Jeff Sessions Gives In and Sends Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities
RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images For the first time since September, when a federal judge curtailed the Department of Justice’s power to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities, Attorney General Jeff Sessions awarded grants on Monday to 36 jurisdictions the agency says are noncompliant with federal immigration authorities. The grants are part of a nearly $1 billion initiative through the Department’s Community Oriented Policing…
The Trump Administration Revokes Legal Status for More Than 50,000 Haitian Immigrants
Lynne Sladky/AP The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday evening that more than 50,000 Haitian immigrants living in the United States will lose the status that protects them from deportation. As of July 22, 2019, they’ll be forced to return to Haiti or risk living in the United States as undocumented immigrants in an era of heightened fear. Temporary…