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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.
Printus LeBlanc Guest Columnist Judging by a few recent announcements, it appears elected officials don't care about American citizens. The California Attorney General just announced any employer obeying federal immigration laws would face state charges.
Czech President Milos Zeman did not sufficiently stand up against the migrant quotas in the EU, his rival candidate in the presidential election's runoff, academic Jiri Drahos, said in their duel on Prima TV on Tuesday. Zeman, for his part, reminded Drahos of his words about the Czech Republic's capability to accept part of migrants.
Promises to end 'catch and release' have gone unfulfilled and many immigrants are willing to risk it all to come to the United States. Texas border correspondent Oscar Margain explains.
In the hours after U.S. senators struck a deal to end the government shutdown Monday, scores of immigrant advocates gathered near the U.S. Capitol to protest what they saw as the Democrats' decision to abandon the “dreamers,” young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. One by one, they called out the names of Democrats who voted with Republicans to end the shutdown, shouting, “Shame!” On Tuesday, the protesters will be back, rallying in Upper Senate Park and then visiting lawmakers' offices to demand the vote on immigration legislation that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has vaguely promised.
President Trump will not consider a bipartisan immigration proposal struck by Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin because it falls far short of the requirements Trump has laid out for any deal that helps Dreamers, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. "I'd like to leave no doubt about where the White House stands on the Flake, Graham and Durbin agreement on immigration reform.
An illegal immigrant from Mexico is facing 10 felony charges related to his alleged rape and robbery of at least four California women, the district attorney's office announced Monday. Authorities arrested 39-year-old Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez, who also worked as an Uber driver, earlier in January for the crimes, reports KSBY .
Among the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States today, 60 percent have lived here for a decade or more. Many have built deep family and community ties, through U.S.-citizen spouses, children, jobs, homes and mortgages.
WASHINGTON – The deal that ended the government shutdown on Monday paved the way for Senate consideration of immigration legislation, but it did nothing to ensure that the House would act on such a bill – or that President Trump would sign it. That has raised fears among immigrant advocates that the shutdown-ending compromise merely sets up a repeat of what happened five years ago, when eight senators forged an immigration deal that passed the Senate but went nowhere in the House after the GOP's conservative base revolted against any attempt to give "amnesty" to illegal immigrants.
Sen. Chuck Schumer was seen to cave after Senate Democrats agreed to end the U.S. government shutdown. Democrats are widely viewed as having caved on their pledge to fight for young, undocumented immigrants to remain in the country, after agreeing to end a U.S. government shutdown shortly after supporting it.
An explosive new ad by the Trump campaign implying that Democrats would be "complicit" in any murder committed by undocumented immigrants "doesn't work," a leading Democratic senator said. "The American people are not going to accept the premise that immigrants are criminals and that we ought to deport the 'Dreamers,'" Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week Sunday.
The future of nearly 28,000 people in Arizona could be in jeopardy as lawmakers debate if and when any discussions on DACA, an Obama-era program granting temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, will take place. During a news conference on Saturday organized by immigrant-rights group, Promise Arizona, DACA recipient Perla Salgado said she and others in her situation have been forced to live in limbo for too long.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed that Israeli will deport what he called illegal migrants who came to Israel to find work. "We are not acting against refugees.
The racist in the White House is now openly employing the most debased kind of incitement against his political opponents. Today's example is a new ad released by the Trump re-election campaign, complete with an ending that says "I'm Donald Trump and I approve this message" - accusing Democrats who oppose his insane border wall fantasy of being "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants."
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign released a YouTube ad Saturday that claims Democrats will be "complicit in every murder committed by illegal aliens" if they stand in the way of the president's agenda. The ad was released on the first day of the government shutdown, and the one-year anniversary of Trump's presidency.
President Donald TrumpA s re-election campaign released a new ad on Saturday that attacks Democrats as being complicit in murders committed by illegal aliens in the U.S. The new campaign ad came just hours after the Democrats voted to shut the government down as they prioritized illegal aliens over American citizens. The ad features illegal alien Luis Bracamontes, 37, who is on trial for murdering two police officers and shooting a motorist in the head.
President Trump on Sunday continued to blast Democrats over immigration during the showdown and urged Republicans to use the "Nuclear Option" to reach a long-term solution. "Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that the Trump administration would not reopen talks with Democratic lawmakers on "illegal immigration" until the U.S. government shutdown had concluded. During remarks to troops at a military facility in the Middle East, Pence said Democrats were playing politics with military personnel pay.
The Trump campaign came out with an explosive new campaign ad Saturday night that implies the Democrats could have blood on their hands because of the shutdown - arguing they will be "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants." It shows footage of Luis Bracamontes, a 37-year-old man being tried on charges of killing two policy deputies in 2014 in a trial in California that began last week, according to the Sacramento Bee.
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders in both parties refused to budge publicly from their political corners Saturday on the first day of the government shutdown, avoiding direct negotiations and bitterly blaming each other for the impasse in speeches. But private glimmers of a breakthrough were evident by late Saturday, as moderate Democrats and Republicans began to rally behind a new short-term funding proposal to reopen the government through early February.