7/5/2019

IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “I think people should have to get in line [for immigration into the US]. But if people are coming because they’re actually seeking asylum, they should have a chance to make their case. I would be surging, as we did, and Barack and I did, surging folks to the border to make those […]

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7/5/2019

CITIZENSHIP/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP BUSINESS: “After months of silence, President Trump responded on Friday [7-5-19] to reports that the Trump Organization has employed dozens of undocumented immigrants by saying that he doesn’t know whether the organization does or not…The New York Times first reported in December that Victorina Morales, a Guatemalan undocumented immigrant, and several others living in […]

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7/3/2019

IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Illegal Immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly built or refitted detentions centers, just tell them not to come. All problems solved!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 3, 2019 3:22 pm […]

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7/3/2019

DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..came from, and in far safer conditions. No matter how good things actually look, even if perfect, the Democrat visitors will act shocked & aghast at how terrible things are. Just Pols. If they really want to fix them, change the Immigration Laws and Loopholes. So easy to do!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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7/3/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..Now, if you really want to fix the Crisis at the Southern Border, both humanitarian and otherwise, tell migrants not to come into our country unless they are willing to do so legally, and hopefully through a system based on Merit. This way we have no problems at all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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7/3/2019

BORDER/DEMS/DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [7-3-19] that migrants were ‘living far better’ in Border Patrol detention centers than in their home countries, one day after his own administration reported that children in some facilities were denied hot meals or showers, and that cells were so crowded that migrants begged to be freed. […]

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7/2/2019

COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday [7-2-19] blocked the Trump administration policy denying bond hearings to asylum seekers. US District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled that people who are detained after entering the US to seek protection are entitled to bond hearings and the chance to be released from custody under the […]

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7/1/2019

CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Monday [7-1-19] his administration was still looking into delaying the 2020 census over disputes about the legality of a citizenship question. Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, the president reiterated his incredulity that asking about citizenship is not part of the census. ‘I think it is very […]

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7/1/2019

DHS/IMMIGRATION: “So they’re smuggling in women and they’re smuggling in children. And they’re using the children, in particular, as pawns, who are getting other people into our country. Because when you’re with a child, even if the child is not yours — which in itself is ridiculous — then it’s much easier to come across […]

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6/28/2019

BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said Friday [6-28-19] that it appears there will be a 25% decrease in June in numbers of migrants crossing at the US-Mexico border. More than 144,000 migrants had been encountered or arrested at the US-Mexico border in May, the highest monthly total in 13 years. McAleenan […]

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6/28/2019

BORDER/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Emotion, tears and tense confrontations were on display as House Democrats fought over an emergency border aid bill in a debate that deepened the divide between progressives and moderates, further fracturing the unity Democrats have long trumpeted. Progressives were outraged when Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday [6-27-19] that the House would […]

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6/27/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/LEGISLATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bipartisan Humanitarian Aid Bill for the Southern Border just passed. A great job done by all! Now we must work to get rid of the Loopholes and fix Asylum. Thank you also to Mexico for the work being done on helping with Illegal Immigration – a very big difference!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/26/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The perilous conditions migrants coming to the US face captured renewed attention from Democrats running for president on Wednesday [6-26-19], hours before 10 candidates take the stage for the party’s first debate in Miami. The publication of the tragic image of a drowned Salvadoran man and his young daughter, face down in […]

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6/26/2019

AUSTRALIA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “United States President Donald Trump has found the one immigration policy more controversial than his own, and endorsed it. Amid heightened media scrutiny over the tragic fate of a father and daughter who died on the US-Mexico border, Trump tweeted pictures of four fliers distributed by the Australian government warning migrants away […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/FOREIGN AID/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [6-25-19] approved a $4.5 billion aid package to address the migrant surge along the U.S.-Mexico border, including new standards for migrants in custody following reports of poor conditions facing young children at overcrowded facilities. The Democratic-led House voted 230-195, mostly along party […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided House voted on Tuesday [6-24-19] to send $4.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the border to address horrific conditions facing a crush of migrants, attaching significant rules on how the money could be spent in the first action by Democrats to rein in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. […]

