BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday [6-14-18] said he’s not comfortable with the Trump administration’s push to separate migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, even as he refused to blame President Donald Trump on the issue. ‘We don’t want kids to be separated from their parents,’ Ryan told reporters, […]
Category: Border
6/14/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Family separations at the border have become a political football. Lawmakers and party leaders in Congress are increasingly fighting over how best to address the issue — blaming each other for the heart-wrenching situation. House Speaker Paul Ryan argued Thursday [6-14-18] that Congress should step up and resolve the problem with a […]
6/8/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has already led to overrun detention facilities, long lines of asylum seekers camping out at the U.S.-Mexico border and a decision to separate young children from their parents indefinitely. Now, the administration is sending more than 1,600 immigrants — including some of those parents […]
6/8/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRANTS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies. The numbers are the first comprehensive disclosure by the administration of how many families have been affected by […]
6/5/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The tough new ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy enacted by President Donald Trump has led to a general outcry about how the US treats undocumented children, separating them from their parents at the border. Democrats in particular have been raising alarms about the policy, which Trump Cabinet officials say is just enforcing the […]
6/5/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Separating families at the Border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the Democrats. Border Security laws should be changed but the Dems can’t get their act together! Started the Wall.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2018 6:58 am […]
6/4/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House was thrown into turmoil after a handful of photographs of school-aged immigrant children, held behind fences in detention centers, ignited on social media. President Donald Trump and top aides including policy adviser Stephen Miller felt deeply frustrated that these images, which dated back to the Obama administration, were […]
5/31/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is pushing changes in immigration laws to make it easier to jail and quickly deport children who cross the border illegally. He also wants to make it harder to pursue asylum. To him, these are legal ‘loopholes’ that Congress needs to close to stop illegal immigration. But these proposals […]
5/30/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-29-18] accused Mexico of doing ‘nothing’ to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for his planned border wall. Very quickly Mexico replied: no we won’t. Trump was addressing supporters in a campaign-style rally in […]
5/29/2018
BORDER/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Tuesday [5-29-18] cited a combination of court rulings and laws as the underpinning for its policy to separate immigrant children from their parents, and looked to shift the responsibility to Democrats in Congress. The Trump administration has come under criticism for its policy of separating migrant children from […]
5/29/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Donald Trump, every crisis in America’s immigration system is an opportunity. As controversy grows over his administration’s treatment of children separated from undocumented immigrant parents, Trump is seeking a political opening to damage his opponents and solidify his own support. It’s a classic strategy that he has deployed in toxic […]
5/29/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages. They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires. Dems must agree to Wall and new Border Protection for good of country…Bipartisan Bill!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2018 5:07 […]
5/25/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy members of the National Guard to the southern U.S. border with Mexico is ‘a colossal waste of resources,’ according to the leader of a union representing members of the U.S. Border Patrol. National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who represents roughly 15,000 agents, panned the […]
5/24/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GANGS/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to host a roundtable re: MS-13 yesterday in Bethpage, New York. Democrats must abandon their resistance to border security so that we can SUPPORT law enforcement and SAVE innocent lives! https://t.co/pxe9Z4efyZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2018 11:24 am […]
5/23/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [5-23-18] he wanted to cut aid for the home countries of illegal immigrants to the U.S. based on the number of their citizens who crossed the border, expanding on an earlier threat to reduce foreign aid for Central American countries…He then proposed making aid deductions on a […]
5/21/2018
BORDER/CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China must continue to be strong & tight on the Border of North Korea until a deal is made. The word is that recently the Border has become much more porous and more has been filtering in. I want this to happen, and North Korea to be VERY successful, but only […]
5/18/2018
BORDERS/CALIFORNIA/CRIME/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California finally deserves a great Governor, one who understands borders, crime and lowering taxes. John Cox is the man – he’ll be the best Governor you’ve ever had. I fully endorse John Cox for Governor and look forward to working with him to Make California Great Again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, […]
5/17/2018
BORDERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump was ‘very clearly’ speaking about MS-13 gang members who enter the US illegally when he called criminals who cross the US-Mexico border illegally ‘animals’ during an event at the White House on Wednesday [5-16-17]…Trump a day earlier lamented the illegal entry of […]
5/15/2018
BORDER/DEFENSE/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is exploring holding children caught crossing the border on military bases, signaling the latest effort to move forward with plans to split up families who cross the border illegally. According to a Defense Department official, staffers from the Department of Health and Human Services have begun informally looking at […]
