NumbersUSA has informed House Members that it will score against H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act, because of provisions within the bill, and potential amendments, that would weaken immigration enforcement efforts at the border.
The Federal Government has started returning non-Mexican migrants who claim asylum, after illegally entering the United States at the Texas border city of Loredo, back to Mexico. This marks the first expansion of the "Remain in Mexico" policy since the U.S. and Mexico brokered a deal to avert additional tariffs being placed on the country.
The National Border Patrol Council's El Paso chapter and several Customs and Border Protection personnel told the Washington Examiner, Rep. Veronica Escobar has been sending her aides to interview and coach migrants who, according to them, may have been wrongly returned to Mexico.
A majority of Americans want illegal aliens who have already been given final removal orders by an immigration judge to be deported if Congress fails to reach a deal this week that closes loopholes in the country's asylum system that allow mass flows of migrants to pour through the U.S.-Mexico border.
Immigration has surpassed health care as the issue that voters see as the most important facing the United States, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill. Forty-two percent of registered voters pointed to immigration as the top issue, compared to 38 percent who chose health care, the survey shows, as reported by The Hill.
A federal judge in Seattle ruled Tuesday that asylum-seeking immigrants detained for being in the United States illegally have the right to a bond hearing in immigration court rather than being held until their cases are complete. This ruling was issued despite the knowledge that approximately 90% of asylum-seekers who are not detained skip their immigration court hearings.
The world's most famous doughnut maker, Dunkin', outraged that some franchises are not using the required E-Varify system to make sure its workers are authorized to work in the United States, has moved to oust the owners and take over the restaurants, as reported by the Washington Examiner.
Vice President Mike Pence told a gathering of conservative Christian activists Saturday night at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual gala dinner that the Democratic policy goals relating to border security are "morally wrong" and would only enable the abuse and assault of migrants being trafficked to the southern border.
Wednesday afternoon, the Senate rejected the House emergency spending bill, by a vote of 37-55, and passed its supplemental bill, S. 1900, by a vote of 84-8. Speaker Pelosi caved under the fear of centrist Democrats voting with Republicans in the House and the clean Senate bill passed the House floor vote by a tally of 305-102.
Last night marked night two of the first Democratic 2020 Presidential debate and included many frontrunners like Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden. Much more contentious than night one, last night's debate covered many issues from healthcare to foreign policy, but few answers were more shocking than the candidates' responses to immigration questions posed by the moderators.