Trump immigration plan unites all sides in opposition

Two young "dreamer" immigrants were joined by Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas outside the Capitol building on Friday to urge lawmakers for their support. This file photo taken on Oct. 5, 2017 shows protesters during a demonstration against President Trump during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , near the Trump Tower in New York.

Plenty of blame to go around for the shutdown

Republicans called it the "Schumer shutdown," citing the Senate Democratic leader's role in blocking the bill to prevent a government shutdown. The Democrats labeled it the "Trump shutdown," blaming lack of Republican urgency and the president's shifting positions on the key immigration issue.

Trump plan offers immigrant group path to citizenship

President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25 billion in border security, the White House said, putting forward an outline likely to find resistance from some of Trump's conservative allies. Senior White House officials offered a preview of Trump's immigration framework Thursday, casting it as a compromise that could pass the Senate.

Hope For Dreamers US President Donald Trump Open to Giving…

Washington, Jan 26: United States President Donald Trump's proposal to Congress includes a path to citizenship to young undocumented immigrants in exchange of $25 billion funding to create a wall on Mexico border. The latest move could settle long-pending issue after Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in September last year.

Panetta seeks expanded visa, legalization program for crime victims in U.S. illegally

Salinas >> Touting the importance of protecting victims and witnesses of crime and human trafficking, Rep. Jimmy Panetta unveiled legislation Thursday aimed at expanding an existing visa and legalization program for those in the country illegally who cooperate with law enforcement in reporting crimes and testifying in court. At a news conference at the Salinas Rotunda, Panetta announced he plans to introduce the Immigrant Victim Protection Act in Congress next week.

Trump’s proposed immigration plan offers citizenship path to 1.8 million ‘Dreamers’

U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25-billion in border security, the White House said, putting forward an outline likely to find resistance from some of Trump's conservative allies. Senior White House officials offered a preview of Trump's immigration framework Thursday, casting it as a compromise that could pass the Senate.

Ted Cruz: No US citizenship for ‘anybody here illegally’

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday he does not believe the U.S. should be granting a path to citizenship to anybody here illegally, including so-called "Dreamers." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday he opposes granting amnesty for anyone who entered the country illegally, even as President Trump is suggesting he was willing to pursue the option.

Trump will reportedly support path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’

President Trump will back a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and Dreamers who were eligible for the program but didn't apply if he gets $25 billion for the border wall, an end to chain migration and ending the visa lottery system, a new report said Thursday. The disclosure came during a conference call between Trump aide Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner who along with Chief of Staff John Kelly drafted the plan, and House Republican staffers that NBC News listened in on, the network reported .

Marching toward totalitarianism

Here in Amerika, things are getting worse - not better - as the nation inches ever closer towards totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and "we the people" have none. On Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, immigration agents boarded a Greyhound bus heading to downtown Miami from Orlando and demanded that all passengers provide proof of residence or citizenship.

Trump administration demands documents from ‘sanctuary cities’

Immigrant supporters protest during the Los Angeles City Council ad hoc committee on immigration meeting to discuss the city's response to threats by the Trump administration to cut funding from Los Angeles and other jurisdictions which federal officials say are providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants arrested for crimes, in Los Angeles on March ... (more)

White House to release legislative framework on immigration next week

The announcement came after lawmakers resumed negotiations on the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, known as Dreamers. "The White House will release a legislative framework on Monday that represents a compromise that members of both parties can support," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

De Blasio abruptly cancels White House meeting with Trump

Mayor Bill de Blasio abruptly canceled what would have been his first White House meeting with President Trump on Wednesday - citing Department of Justice action on immigration as the reason. Hizzoner was scheduled to visit the White House with more than 100 other mayors to discuss issues that include infrastructure spending and the opioid crisis.

Is Stephen Miller the new Steve Bannon?

Back in 2013, when the idea of a Donald Trump presidency still made everyone laugh, a group of eight U.S. senators met for months in private to put together a sweeping bipartisan compromise on immigration reform that would have provided a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in exchange for tougher border security - but not a wall. The so-called Gang of Eight senators included four Republicans who would all end up on the losing side of clashes with Mr. Trump.

Top Democrat rescinds offer of $25 billion for Trump’s wall – Wed, 24 Jan 2018 PST

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown, then came scalding criticism from his party's liberal activist base that Democrats had given up too easily in reopening the government without securing more concrete promises on immigration.

Democrats say they have leverage after shutdown fight. Here are their options

While Democrats didn't land a deal on immigration, the recent agreement to reopen the government nonetheless laid the groundwork for a potential Senate floor debate. "We're very pleased with how it worked out," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Tuesday about the short-lived government shutdown, which drew attention to the standoff over the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program .