the Jones Act, shipping vessels that operate in U.S. waters must be American crewed, American owned and American built.

British pair remanded after 18 Albanians rescued in English Channel

Two British men have been remanded in custody charged with immigration offences after 18 Albanians were rescued from a sinking boat in the English Channel. Mark Stribling, 35, from Farningham, Kent, and Robert Stilwell, 33, from Dartford, appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court to face charges under Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971.

Your SCOTUS Excuse For Supporting Trump Is Weak and Totally Irrelevant

Ever since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Senate has been in a holding pattern on allowing confirmation hearings for President Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland . The idea was that the voting public should get the option to chime in via the ballot box and then allow the next president to select the nominee.

Trump aide Lewandowski defends Martinez criticism, says focus should be jobs and economy

Top Donald Trump aide Corey Lewandowski on Sunday defended Trump's recent criticism of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a fellow Republican, and deflected a host of other complaints about Trump's presidential campaign, saying the real issues are jobs and the economy. "The governor is not doing the job," Lewandowski said about Martinez on "Fox News Sunday," in a sharp exchange with host Chris Wallace.

Trump:Illegal immigrants are treated better than veterans

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters and bikers at a Rolling Thunder rally at the National Mall in Washington today. WASHINGTON >> Republican Donald Trump told a motorcycle rally that people in the U.S. illegally often are cared for better than the nation's military veterans, without backing up his allegation.

US children remain ‘undesirable’

Ruthie Longley's children have fallen behind with their schooling and she has had to send her older daughter to the US to study because they have been branded illegal immigrants. The Department of Home Affairs' computer system reflects that the children were declared undesirable, even though they were told three months ago the undesirability status had been lifted.

He once called Donald Trump a ‘con man’, now Marco Rubio says he should be president

Donald Trump passes behind Senator Marco Rubio, during a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Over the course of his presidential bid, Senator Marco Rubio called Donald Trump a "con man" who was "dangerous" and unqualified to control the nation's nuclear codes.

Health care for illegals: $18.5 billion per year

Writing in the Huffington Post , Leah Zallman -- a research scientist at the Institute for Community Health, a primary care doctor at Cambridge Health Alliance, and an instructor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School -- and Steffie Woolhandler -- an internist in the South Bronx, professor at the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, and lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School -- attempt to take Donald Trump to task for his claims about the health care costs from illegal immigrants: Throughout the primary season, leading Republican presidential candidates vied over who could bash immigrants the hardest. And they were promising more than border walls.

Trump greeted in San Diego by large protest

Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America's busiest border crossing yesterday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee greeted supporters in San Diego, amid one of the largest counter-protests organised against him. The scene inside the San Diego Convention Center during Mr Trump's speech was relatively placid, while outside demonstrators opposed to his controversy-ridden White House bid marched and chanted, carrying signs criticising his rhetoric against illegal immigration.

Anti-Trump Protests Overshadow Candidate’s San Diego Rally

Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America's busiest border crossing on Friday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee greeted supporters in San Diego, California, amid one of the largest counter-demonstrations organized against him. Inside the San Diego Convention Center was a relatively placid scene for the rally, while outside demonstrators against Trump's controversy-riddled White House bid marched and chanted, carrying signs criticizing Trump's message against illegal immigration.

Trump rallies in San Diego, Fresno draw big protests

Donald Trump campaign rallies drew vocal crowds of protesters in San Diego and Fresno on Friday, all under heavy police presence following similar events around the country that led to violence and arrests. About a thousand Trump foes demonstrated outside San Diego's convention center, some engaging in shouting matches with the candidate's supporters and many carrying signs critical of his plan to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico, which runs just south of the city.