5/12/2018
BORDER/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Saturday [5-12-18] that the Senate should approve a government spending package that includes funding for border security and a wall before the August break or not go on recess. Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill in March that will fund the government through the end of September. […]
5/12/2018
BORDER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate should get funding done before the August break, or NOT GO HOME. Wall and Border Security should be included. Also waiting for approval of almost 300 nominations, worst in history. Democrats are doing everything possible to obstruct, all they know how to do. STAY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2018 […]
5/10/2018
BORDERS/DHS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her on Wednesday [5-9-18] in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation’s borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the episode. Ms. Nielsen, […]
5/9/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the height of President Barack Obama’s crackdown on illegal crossings from Mexico seven years ago, San Diego’s federal courts were so clogged that immigrants arrested near the border sometimes slept on the floor of border patrol stations for days before seeing a judge. Now, with Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vow […]
5/7/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to step up the prosecution of parents who cross the U.S. border illegally with their children, separating more families in hopes of deterring such crossings, officials said. The policy has been under review since the earliest days of the Trump administration and is part of the […]
5/4/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are going to demand Congress secure the border in the upcoming CR. Illegal immigration must end!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 4:59 pm […]
5/4/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Southern Border is under siege. Congress must act now to change our weak and ineffective immigration laws. Must build a Wall. Mexico, which has a massive crime problem, is doing little to help!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 5:22 am […]
4/30/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The migrant ‘caravan’ that is openly defying our border shows how weak & ineffective U.S. immigration laws are. Yet Democrats like Jon Tester continue to support the open borders agenda – Tester even voted to protect Sanctuary Cities. We need lawmakers who will put America First.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, […]
4/23/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S. We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2018 8:51 am […]
4/23/2018
BORDER/DEMS/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite the Democrat inspired laws on Sanctuary Cities and the Border being so bad and one sided, I have instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security not to let these large Caravans of people into our Country. It is a disgrace. We are the only Country in the World so naive! WALL” […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CRIME/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@MarshaBlackburn is a wonderful woman who has always been there when we have needed her. Great on the Military, Border Security and Crime. Loves and works hard for the people of Tennessee. She has my full endorsement and I will be there to campaign with her!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 1:40 […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threatened Thursday [4-19-18] to cut off federal funding for the deployment of California’s National Guard if Gov. Jerry Brown insists that the troops ‘do nothing,’ an apparent jab at the state official’s insistence that they not perform immigration enforcement duties. Brown on Wednesday [4-18-18] mobilized 400 members of the […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Governor Jerry Brown announced he will deploy ‘up to 400 National Guard Troops’ to do nothing. The crime rate in California is high enough, and the Federal Government will not be paying for Governor Brown’s charade. We need border security and action, not words!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 10:48 am […]
4/18/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is accusing California’s governor of ‘trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border.’ Democrat Jerry Brown has said he’s nearing agreement on the state joining Trump’s large-scale deployment along the Mexican border. Brown’s office said Tuesday that nothing’s changed since the governor pledged 400 troops last […]
4/18/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept. Jerry Brown is trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border, but the people of the State are not happy. Want Security & Safety NOW!” –Donald […]
4/17/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California officials rejected President Donald Trump’s request for National Guard troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico, federal officials said Monday [4-16-18]. Robert G. Salesses, a Defense Department official working on the deployment plan, said California officials turned down a Border Patrol request for about 237 troops to help with […]
4/13/2018
BORDER/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Tremendous pressure is building, like never before, for the Border Wall and an end to crime cradling Sanctuary Cities. Started the Wall in San Diego, where the people were pushing really hard to get it. They will soon be protected!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 6:44 am […]
4/12/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:08 am […]
4/11/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send more National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, but said Wednesday [4-11-18] they will focus on fighting crime and not enforce policies of Washington…Brown said 400 troops will augment a current mission that fights transnational crime. The location of Guard personnel — and […]
4/9/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are not doing what’s right for our country. I will not rest until we have secured our borders and restored the rule of law!” https://t.co/zKGgPlaadS -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2018, 2:17 pm […]
4/6/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After days of President Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric against immigration via Mexico, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto delivered a stern response to his US counterpart, telling him that ‘nothing and no one stands above the dignity of Mexico.’ The five-minute-long speech was delivered in Spanish and posted in a video on the […]
