The rule, set to be published in the Federal Register Tuesday, codifies long-anticipated “safe third country“ agreements with El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, and paves the way for similar agreements with other nations. The agreements require migrants who pass through Northern Triangle countries to first seek asylum there before coming to the United States.
Over the weekend, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated sets of data with tables on arrests and apprehensions of illegal aliens who request Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) consideration. The report provides updated information on known arrests and apprehensions of DACA requestors. The data may include arrests that did not result in convictions or where the charges were dropped or otherwise dismissed.
Border Patrol officers apprehended 35,444 illegal border crossers last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, marking a 15-month low for apprehensions. In addition, officers encountered 9,806 inadmissibles at a port of entry for a total of 45,250 encounters last month -- also a 15-month low.
In response to the surge in individuals making frivolous and fraudulent asylum claims, USCIS announced a proposed rule this week that would make it more difficult for these individuals to enter the U.S. and gain work authorization.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case challenging President Trump's decision to end DACA. Most who sat in on the session anticipate that the Justices will side with the Administration. It remains to be seen whether or not the Court will rule on the constitutionality of President Obama's executive amnesty.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, H.R. 4916, introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), would grant amnesty - including work permits, green cards, and a path to citizenship - to illegal aliens who have been unlawfully employed in agriculture during the past two years. The legislation proposes variations on two tried and demonstrably failed policies of the past: amnesty and indentured servitude.
Most of the 680 illegal immigrants nabbed in August’s immigration raids at poultry plants in Mississippi worked under stolen American identities, the Department of Homeland Security's top investigator told the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday, rebuffing those who insisted the "undocumented" workers were doing no harm.
Sussex County voters on Tuesday over -whelmingly responded yes to a ballot question that asked whether the county should assist federal immigration officials. The proposal passed 22,081 to 10,982. The vote, freeholders said, gives them the green light to back Sheriff Michael Strada if he is challenged in court for not abiding by the Immigrant Trust Directive, which went into effect in March and was issued by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.
Voters in one of Arizona's most liberal cities rejected an initiative Tuesday that would have made Tucson the state's only sanctuary city amid concerns that it went too far in restricting police officers. The measure drew fierce opposition from the mayor and city council, all of them Democrats, who said the initiative risked public safety and millions of dollars the city gets from the state and federal governments.
Following months of national media coverage over the handling of illegal aliens in his custody, Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc Elrich has reversed certain parts of a sanctuary policy he signed into law.