Trump Will Force Asylum-Seekers to Wait in Mexico
Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday announced that asylum-seekers who arrive at the US-Mexico border will be forced to wait in Mexico while their cases are decided, a process that can take years. The plan is the most aggressive step yet in the…
Stephen Miller Doubles Down on Trump’s Promise to Shutdown the Government
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller briefing reporters on a bill to cut legal immigration by half.Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Top White House aide Stephen Miller made a combative Face the Nation appearance on Sunday, doubling down on President Donald Trump’s promise to shut down the government if Democrats…
Beto O’Rourke Calls for “Public Pressure” on Trump to Close Child Migrant Camp
Nick Wagner/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) on Saturday urged Americans to pressure the Trump administration to close a child migrant camp run by the Department of Health and Human Services in Tornillo, Texas. More than 2,500 children, most of whom arrived unaccompanied at the border, are…
ICE Could Deport Him to a Country He’s Never Been To—Unless California’s Governor Steps In
Somdeng Danny Thongsy Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Somdeng Danny Thongsy was born 39 years ago in a Thai refugee camp, after his mother and older brother had fled their native Laos following the Vietnam War. His father had stayed back in Laos, and when Thongsy was two, his family…
A Seven-Year-Old Girl Died in Border Patrol Custody Last Week. Members of Congress Were Left in the Dark.
Central American asylum seekers wait as Border Patrol agents take them into custody near McAllen, Texas, in June. John Moore/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A seven-year-old girl from Guatemala died last week of shock and dehydration while in Border Patrol custody. The girl and her father were part of…
Chaos Erupts as Trump and Democratic Leaders Clash in Front of Cameras
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a stunning exchange that played out in front of TV cameras inside the Oval Office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday openly clashed with Democratic leaders over the looming government shutdown and funding for a border wall, declaring at one point that he would be “proud…