Texas Lawsuit Could Speed DACA’s Path To SCOTUS

Three judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Now, a lawsuit filed last week in Texas seeks to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and may create a legal clash that could speed the issue's path to the Supreme Court.

Inside Mexico’s violent drug cartel operations fueling heroin addiction in the US

Up a dusty road, in a sun-dappled field in northwest Mexico, a small team of workers bent over, quietly tending to the crops on a farm. But hidden in between the legal crops of corn and garbanzo beans are fields of pretty purple flowers that have become the root of an American catastrophe.

Trump and Kenney administrations say ‘no’ to compromise in ‘sanctuary city’ suit58 minutes ago

Jeff Gammage, a staff writer, was part of the five-reporter team that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He's the author of China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood , and has written about adoption for publications including the New York Times.

Texas suit could get DACA on faster track to Supreme Court

Three judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Now, a lawsuit filed last week in Texas seeks to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and may create a legal clash that could speed the issue's path to the Supreme Court .

Some House Republicans are moving to force a vote on DACA. SoCal Republicans should join them.

Protestors make their way to to Rep. Steve Knight's office in Santa Clarita, CA., as Part of National Week of Action in Response to Congress' Failure to Protect Dreamers and All Immigrants on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. A group of Republicans in the House of Representatives are seeking to force a vote on a legislative fix for DACA.

GOP immigration moderates seek to force House votes on issue

Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., calls on a reporter during a news conference with House Republicans who are collecting signatures on a petition to force House votes on immigration legislation, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

GOP rebels launch petition to force vote in House on ‘Dreamers’

Five House Republicans launched an official petition drive Wednesday to hold a vote on legalizing illegal immigrant "Dreamers," in a move designed to force GOP leaders' hand. The Republicans are using what's known on Capitol Hill as a discharge petition, which is a way for lawmakers to force bills to the floor over the objections of the majority party's leaders, who traditionally control the floor schedule.

California teen charged with recruiting classmates for drug smuggling operation

A California high school student was charged on Monday after he allegedly recruited classmates into a drug and human smuggling ring, authorities said. Phillip Junior Webb, 18, was arraigned Monday at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego on federal charges of human smuggling and conspiracy to distribute illicit narcotics.

Californian teen, 18, charged with recruiting classmates for drug ring across Mexico border

Californian teen, 18, charged with recruiting FIVE classmates for drug ring across Mexico border and for trying to traffic illegal immigrants in the trunk of his car The students were said to have strapped fentanyl and methamphetamine to their bodies and would cross the border 15 to 20 times A former senior of a Californian high school was charged on Monday with recruiting classmates in a drug and human trafficking scheme from Mexico to the United States. Phillip Junior Webb, 18, was said to have recruited his peers from Castle High School in Chula Vista, California .

Sabah PKR, DAP no longer credible: Star

Kota Kinabalu: Parti Solidariti Tanahairku has advised voters against voting for state PKR and DAP as their actions in the run-up to the 14th general election clearly show that they are no longer credible and cannot be trusted to safeguard Sabah. Its Deputy President cum party candidate for Liawan seat, Datuk Dr Kong Fui Seng said both parties had previously insisted that they would not give way to local parties.