In New York, Trump to use gang violence to press for deportations

President Donald Trump will travel on Friday to a New York community shocked by a recent spate of graphic gang murders to highlight his efforts to stop illegal immigration and boost deportations. Trump's trip to Long Island gives the president an opportunity to showcase some progress on his agenda even as other legislative efforts flounder - and some respite from the chaos of a nasty power struggle among his senior staff that blew up on Thursday.

How Long Before a ‘Saturday Night Massacre’?

You can't label Jeff Sessions as some kind of globalist, malcontent, swampy NeverTrumper. He's an anti-establishment immigration hard-liner who seems to have signed on with Trump's presidential bid because he believed that Donald Trump was the one candidate who would build The Wall to protect America's southern border and put a stop to illegal immigration.

Who Owns the Border-Death Truck Tragedy?by Michelle Malkin Florida…

Mexico turns a blind eye to human-smuggling rings, thanks to the billions it rakes in from illegal immigrants' remittances. lorida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of ten illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend.

Trump administration again pressures sanctuary cities

The Trump administration opened up a new salvo against sanctuary cities on Tuesday -- moving to make immigration enforcement a pre-condition for receiving key law enforcement grants. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday evening that applicants for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants will be required to certify that they'll cooperate with federal immigration enforcement more extensively than in the past, a move that is likely to generate court challenges quickly from advocates and state and local jurisdictions who have opposed President Donald Trump's efforts.

Who Owns Border Death Truck Tragedy? Mexico

Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend. Bradley may now face the death penalty for transporting up to 100 people crammed in the trailer of his 18-wheeler.

Justice Department puts funding restrictions on sanctuary cities

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it will withhold law enforcement grant money from cities that refuse to give federal immigration authorities access to their jails, intensifying a months-long feud between the federal government and so-called sanctuary cities. The new conditions Attorney General Jeff Sessions unrolled would also require local jails to notify immigration authorities when an inmate who is facing deportation is released from local custody.

Survivor of alleged human-smuggling case says he knew trip would be dangerous

An undocumented immigrant who survived a trip across the U.S.-Mexico border in a tractor-trailer packed with people said he knew the trip would be dangerous, but he made the journey anyway because he needed to find work. A total of 39 people, including children, were found inside the tractor-trailer parked outside a San Antonio, Texas, Walmart this weekend, officials said.

Trucker in Texas accused of smuggling 100 illegal immigrants denies…

Police officers work on a crime scene after eight people believed to be illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States were found dead inside a sweltering 18-wheeler trailer parked behind a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ray Whitehouse Police officers work on a crime scene after eight people believed to be illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States were found dead inside a sweltering 18-wheeler trailer parked behind a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. July 23, 2017.

NC apartment fire suspect was in the country illegally, report says

A 20-year-old man accused of torching a North Carolina apartment building that left 130 people homeless last week was in the U.S. illegally, the sheriff's office told the Charlotte Observer . Jesus Reyes Lopez, who was arrested Thursday in connection with the fire at the Woodscape Apartments, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico and is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the paper reported.

COMMENTARY: How the DREAM Act divides families

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, of Illinois, have introduced a new DREAM Act. The lawmakers want to protect young undocumented immigrants who could lose their temporary legal status under Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals due to a court challenge from 10 states, led by Texas.