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6/24/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/FEDERAL FUNDING/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers are stumbling in their efforts to address the border crisis before bolting for the holiday recess, dimming long-shot hopes that Congress can meet President Donald Trump’s two-week deadline to stave off his threatened mass deportations. House Democratic leaders spent Monday [6-24-19] night fighting off a last-minute liberal rebellion to tank […]

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6/24/2019

CENTRAL AMERICA/ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/HISPANICS/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Trump’s ‘racist invective’ and called for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and a new foreign policy direction in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his presidential campaign’s first glimpse of his immigration policy. Biden’s announcement, which appeared Monday […]

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6/24/2019

IMMIGRATION/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TERRORISM/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995, in light of the actions of the Government of Iran and Iranian-backed proxies, particularly those taken to […]

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6/22/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2019 […]

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6/22/2019

ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people that Ice will apprehend have already been ordered to be deported. This means that they have run from the law and run from the courts. These are people that are supposed to go back to their home country. They broke the law by coming into the country, & now by […]

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6/21/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is more than doubling the number of asylum seekers it returns to Mexico in one city and adding groups like Cubans as it rapidly expands a policy to make migrants wait out claims south of the border, Mexican and U.S. officials said. The policy, known as the Migrant Protection […]

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6/20/2019

DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MASSACHUSETTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday [6-20-19] blocked federal authorities from making civil immigration arrests inside the state’s courthouses. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction that blocks US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security ‘from civilly arresting parties, witnesses, and others attending Massachusetts courthouses on […]

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6/20/2019

ICE/IMMIGRATION/MASSACHUSETTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Thursday [6-20-19] ruled that U.S. immigration authorities cannot arrest illegal immigrants at Massachusetts courthouses, the first order of its kind barring courthouse arrests. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued an injunction preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, from carrying out a directive authorizing arrests of […]

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6/18/2019

DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days has bulked up the branch responsible for carrying out deportations in preparation for the mass arrests of undocumented immigrants, two Department of Homeland Security officials said on Tuesday [6-18-19], adding that the agency could not immediately deport “millions of illegal aliens” as President Trump had […]

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6/17/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….long before they get to our Southern Border. Guatemala is getting ready to sign a Safe-Third Agreement. The only ones who won’t do anything are the Democrats in Congress. They must vote to get rid of the loopholes, and fix asylum! If so, Border Crisis will end quickly!”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]

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6/15/2019

FLORIDA/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed Bill banning Sanctuary Cities in State, & forcing all law enforcement agencies to cooperate with Federal Immigration authorities. Bill prohibits local Gov’t from enacting Sanctuary policies that protect undocumented immigrants…@FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2019 11:51 pm […]

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6/14/2019

BORDER/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick to become ‘border czar’ was surprised to be name-checked by the president Friday [6-14-19], according to a person familiar with the situation. During a lengthy phone interview on ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump said he will bring back former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan for a new […]

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6/14/2019

BORDER/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Friday [6-14-19] again shook up his immigration team, appointing a hard-liner to coordinate border policy from the White House and sending a message that he is redoubling his efforts to prevent migrants from entering the United States. Thomas D. Homan, his choice for the job, served as the […]

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6/10/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mexican foreign minister said Monday [6-10-19] that no secret immigration deal existed between his country and the United States, directly contradicting President Trump’s claim on Twitter that a ‘fully signed and documented’ agreement would soon be revealed. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s top diplomat, said at a news conference in Mexico City that there […]

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6/10/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday [6-10-19] that his government would consider a regional asylum agreement if enforcement measures agreed to last week in Washington fail to stem the tide of migrants northward. Speaking during his government’s daily morning press conference in Mexico City, Ebrard said a broader dialogue on asylum […]

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6/10/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico’s Legislative body!..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/10/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now with our new deal, Mexico is doing more for the USA on Illegal Immigration than the Democrats. In fact, the Democrats are doing NOTHING, they want Open Borders, which means Illigal Immigration, Drugs and Crime.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 10, 2019 5:00 am […]

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6/8/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council: ‘That’s going to be a huge deal because Mexico will be using their strong Immigration Laws – A game changer. People no longer will be released into the U.S.’ Also, 6000 Mexican Troops at their Southern Border. Currently there are few!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, […]

