Immigrant Rights Groups Sue Feds Over ‘Second Wall’ Of Citizenship Applications Backlog

STUDIO CITY - A coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing the federal government over what they claim is an intentional delay of the processing of naturalization applications, creating a backlog that has ballooned since President Barack Obama was in office. The lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, filed by the National Partnership for New Americans, UnidosUS and OneAmerica, among others, was announced Monday, Citizenship Day.

DOJ Didn’t Want To Request Census Question During FBI’s ‘Comey Matter’

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Director James Comey and other officials at the Department of Justice in April 2017, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Director James Comey and other officials at the Department of Justice in April 2017, in Washington.

Merkel Says EU Debates Plan Protect External Borders and Control Migration Next Week

European Union leaders will discuss next week new proposals to protect the EU's external borders and control migration, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting with her Austrian counterpart in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said they would exchange views on the agenda of next week's informal EU leaders' summit.

After Decades as Progressive Champion, Willie Nelson Somehow Angers…

Country musician and longtime progressive activist Willie Nelson has announced plans to perform at a rally for Rep. Beto O'Rourke , who is running to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz . Country music icon Willie Nelson's decades of progressive political activism appeared to have gone unnoticed by many of his right-wing fans, with outrage erupting this week over the musician's plans to perform at a rally for Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O'Rourke.

Italy: Far-right Salvini takes control of government

Four months after the new Italian government was installed, the reactionary nature of the coalition between the populist Five Star Movement and the far-right Lega emerges more clearly each day, writes Daniele Fulvi . Despite the fact that the League won only about 17% of the votes in the last elections , the interior minister and League leader Matteo Salvini is emerging as the undisputed head of the government.

Barack Obama Tells Democrats: ‘I Need You To Come Through’ In November

Former President Barack Obama urged voters to head to the polls this November in an impassioned speech in Cleveland on Thursday night, chastising his successor and Republican leadership as out of touch and indifferent to the plights of Americans. "On November 6 we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics," Obama, speaking at a rally for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Corday and other Democrats, said.

US says transfer from FEMA funds won’t harm…

Trump administration officials pushed back Wednesday against a Democratic senator's claim that nearly $10 million from the government's disaster relief agency was transferred to immigration enforcement. Sen. Jeff Merkley's claim, which came as a monster hurricane barreled toward the Carolinas, was quickly branded by Homeland Security as "a sorry attempt to push a false agenda."

The Latest: Negron wins 2nd District Republican nomination

A state lawmaker who served in the Air Force and worked in the defense industry has won the Republican nomination for the state's 2nd Congressional District and will face Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster in November. Steven Negron defeated six other GOP candidates to get his party's nomination in Tuesday's primary.

World-Changer Alyssa Milano Saves Immigration and Is Three Steps Away from Outlawing Height

Great news, everyone! Ever wonder about all the complexities of America's immigration system? Feel intimidated by the potentially sophisticated mess of information you may be greeted with upon any attempt at dedicated study? Well, you're in luck. Someone has devoted themself on your behalf to learn all there's needed to know about the subject.

The Ms. Q&A: What Feminist Poet Ada Limon is Carrying Through the Trump Era

Bright Dead Things , Lucky Wreck , This Big Fake World and Sharks in the Rivers- returned in August with a selection of work that bravely explores agency, power and autonomy. Inside, LimA3n, who currently serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program and the 24Pearl Street online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, writes frankly and ferociously about racism, fertility and gender roles-and even drafts up a new National Anthem.

Sessions: Immigration judges must be efficient with backlog Source: AP

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a group of new immigration judges Monday they have an obligation to decide cases efficiently in a system besieged by ballooning dockets and lengthy backlogs. Speaking to the group of 44 new judges - the largest class of immigration judges in U.S. history - Sessions told them they must keep "our federal laws functioning effectively, fairly, and consistently."

Trump’s jabs at Sessions could eclipse AG’s accomplishments

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump 's agenda at the Justice Department , and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate . Yet as Sessions enters what may be the final stretch of his tenure, those efforts are at risk of being eclipsed by his boss' relentless verbal jabs that have made the attorney general seem like a perpetual presidential punching bag.

Gillibrand on Democrats’ plan to thwart Kavanaugh confirmation

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Abolish ICE? Even most Democrats say no

The rallying cry from some liberals to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't a likely winner this election year, as a new poll finds only a quarter of Democrats support eliminating the agency that carried out the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. But even as they don't want to fully dismantle ICE, 57 percent of Democrats view the agency negatively, including nearly three-fourths of those who describe themselves as liberal, according to a poll released Monday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.