This week the Biden administration will begin the process of reuniting migrant families who were separated by former president Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, the Department of Homeland Security announced. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said four families who were separated at the Mexico border are expected to be reunited this week. …
Read More »DOJ Probe: Sessions Separated Immigrant Families With No Plans in Place to Reunite
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and high-ranking Justice Department officials were the “driving force” behind separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border and were unprepared to house migrant children or reunite them with their parents, according to a recently released review by the DOJ inspector general. In the spring of 2018, …
Read More »Sotomayor Accuses Supreme Court of Granting Favors to Trump in Blistering Dissent
The Supreme Court unveiled a 5-4 decision on Friday to allow the Trump administration to deny entry or green cards to immigrants based on a “wealth test,” claiming that low-income immigrants were likely to become a “public charge” and use social programs such as food stamps or Medicaid. All four …
Read More »Trump Says He Will Delay Mass Immigration Raids Two Weeks, Per Democrats' Request
President Donald Trump declared Saturday afternoon that he would delay by two weeks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids scheduled for Sunday, citing Democrats’ request for more time to work out a solution with Republicans in Congress. The raids were intended to round up undocumented immigrants for deportation in major …
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