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6/8/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While the reviews and reporting on our Border Immigration Agreement with Mexico have been very good, there has nevertheless been much false reporting (surprise!) by the Fake and Corrupt News Media, such as Comcast/NBC, CNN, @nytimes & @washingtonpost. These ‘Fakers’ are Bad News!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 5:47 am […]

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6/7/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-7-19] dropped his unpopular plan to impose tariffs on hundreds of billion of dollars of goods from Mexico after the two countries reach a deal to stem the flow of Central American migrants entering the United States. Trump said that Mexico had agreed to take ‘strong measures’ […]

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6/7/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico has two options in confronting the migration standoff with Washington: He can bow to President Trump’s demands, and take in tens of thousands of new asylum seekers. Or he can refuse, and face the threat of tariffs on all Mexican imports to the United States. […]

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6/6/2019

BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It may come as a surprise that the nation’s oldest grassroots environmental group is at the forefront of the border wall debate. But a Sierra Club lawsuit is temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reallocate government funds to build the barrier on federal protected land. The 127-year-old group says it sees […]

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6/6/2019

DEMS/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION: “The Democrats — Congress has been a disaster. They won’t change. They won’t do anything. They want free immigration — immigration to pour into our country. They don’t care who it is. They don’t care what kind of a record they have. It doesn’t make any difference. They’re not going to be changing anything. […]

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6/6/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico and the United States are discussing significant changes in asylum rules and border enforcement that could forestall President Trump from imposing tariffs on all Mexican imports, senior officials from both countries said Thursday [6-6-19]. The changes under consideration would give the United States a greater ability to reject requests for entry […]

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6/5/2019

CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration discussions at the White House with representatives of Mexico have ended for the day. Progress is being made, but not nearly enough! Border arrests for May are at 133,000 because of Mexico & the Democrats in Congress refusing to budge on immigration reform. Further…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2019 5:42 […]

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6/5/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [6-5-19] that progress was being made in talks with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants to the United States and would continue on Thursday [6-6-19], but unless an agreement can be reached a 5% tariff on Mexican goods would begin on Monday [6-3-19]. ‘Immigration discussions […]

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6/5/2019

BORDER/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic leaders are facing sharp pushback from rank-and-file members on plans to deliver billions of dollars to ease the migrant crisis at the southern border, threatening to drag out another border funding fight with President Donald Trump. Leaders of several groups, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the […]

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6/4/2019

CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrat-led House passed legislation on Tuesday [6-4-29] to grant a path to citizenship to about 2.5 million immigrants whose legal protections President Trump has moved to end, advancing a measure that highlights the bitter partisan differences over immigration. The bill, which passed 237 to 187, with seven Republicans voting […]

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6/4/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [6-4-19] said he plans to move forward with imposing tariffs on Mexican imports next week as part of his effort to stem the flow of migrants crossing the southern border, telling reporters at a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that Republican senators would be ‘foolish’ […]

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5/29/2019

BORDER/CIVIL RIGHTS/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hillary Clinton said Wednesday [5-29-19] that President Donald Trump’s administration is tearing down ‘hard-won civil rights’…Slamming the White House’s hardline immigration policies, Clinton pointed to the US southern border, where she said ‘our government is tearing children from the arms of their parents’ and ‘locking them in cages.’ The former […]

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5/27/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is for the first time sending illegal border-crossers to other cities for processing, transporting more than 3,000 each week from southern Texas and Arizona to other locations as the government struggles to deal with surging numbers of nearly 100,000 migrants a month crossing the southern border. The Trump administration […]

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5/23/2019

ENTITLEMENTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took another step Thursday [5-23-19] to crack down on legal immigration, instructing agencies to enforce a 23-year-old law that requires sponsors of green card holders to reimburse the government for welfare benefits. Trump approved a memorandum Thursday to enforce a pair of provisions signed into law by President Bill Clinton […]

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5/22/2019

BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Homeland Security Committee broke out in a skirmish today after Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) accused the Trump administration of intentionally killing immigrant children at the border. Underwood’s comments — in which she said a recent string of child deaths were ‘intentional’ and a ‘policy change’ — came during the testimony […]

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20/16/2019

IMMIGRATION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a defining image of the 2016 Republican National Convention: Ken Cuccinelli throwing down his credentials in disgust after failing to secure a rules vote that could have complicated Donald Trump’s nomination. Cucinelli had led the delegate operation for Trump’s chief GOP rival, Sen. Ted Cruz. Three months earlier, Trump’s convention manager, […]