4/5/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of Mexico and their willingness to use them so as not to cause a giant scene at our Border. Because of the Trump Administrations actions, Border crossings are at a still UNACCEPTABLE 46 year low. Stop drugs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Wednesday [4-4-18] it would deploy National Guard troops to the border with Mexico and would consider building a wall along at least one military base set on the border. Administration officials also said they were hoping for a high-profile congressional debate this spring and summer over U.S. protections […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/DEFENSE/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will issue a proclamation on Wednesday [4-4-28] directing the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to work with governors to deploy National Guard troops to the southwest border to assist the Border Patrol in combating illegal immigration…In recent days, and in anticipation of an annual increase in […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Central American migrants stranded on a journey through Mexico because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Mexican government say they will struggle on toward the United States, even as their ‘caravan’ said it would disband in Mexico City. Fearful of the risks to children among the bedraggled and tired knot […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump in recent days has decried ‘weak’ US border laws that he says leave the US vulnerable to unfettered immigration — but some of his policies could have the effect of worsening a Central American migrant crisis. Even as the Department of Homeland Security says the southern border ‘is more […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/CANADA/DEMS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Border Laws are very weak while those of Mexico & Canada are very strong. Congress must change these Obama era, and other, laws NOW! The Democrats stand in our way – they want people to pour into our country unchecked….CRIME! We will be taking strong action today.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Tuesday [4-3-18] night that President Trump planned to deploy the National Guard to the southern border to confront what it called a growing threat of illegal immigrants, drugs and crime from Central America after the president for the third consecutive day warned about the looming dangers of unchecked […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WE WILL PROTECT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!” https://t.co/Z7fqQKcnez -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2018 2:59pm […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-3-18] warned that the North American Free Trade Agreement was ‘in play’ and threatened to end aid to Honduras and other Central American countries if an organized protest march of 1,000 asylum seekers traveling through Mexico reaches the U.S. border…Mr. Trump’s threats on Nafta come as American, […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-3-18] said he planned to use U.S. military forces to protect the nation’s southern border with Mexico until there is a border wall and ‘proper security.”We are going to be doing things militarily,’ Trump told reporters at the White House, adding that he had discussed the idea […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump’s accusations of lax efforts to stop illegal migration over the Mexican-US border, saying in a statement Monday [4-2-18] that it does not promote such activity under any circumstances. Mexico’s foreign ministry issued the statement after Trump spent Sunday [4-1-18] and Monday tweeting against Mexico’s […]
4/3/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our ‘Weak Laws’ Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/2/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has begun a new push for legislation to crack down on illegal immigration and make it more difficult to obtain refuge in the United States, White House officials said Monday [4-2-18], arguing that lax laws have drawn a flood of migrants to the country’s borders. The proposals include toughening laws […]
4/2/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared as ‘dead’ on Monday [4-2-18] a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children and pressed Congress to ‘immediately’ pass legislation to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.Trump, who has taken a hard line toward immigration, said in September he would terminate the Deferred […]
4/2/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Sunday [4-1-18] morning, President Donald Trump referenced an impending series of immigrant ‘caravans’ moving through Mexico to spark his call for Congress to pass strict border laws. ‘Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. […]
4/1/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, blaming Democrats and the Mexican government for an increasingly ‘dangerous’ flow of illegal immigrants, unleashed a series of fiery tweets on Sunday [4-1-2018] in which he vowed ‘NO MORE DACA DEAL’ and threatened to walk away from the North American Free Trade Agreement. Minutes after wishing the nation a happy […]
4/1/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!” –Donald Trump, […]
4/1/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2018 8:56am […]
3/14/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/PROTESTS/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump spent his day in California perusing border wall samples, needling state officials, raising money and upholding a White House tradition: inciting traffic so bad it gets a name. Obamajams made way for ‘Make America Late Again’ on Tuesday [3-13-18], as Trump paid his first visit to California — a rogue […]
3/13/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump ventured into what his team regards as enemy territory on Tuesday [3-13-18], and it was not a peace mission. In his first visit as president to California, the blue bastion of liberal resistance, Mr. Trump unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and called on Congress to punish jurisdictions […]
3/13/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If we don’t have a wall system, we’re not going to have a country. Congress must fund the BORDER WALL & prohibit grants to sanctuary jurisdictions that threaten the security of our country & the people of our country. We must enforce our laws & protect our people! #BuildTheWall https://t.co/NGqNueukvj” -Donald Trump, […]
