Trump defends vulgar remarks while partly denying them

Sen. Dick Durbin said he heard President Trump repeatedly use vulgar language to describe African countries during a White House immigration meeting Thursday. The senator called Trump's comments 'vile, hate-filled and racial' on Friday.

Leaders say Trump presidency is at odds with MLK’s legacy

As the Martin Luther King holiday approached, religious and community leaders condemned President Donald Trump's recent comments about Haiti and African countries during an immigration meeting at the White House. WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: President Donald Trump repeated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's words: "that no matter what the color of our skin, or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God."

Trump taps long historical vein against immigration

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Airforce One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 12, 2018, for a weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago. AFP / Nicholas Kamm Washington: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free": The words on the Statue of Liberty have beckoned comers to the "Nation of Immigrants" for more than a century.

It’s been a dreadful week for Donald Trump, and anyone defending him

It went from bad to worse to catastrophic for the leader of the free world. Seriously, how did this happen? The United States ended the first week of 2018 by talking about the mental fitness of its president, thanks to a bombshell book that, among other things, called into account his mental faculties and awareness.

Trump’s vulgarity: Overt racism or a president who says what many think?13 minutes ago

In this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. One barnyard epithet, and the leader of the free world was now definitively a racist or, alternatively, was back in the good graces of those who had worried he was wavering in his nationalism.

Trump is right about Haiti

Big media, still breathless after endlessly discussing and dissecting Michael Wolff's new book, have another shiny object to chase: President Trump's supposed comments on Haiti. In a meeting with lawmakers, the president was reported to say, "Why are we having all these people from [s---]-hole countries come here?" Any recordings? Any proof that he said this? No matter.

Trump comments highlight racial impact of migration platform

For years, a movement to limit the number of migrants into the U.S. and end a system that favors family members of legal residents has had to fend off criticism that it's as a poorly veiled attempt to produce a whiter America. Then its most prominent supporter told members of Congress in the Oval Office this week that the U.S. needs fewer immigrants from Haiti and Africa and more from places like Norway.

Trump’s vulgarity: Overt racism or was he saying what many think?

In this Jan. 9, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Trump used profane language Thursday, Jan. 11, as he questioned why the U.S. should permit immigrants from certain countries, according to three people briefed on the conversation.

Judge: Trump’s words can be used against him in suit to block

This file photo taken on September 10, 2017 shows DACA recipient and appliance repair business owner Erick Marquez during a protest in support of DACA in Los Angeles, California. San Francisco-based Judge William Alsup issued his 49-page ruling on January 9, 2018, ordering the administration of US President Donald Trump to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program , an Obama-era program that provided legal status to young immigrants who entered the country illegally as children.

Chuck Todd: Trump thinks ‘white Europeans are good and brown immigrants are bad’

Donald John Trump House Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for 'serious case of amnesia' after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don't want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE believes white Europeans are better than brown immigrants. The comment follows the president's reported remarks referring to Haiti and African countries as "shithole countries."

The Latest: Trump defends remarks about Africa, Haiti

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the minority whip, as lawmakers continue negotiating on a deal that would include a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md.

‘Angel Moms’ plead Trump to put an end to DACA

"Angel Moms" Agnes Gibboney and AVIAC Director Mary Ann Mendoza discuss what they want to see from President Trump's immigration plan. Two "Angel Moms," whose sons were killed by illegal immigrants, are urging the Trump administration to immediately end sanctuary cities before any action is taken to protect The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Trump’s vulgar rebuff of migrants may backfire domestically

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FLASHBACK: For Every DACA Recipient That Joins Military Two Commit Serious Offenses

For ever DACA recipient who has joined the U.S. military since 2012, two have committed offenses serious enough to lose their status, a Daily Caller review finds. The U.S. military confirmed in early September that less than 900 recipients of the Obama-era program which offers protections for illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children are currently within its ranks.

How an LA teachera s lawsuit put White Housea s DACA repeal on hold

When the Trump administration announced last fall it would phase out a program that provides deportation relief to thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as young children, Los Angeles teacher Miriam Gonzalez Avila didn't want her students to think she could be defeated so easily - so she sued. "I knew signing up as a plaintiff for a lawsuit was going to be a big deal, and I think ultimately the reason I did it was for my students," said Avila, a seventh- and eighth-grade teacher at Crown Preparatory Academy who also is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient.