Obstacles suggest DACA deal might not get done

After months of rhetoric and negotiations on immigration with the parties barely any closer to each other, the reality is beginning to dawn that there may be no deal to be had. Stakeholders working toward a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, likely including border security, are not giving up hope.

US needs orderly immigration

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats shut down America's government over an unrelated illegal immigration issue. This was an egregious affront to the American people, and to our brave men and women in uniform who were required to report for duty with no guarantee of pay.

Lawmakers call on Trump to drop bid for legal immigration cuts

Lawmakers in both parties said Sunday that the immigration debate should focus narrowly on efforts to legalize young immigrants known as "dreamers" and beef up border security, suggesting that President Donald Trump's demands to slash legal immigration levels are likely to sink a deal. Democrats have voiced fierce opposition to a White House plan, released late last week, that featured a path to citizenship for 1.8 million dreamers in exchange for $25 billion for his border wall and sharp cuts to family immigration visas.

GOP and Dems emphasize compromise in forging immigration deal

Members of both political parties are emphasizing a need for compromise on immigration negotiations, amid pressure to reach a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The calls for compromise follow the White House's proposed immigration framework, which would give 1.8 million undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

Stephen Miller’s un-Jewish tradition: Hostility toward immigrants

There have been plenty of American policymakers with ideologies similar to those of Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's staunchly anti-immigrant senior policy adviser. And if those men had had their way when Miller's Jewish ancestors tried to immigrate to this country, he wouldn't be in a position to discriminate against others today.

‘I’m All For It’: Dreamers Are Warming To The Idea Of Trump’s Wall

Many of the so-called Dreamers worried about their immigration status are starting to reconsider their opposition to a possible wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report Friday from the San Francisco Chronicle. President Donald Trump's wall at the border wouldn't be so bad, some groups are now saying, so long as it means citizenship for the nearly 700,000 people brought into the country through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Detained migrant worker released

A Franklin County based dairy farm worker picked up by Border Patrol while on his way to work earlier this month has been released on bail from an immigration detention facility in New Hampshire. Francisco Rosendo Casarrubias received the support of Vermont's congressional delegation and the activist group Migrant Justice.

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.

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)

San Jose leaders reaffirm support for undocumented immigrants

San Jose city officials and community leaders came together today at City Hall to emphasize their support for the immigrant community in Santa Clara County in response to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid threats. Zulma Maciel, director of the city's Office of Immigrant Affairs, discussed resources available to undocumented immigrants in the area in light of rumors of widespread immigration raids planned across Northern California.

Trump says hea s open to pathway to citizenship a incentivea on DACA

President Donald Trump on Wednesday opened the door to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, the first time he's explicitly said he'd accept a pathway to citizenship for them. "We're going to morph into it.