California officials divided on ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy

WEBVTT [CHANTING] VICK ACROSS CALIFORNIA, PASSIONATELY DIVIDED RESPONSES OVER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY OF SEPARATING FAMILIES ACCUSED OF CROSSING THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. THE RESCUE BRIGADE OF GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE RIO COSUMNES CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ELK GROVE'S ICE DETENTION FACILITY.

Pope Francis criticizes policy of migrant family separation

Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border , saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems. Speaking to Reuters, the Pope said he supported recent statements by U.S. Catholic bishops who called the separation of children from their parents "contrary to our Catholic values" and "immoral".

Immigrant families dona t a oeinfesta America a ” but Trumpa s racist rhetoric does

After President Trump's latest tweets, there should be no doubts about it: His escalating tirades against undocumented immigrants have nothing to do with immigration and everything with exploiting the racial anxieties of people who want America to be a whiter country. Amid the scandal over Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their asylum-seeking parents and putting unaccompanied minors in cages - a policy he ended by executive order Wednesday, under pressure - the president tweeted Tuesday that immigrants "infest" this country, as if they were animals carrying infectious diseases.

Murray, Cantwell speak in support of immigration bill

Measure would prohibit federal agencies from removing a child without legal immigration status from parent or legal guardian within 100 miles of border Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., stand together as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a 2016 campaign event in Everett. Senate Democrats are joining together to keep families together.

Trump urges House action on border

President Donald Trump implored anxious House Republicans to fix the nation's broken immigration system but did not offer a clear path forward amid the growing uproar over his administration's decision to separate migrant families at the border.

Governors pull National Guard over immigration policy

ANNAPOLIS, Md.>> The governors of multiple East Coast states have announced that they will not deploy National Guard resources near the U.S.-Mexico border, a largely symbolic but politically significant rejection of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has resulted in children being separated from their families. Gov. John Carney rejected the White House's request to send National Guard troops to the United States' southwest border.

House Republicans turn up the heat in standoff with DOJ

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform joint hearing on'Oversight of the FBI and DOJ Actions in Advance of the 2016 Election', on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018.

Immigration Firestorm: Tune Out the Shouting and Read Ted Cruz’s Solid Plan on Family Separation

He's often presented himself -- occasionally with complications -- as one of the most 'anti-amnesty' members of Congress, so some political observers are expressing surprise that Ted Cruz is jumping into the fray and breaking with the president on this issue. There are three explanatory factors in the mix here, I think, and two are obvious.

Trump Today: President says Democrats want illegal immigrants to a infesta the country

This column provides a daily update on key presidential actions as well as comments, whether spoken aloud or on Twitter, by President Trump. Like the stock market, the deadline for Trump Today action is 4 p.m. Eastern time, even as we acknowledge that substantive news can and does occur after hours.

Border Patrol ripped girl with Down’s syndrome away from her…

An undocumented immigrant family from Guatemala talks to a volunteer after their arrival to Announciation House, an organisation that provides shelter to immigrants and refugees, in El Paso, U.S. January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo /File Photo Joining a chorus of critics as diverse as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former First Ladies Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray denounced President Donald Trump's immigration policy, which has resulted in 2,000 kids being forcibly separated from their families - including a little girl with Down's syndrome whose father is a legal U.S. resident.

Analysis: Native-born commit more crimes than undocumented immigrants

The Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies are predicated, in part, upon the notion that immigrants who are in the country illegally represent a threat to public safety. The White House, for instance, has sent out regular email blasts to reporters with alarmist accounts of crime committed by undocumented immigrants.