3/13/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/WALL: “Heading to see the BORDER WALL prototypes in California! https://t.co/fU6Ukc271l” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 13, 2018 09:37am […]
3/12/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is finally set to make his first visit to California as president this week, as his administration battles the state over its immigration policies and some of his fellow Republicans here look to keep their distance from him. Mr. Trump is scheduled to travel to the state Tuesday [3-13-18], […]
3/7/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump will visit California next week, his first visit to the Golden State as president, the White House announced on Wednesday [3-7-18]. Sources familiar with Trump’s plans say he is expected to visit California to the US-Mexico border to look at border wall prototypes in the San Diego area. The President […]
3/4/2018
BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Along a dusty stretch of border, flanked by an outlet mall and farmland, a giant crane hoisted a 30-foot-high section of steel barrier and dropped it into a shallow trench last Wednesday [2-28-18]. The structure was one of the first new pieces of a border wall put in place since the start […]
2/28/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “45 year low on illegal border crossings this year. Ice and Border Patrol Agents are doing a great job for our Country. MS-13 thugs being hit hard.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 28, 2018 09:08am […]
2/28/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I have decided that sections of the Wall that California wants built NOW will not be built until the whole Wall is approved. Big victory yesterday with ruling from the courts that allows us to proceed. OUR COUNTRY MUST HAVE BORDER SECURITY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 28, 2018 07:29am […]
2/28/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel has cleared one potential obstacle to President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall, ruling Tuesday [2-27-18] that the administration has the authority to waive a host of environmental laws and other regulations to begin construction. Curiel’s 100-page order does not mean construction of the wall will begin immediately. […]
2/27/2018
BORDER/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Big legal win today. U.S. judge sided with the Trump Administration and rejected the attempt to stop the government from building a great Border Wall on the Southern Border. Now this important project can go forward!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2018 11:28pm […]
2/25/2018
BORDER/FOREIGN POLICY/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Plans for a meeting between President Donald Trump and Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto have been shelved for the second time in a year over disagreements about the funding of a border wall, Trump administration officials said. The border wall has been a key issue for Mr. Trump since he began campaigning […]
2/23/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday [2-23-18] to push for his proposal to build a wall along the southern U.S. border and criticize Democrats on immigration, missives that come as the Trump administration continues to grapple with fallout from the Florida high school shooting. ‘MS-13 gang members are being removed […]
2/23/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/WALL: “MS-13 gang members are being removed by our Great ICE and Border Patrol Agents by the thousands, but these killers come back in from El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water. El Salvador just takes our money, and Mexico must help MORE with this problem. We need The Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, […]
2/21/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Border Patrol officers are working without permission on private property and setting up checkpoints up to 100 miles away from the border under a little-known federal law that is being used more widely in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration. In Texas, a rancher has accused the Border Patrol of […]
2/12/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump released Monday [2-12-18] a $4.4 trillion budget proposal that would boost spending for the military and border security, cut many domestic programs and projects deficits through the next decade. The blueprint underscores what has become clear in recent months: that the budget austerity Republicans pursued in 2011 has ended. […]
2/6/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [2-6-18] he would accept a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t strike an immigration deal that includes stricter border enforcement. ‘If we don’t change it, let’s have a shutdown,’ Mr. Trump said during the portion of a meeting at the White House that reporters were invited to observe. […]
2/6/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “Polling shows nearly 7 in 10 Americans support an immigration reform package that includes DACA, fully secures the border, ends chain migration & cancels the visa lottery. If D’s oppose this deal, they aren’t serious about DACA-they just want open borders. https://t.co/XDMcDOr9vM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 6, 2018 11:00am […]
2/5/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Monday [2-5-18] again insisted on funding for his promised border wall, making clear the high hurdle faced by a bipartisan pair of senators who are backing an immigration plan that leaves out wall funding and other Trump demands. The senators are hoping that their legislation, being […]
2/5/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/WALL: “Any deal on DACA that does not include STRONG border security and the desperately needed WALL is a total waste of time. March 5th is rapidly approaching and the Dems seem not to care about DACA. Make a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 09:36am […]
2/2/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my honor to join the great men and women of @DHSgov, @CustomsBorder, @ICEgov and @USCIS at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia. Fact sheet: https://t.co/Q027Wgdzdo https://t.co/NecuA0y1Sk” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 05:26pm […]
1/27/2018
BORDER/DEMS/MILITARY: “Democrats are not interested in Border Safety & Security or in the funding and rebuilding of our Military. They are only interested in Obstruction!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 27, 2018 11:08pm […]
1/27/2018
