Trump building wall of bureaucracy to slow illegal immigration

President Donald Trump's vision of a "big, beautiful" wall along the Mexican border may never be realized, and almost certainly not as a 2,000-mile physical structure spanning sea to sea. But in a systematic and less visible way, his administration is following a blueprint to reduce the number of foreigners living in the United States - those who are undocumented and those here legally - and overhaul the U.S. immigration system for generations to come.

Jury Deliberations Begin In Kate Steinle’s Murder Trial

The jury in the month-long trial of the undocumented Mexican immigrant accused of murdering San Francisco resident Kate Steinle on a city pier two years ago has begun its deliberations. San Francisco prosecutors say that 45-year old Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a homeless man who had been deported multiple times, intentionally fired the single shot that killed the 32-year old Steinle as she was walking arm-in-arm with her father on July 1, 2015.

Judge in California blocks Trumpa s order on sanctuary cities

A federal court judge in California on Monday blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump to deny some federal grants to so-called sanctuary cities, undermining the administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. The judge, who blocked the order provisionally in April, issued a permanent injunction in the suit brought by the city and county of San Francisco and Santa Clara County, which said the order was unconstitutional.

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A federal judge has permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to cut funding from cities that limit cooperation with US immigration authorities. US District Court Judge William Orrick issued the ruling on Monday in lawsuits brought by two California counties, San Francisco and Santa Clara.

Trump’s travel ban was chaos, disastrously implemented, inspector general finds

President Trump 's original travel ban was disastrously implemented, the Homeland Security inspector general said in a new memo to Congress Monday that concluded department employees illegally tried to prevent some people from the affected countries from even getting on planes to reach the U.S., despite court orders to the contrary. Inspector General John Roth released the findings in a letter to Democratic members of Congress , in which he also accused the Trump administration of trying to use legal tactics to try to hide the illegal behavior from the public.

Japan weighs plans to deal with North Korean evacuees in case of crisis

TOKYO: Japan is studying plans to cope with an influx of perhaps tens of thousands of North Korean evacuees if a military or other crisis breaks out on the peninsula, including ways to weed out spies and terrorists, a domestic newspaper said. The Japan Coast Guard would escort boats fleeing North Korea to designated ports, where police would screen them by checking their identity and possible criminal records and expel those deemed a threat, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Thursday.

King County Council chairman accuses Trump administration of…

Attorrney General Jeff Sessions was quoted in a Justice Department news release Wednesday as letters went out to 29 jurisdictions - including Seattle and King County - threatening to pull criminal-justice grants. The Trump administration's latest threat against sanctuary jurisdictions gets a sharp retort from Seattle and King County.

DOJ Warns 29 Sanctuary Cities, States that They May Have to Repay Federal Funds

The Department of Justice warned Illinois, Oregon, Vermont and 26 other "sanctuary" jurisdictions Wednesday that in order to receive public safety grants under the DOJ's Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, they must prove compliance by December 8th with Section 1373 of 8 U.S. Code which prohibits state and local governments from restricting communications with federal immigration authorities "regarding the citizenship or immigration status" of individuals. "Jurisdictions that adopt so-called 'sanctuary policies' also adopt the view that the protection of criminal aliens is more important than the protection of law-abiding citizens and of the rule of law," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Wednesday.

Trump skips East Asia summit plenary, but says trip was a success

MANILA: U.S. President Donald Trump skipped the plenary session of a summit of East and Southeast Asian leaders in Manila on Tuesday because of scheduling delays, but he said his marathon trip to the region had been a success. Trump left for home from the Philippines after a lunch with the other leaders, as meetings were running about two hours behind schedule.

Catholic cardinal condemns a oeforces of divisiona and fear

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decried what he said were "the forces of division" in the country, as he called Monday for immigration policies that keep families together and a "humane" approach to policing the border. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas, affirmed the government's authority to protect national security.

John Dickerson checks in with New Hampshire Trump voters on the president’s progress

It's been one year since Donald Trump was elected president and some New Hampshire Trump voters say that the country is doing better now than it was just one year ago, citing a strong economy and Mr. Trump's efforts on key platform issues like immigration reform. But some claim Congress and party division are to blame for some of the blemishes on Mr. Trump's time in office thus far.