New Trump immigration plan would overhaul green card system, target 'top talent' instead of kin
Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit "top talent" to America as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates. "We discriminate against genius," Trump ...
The U.S. Supreme Court closed the door at least for now on President Donald Trump's effort to end protections for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants dubbed "Dreamers," with the justices again silent on Tuesday on three related appeals. Unless the court breaks with its ...
Honduran girl on Time magazine cover was not actually separated from mother
A crying Honduran girl in a photograph that became a symbol for many of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies was not actually separated from her mother, U.S. government officials said Friday. Time magazine used an image of the girl, by Getty Images photographer John ...
House Republicans are considering their next steps on two immigration bills after party leaders persuaded moderates to drop their renegade effort to force votes on legislation that would have protected young "Dreamer" immigrants with a path to citizenship. The deal will instead allow two votes ...
House GOP ranks hint at tentative 'Dreamer' deal but hard-liners balk at pathway to citizenship
A leader of House moderates said Thursday that a tentative deal with conservatives has emerged to help young "Dreamer" immigrants stay in the U.S. legally. But details remained unclear and nothing has been finalized, the lawmaker said in an interview with The Associated Press. Rep. ...
U.S. top court rejects Arizona bid to bar 'Dreamers' from getting driver's licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to issue driver's licenses to the so-called Dreamer immigrants and refused to hear the state's challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of young adults brought into the country illegally as ...
Asian DACA recipients, in limbo, await congressional action
Since September, undocumented adults living in America legally through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have been in limbo. The Obama-signed program protects from deportation "Dreamer" children who entered the United States more than a decade ago and have remained illegally. When the ...
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to decide fate of 'Dreamers' ahead of any appeals court ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The decision affecting "Dreamers" means ...
Collision course as Trump pushes immigration plan but Senate weighs narrower path
President Donald Trump on Wednesday was on a collision course over immigration with U.S. senators including some within his own party, as they struggled to reach a solution protecting 1.8 million immigrants from deportation. With senators racing against a self-imposed deadline to strike a deal ...
Congress gridlocked as budget and immigration deadlines loom and Trump blames Democrats
Bitterly divided U.S. lawmakers return this week to face a shrinking window for reaching deals on immigration, federal spending and the debt, as Republican infighting swirls and President Donald Trump complains he is getting zero cooperation from Democrats. Trump vowed during his State of the ...
Branding North Korea's leadership "depraved," President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday that Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear missiles could "very soon threaten our homeland" and vowed a continued campaign of maximum pressure to keep that from happening. In his first State of the Union speech ...
