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A border agent shot a woman believed to be an illegal migrant dead in Rio Bravo, Texas, on Wednesday after the officer claimed he came under attack, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, according to CNN . The agency said the border agent was responding to reported illegal activity near a culvert and found a group of undocumented immigrants in the border town some 170 miles south of San Antonio, the broadcaster reported.
Arizona conservatives are torn between two icons of their movement -... . In this May 17, 2018, photo, Republican Senate candidate Kelli Ward talks about her platform policies at a Scottsdale Tea Party event in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Domenico Maceri says contrary to the opinions of US President Donald Trump and his chief of staff, America's decline will begin when newcomers stop flocking to the country "They don't speak English a They don't integrate well." This is how John Kelly , Donald Trump's chief of staff, described his reasons for the need to block Mexican immigrants from coming into the United States.
Divisions over whether to provide a conduit to citizenship for young "Dreamer" immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally loomed as the pivotal sticking point Wednesday as House Republicans searched for a solution to their campaign-season standoff over an issue that has split them for years. In bargaining Wednesday, moderates told conservatives that any deal would have to include steps that could ultimately lead to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of Dreamers.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is devising a plan to withhold US foreign aid funds from the home countries of immigrants who illegally enter the United States. Speaking at a roundtable on illegal immigration and the MS-13 gang, Trump offered few specifics about the plan and it was unclear if he was referring to the illegal entry of any undocumented immigrant or those who have committed other crimes.
US President Donald Trump and his top Administration officials repeatedly warned that unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the southern border are potentially exposing America to eventual gang crime. Immigrant advocates have long said that the children, primarily from Central America, are fleeing violence in their home countries and seeking safe harbour in the United States.
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., says that negotiations between GOP leaders and conservatives on immigration issues are headed in a positive direction. Rep. Jeff Denham said Wednesday he plans to hold back the final signatures needed to activate a discharge petition that would force a vote on four immigration measures affecting so-called "Dreamers" - saying that negotiations between GOP leaders and conservatives are headed in a positive direction.
President Trump on Wednesday called on Capitol Hill Democrats to help him in the battle against the vicious MS-13 gang by dropping their lockstep opposition to tightening immigration laws. "Democrats have to abandon their resistance to border security," he said at a roundtable in a Long Island, New York, town that has been under siege from MS-13.
Flanked by a trio of Republican congressmen, President Donald Trump ventured to his native New York on Wednesday to accuse Democrats of coddling violent gangs and being soft on immigration and provided one of the members with a photo-op as he fends off a tough primary foe. One week after a White House event led to an extensive back and forth of the president's use of the term "animals" to describe, depending on whom was interpreting, MS-13 gang members or undocumented immigrants writ large, the trio of New York House Republicans - Peter T. King , Dan Donovan , and Lee Zeldin - showed no reluctance to being seen with Trump as they participated in the Bethpage, N.Y., roundtable.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to discuss immigration policy, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Long Island on illegal immigration and gang violence that the White House is calling a "national call to action for legislative policy changes."
President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Long Island on illegal immigration and gang violence that the White House is calling a "national call to action for legislative policy changes." White House spokesman Hogan Gidley says the discussion with law enforcement and local leaders will focus on "immigration loopholes" that he said allows the violent MS-13 gang "to infiltrate our communities."
ICE agents frisk a suspected MS-13 gang member after arresting him at his home on March 29, 2018, in Brentwood, N.Y. For the second time in a year, President Trump will travel to Long Island Wednesday for a forum on combatting MS-13, the small but violent street gang that has been a central focus of his crackdown on illegal immigration. Outside the pockets of Long Island and a handful of communities in Maryland, Virginia, and California where MS-13 is mostly active, Trump's apparent obsession with the gang - whose membership of predominantly Central American immigrants makes up the focus on MS-13 rather than bigger threats.
Centrist Republicans are within striking distance of forcing immigration votes in the House, setting the stage for a dramatic election-year clash. More than 200 lawmakers - including 20 Republicans - have now signed a discharge petition to circumvent leadership and trigger a series of votes on the floor dealing with immigration.
Candidates for Nevada's 4th Congressional District shared their views on gun control and health care, and several opened up about being sexually harassed and losing family members, during a forum Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Five Democrats running for Nevada's 4th Congressional District, accountant Amy Vilela, state Sen. Pat Spearman, Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Allison Stephens, former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Allison Stephens and Clark County principal John Anzalone, speak at a forum Tuesday held by NextGen America.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington.
This is the undocumented immigrant our nation should welcome: the Lawrence, Kansas, chemist whom immigration officials attempted to deport this year, much to the dismay of his family, neighbors and even strangers who came to know the story of Syed Jamal. This immigrant's presence should be questioned: a man who was deported multiple times and who kept re-entering the country.
The Justice Department has taken California to court over its status as a "sanctuary state," a term that refers to places where state and local officials refuse to participate in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. In a speech announcing the suit, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the Golden State of creating "an open borders system," something he denounced as "a radical, irrational idea that cannot be accepted."
With so much division and distrust in Washington, D.C., regarding ways to fix U.S. immigration policy, actual action by lawmakers has been slim to none. But one local congressman, at least, continues to push legislation that appears to be making some difference and is actually getting passed.
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, smiles before the vote on the House farm bill which failed to pass, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2018. Leaders of warring House Republican factions searched for an immigration compromise on May 21 as some conservatives warned of consequences for Speaker Paul Ryan if he allowed party moderates to push a bipartisan bill through the chamber without strong GOP support.