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5/21/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Mexico’s attitude is that people from other countries, including Mexico, should have the right to flow into the U.S. & that U.S. taxpayers should be responsible for the tremendous costs associated w/this illegal migration. Mexico is wrong and I will soon be giving a response!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 11:16 […]

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5/21/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am very disappointed that Mexico is doing virtually nothing to stop illegal immigrants from coming to our Southern Border where everyone knows that because of the Democrats, our Immigration Laws are totally flawed & broken…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 11:16 am […]

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5/21/2019

DHS/IMMIGRATION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is expected to name Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, a former attorney general of Virginia and an immigration hard-liner, as his choice to coordinate the administration’s immigration policies, a White House official confirmed on Tuesday [5-21-19]. Mr. Trump has been considering creating an immigration ‘czar’ for months. But the specifics […]

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5/20/2019

CABINET/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Access to a government jet 24 hours a day. An office in the West Wing, plus guaranteed weekends off for family time. And an assurance of being made secretary of homeland security by November. Those were among a list of 10 conditions that Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, has given […]

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5/19/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “False reporting yesterday. ‘There are no plans to send migrants to Northern or Coastal Border facilities, including Florida.’ @FoxNews Not by airplanes or any other way. Our Country is FULL, will not, and can not, take you in!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 19, 2019 3:15 pm […]

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5/17/2019

DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Acting Homeland Security Director Kevin McAleenan threatened to step down this week if he did not get more authority over his agency in response to another attempt by White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller to dictate agency hiring, The Washington Post reported Friday [5-17-19]. The clash highlights yet another instance of […]

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5/17/2019

BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is preparing to send Central American migrants caught along the southern border to Border Patrol stations “across the entire nation,’ according to a senior Border Patrol official who confirmed the plans Friday. With more than 4,500 people being caught each day crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency has […]

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5/17/2019

IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All people that are illegally coming into the United States now will be removed from our Country at a later date as we build up our removal forces and as the laws are changed. Please do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2019 […]

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5/17/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Border Patrol is apprehending record numbers of people at the Southern Border. The bad ‘hombres,’ of which there are many, are being detained & will be sent home. Those which we release under the ridiculous Catch & Telease loophole, are being registered and will be removed later!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, […]

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5/16/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump knows the new immigration plan he unveiled Thursday [5-16-19] is probably dead on arrival — but that isn’t the point. Instead of trying to push it through Congress, Trump is already treating the plan less like a legislative blueprint and more as a campaign document as he readies for […]

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5/16/2019

IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are here on this beautiful spring day to unveil our plan to create a fair, modern & LAWFUL system of immigration for the U.S. If adopted, our plan will transform America’s immigration system into the pride of our Nation and the envy of the modern world. https://t.co/YqyTYgTByD”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]

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5/16/2019

CHILDREN/HUD/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Margarita knows what it’s like to not have a home. She bounced from shelter to shelter in New York City, just her and her two children, for nearly a decade. Although her children were born in the United States, Margarita, 48, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, and her status has added […]

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5/15/2019

CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [5-16-19] will unveil a plan to overhaul parts of the nation’s immigration system that would impose new security measures at the border and significantly increase the educational and skills requirements for people allowed to migrate to the United States. The proposal, senior administration officials said on Wednesday [5-15-19], […]

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5/9/2019

IMMIGRATION/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is considering including mandatory nationwide E-Verify in its proposal to reform the legal immigration system, according to three people briefed on the plan. The largely voluntary electronic system allows businesses to check the work authorization of their employees. Making E-Verify mandatory is a high priority for advocates who […]

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5/8/2019

BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are holding high-level meetings with President Donald Trump on an immigration reform bill. House Democrats are crafting their own plan to protect Dreamers. And the administration has formally requested billions in emergency aid to address the surge of migrants at the border. But the apparent movement is something of a […]

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5/8/2019

IMMIGRATION/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/NUKES/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TERRORISM/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that: It remains the policy of the United States to deny Iran all paths to both a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and to counter the totality of Iran’s malign influence in the Middle East. It […]