BORDER/WALL: “Thank you to Brandon Judd of the National Border Patrol Council for his strong statement on @foxandfriends that we very badly NEED THE WALL. Must also end loophole of ‘catch & release’ and clean up the legal and other procedures at the border NOW for Safety & Security reasons.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 27, […]
1/23/2018
BORDER/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Chuck Schumer is taking his big spending boost for Donald Trump’s border wall off the table. The Senate minority leader, through an aide, informed the White House on Monday [1-22-18] that he was retracting the offer he made last week to give Trump well north of the $1.6 billion in wall […]
1/23/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/POLITICS: “U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday [1-23-18] sought a way forward on an immigration deal including protection for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and border security before federal funding runs out again next month. On Monday, the Republican-led Congress passed a measure signed into law by President Donald Trump to fund the federal government through Feb. 8 following […]
1/18/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In high-stakes negotiations over immigration, the Trump administration is pushing for policy changes that limit the rights of asylum seekers and unaccompanied children who cross the U.S. border, as well as for more money for the president’s promised border wall. Democrats oppose all these elements, but with the clock ticking toward a […]
1/18/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-18-18] insisted that ‘the Wall is the Wall’ and his conception of it had never changed, the morning after Hispanic lawmakers said his chief of staff told them that the president’s promise to build a wall along the Mexican border was ‘not fully informed.’ ‘The […]
1/18/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We need the Wall for the safety and security of our country. We need the Wall to help stop the massive inflow of drugs from Mexico, now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world. If there is no Wall, there is no Deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 18, 2018 […]
1/18/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it. Parts will be, of necessity, see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water… The Wall […]
1/17/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has already started framing a potential government shutdown as the singular fault of Democrats demanding liberal immigration policies at the expense of border security. But Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, as well as veterans of past budget battles and campaigns, say that argument isn’t likely to fly — […]
1/16/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats want to shut down the Government over Amnesty for all and Border Security. The biggest loser will be our rapidly rebuilding Military, at a time we need it more than ever. We need a merit based system of immigration, and we need it now! No more dangerous Lottery.” -Donald Trump, […]
1/16/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We must have Security at our VERY DANGEROUS SOUTHERN BORDER, and we must have a great WALL to help protect us, and to help stop the massive inflow of drugs pouring into our country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 16, 2018 08:54am […]
1/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/DRUGS/WALL: “The Democrats seem intent on having people and drugs pour into our country from the Southern Border, risking thousands of lives in the process. It is my duty to protect the lives and safety of all Americans. We must build a Great Wall, think Merit and end Lottery & Chain. USA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/11/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration campaign platform thrilled hard-liners who long felt marginalized in the national debate. Now, they fear Mr. Trump will desert them. Their concerns grew this week after the president met with lawmakers and, as TV cameras rolled, voiced openness to a range of legislative options to legalize young undocumented […]
1/10/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Migrant shelters along the southern border are filling up again. Immigration lawyers in the region say their caseloads are spiking. Across the Southwest, border officers are stopping more than 1,000 people a day. Just months after border apprehensions hit a 17-year low, which administration officials proudly celebrated as a ‘Trump effect,’ the […]
1/10/18
BORDER/DREAMERS/WALL: “The United States needs the security of the Wall on the Southern Border, which must be part of any DACA approval. The safety and security of our country is #1! https://t.co/4CFzQXb5aS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 10, 2018 06:07pm […]
1/9/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As I made very clear today, our country needs the security of the Wall on the Southern Border, which must be part of any DACA approval.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 9, 2018 07:16pm […]
1/8/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES/WALL: “The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border. President […]
1/5/2018
BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration is asking Congress for nearly $18 billion to construct more than 700 miles of new and replacement barriers along the southwest border, offering its most detailed description yet of the president’s vision for a border wall with Mexico. The request, if granted, would be a major expansion from the […]
1/4/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The gulf over legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation appeared wide Thursday [1-4-18] as President Donald Trump insisted that any deal include funding for his promised border wall and new limits on legal immigration to the U.S. Mr. Trump said the package to protect so-called Dreamers has to include new […]
1/4/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Republican senators will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [1-4-18] as negotiations continue to reach a compromise on border security issues and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump is set to host the more conservative members of his party negotiating with Democrats in […]
1/2/2018
BORDER/DHS: “Thank you to Brandon Judd of the National Border Patrol Council for your kind words on how well we are doing at the Border. We will be bringing in more & more of your great folks and will build the desperately needed WALL! @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 08:44am […]