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5/7/2019

IMMIGRATION/JARED KUSHNER/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jared Kushner briefed senators Tuesday [5-7-19] on an immigration proposal meant to boost border security and set up a new merit-based system that would keep the number of legal immigrants coming into the U.S. at current levels, according to administration officials and lawmakers…The meeting comes as the Trump administration argues that a […]

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5/7/2019

COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to continue returning some asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings, for now. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the administration can enforce the policy informally known as ‘Remain in Mexico’ pending appeal. The judges, though […]

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5/5/2019

ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to inform all of those that believe in a strong, fair and sound Immigration Policy that Mark Morgan will be joining the Trump Administration as the head of our hard working men and women of ICE. Mark is a true believer and American Patriot. He will do a great […]

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4/29/2019

COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is calling on top immigration officials to take steps that toughen and accelerate the process for seeking asylum in the United States. In a memo issued Monday [4-29-19] evening, Trump ordered the development of regulations to bar certain asylum seekers from obtaining work authorization, impose fees on applications, speed […]

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4/28/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be interviewed by @MariaBartiromo on @FoxNews at 10:00 AM. Talking about the Southern Border and how the Dems MUST act fast to change our pathetic immigration laws. Will be tough, watch!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2019 7:59 am […]

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4/25/2019

BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and the plaintiffs in an ongoing family separation class action lawsuit appear to have agreed Thursday [4-25-19] on how the government will identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families US authorities separated at the southern border, setting up a new phase in the case. The two sides had previously […]

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4/24/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House adviser Jared Kushner’s proposal to reform the US legal immigration system will be broken into two parts: one focused on border security and the other on legal immigration, according to a senior administration official. The first part of the proposal deals with border security. This would include constructing physical barriers […]

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4/24/2019

ELECTION/FLORIDA/GOP/HISPANIC/IMMIGRATION/LEGISLATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Florida Republicans once worried that hardline immigration policies would alienate Hispanic voters and cost the party the nation’s biggest swing state. Then came Donald Trump, who carried Florida in 2016. Two years later, Gov. Ron DeSantis won election running as a Trump clone. Now the GOP-led Legislature is heeding DeSantis’ call […]

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4/24/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can anyone comprehend what a GREAT job Border Patrol and Law Enforcement is doing on our Southern Border. So far this year they have APPREHENDED 418,000 plus illegal immigrants, way up from last year. Mexico is doing very little for us. DEMS IN CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, […]

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4/21/2019

CENSUS/FLORIDA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the heart of this South Florida city, you can choose between a Cuban restaurant, a Mexican coffee shop and a Peruvian gastrobar. But the driving force behind this ever-expanding suburb crammed between Miami International Airport and the Everglades is the flood of Venezuelans who are buying and building up seemingly every square inch […]

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4/17/2019

BORDER/COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Migrants who say they face persecution or torture if they return to their countries could be jailed indefinitely in the USA under the Trump administration’s latest effort to stem the surge of asylum seekers arriving at the border.  Attorney General William Barr, who oversees immigration courts, directed judges Tuesday [4-16-19] to deny bond hearings for […]

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4/17/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats in Congress must return from their Vacations and change the Immigration Laws, or the Border, despite the great job being done by Border Patrol, will only get worse. Big sections of Wall now being built!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2019 6:45 am […]

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4/16/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/PARDONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee requested information Tuesday [4-16-19] related to President Donald Trump’s reported offer to pardon a top border official if he acted illegally to block asylum seekers. Multiple media outlets reported Friday [4-12-19] that Trump earlier this month told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he’d […]

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4/16/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/DHS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday [4-16-19] that some asylum seekers who have established credible fear and are subject to deportation cannot be released on bond by immigration judges — a major reversal from a prior ruling that could lead to immigrants being held indefinitely. The decision means the Department of Homeland […]

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4/15/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top House Democrats are launching an investigation into President Donald Trump’s contentious proposal to release undocumented immigrants detained at the border into so-called sanctuary cities. The leaders of the House Judiciary Committee, House Oversight Committee and House Homeland Security Committee wrote to senior White House officials on Monday [4-15-19] seeking emails […]

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4/15/2019

CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Those Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held (Congress must fix the laws and loopholes) will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and States!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2019 11:05 am […]

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4/13/2019

IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just out: The USA has the absolute legal right to have apprehended illegal immigrants transferred to Sanctuary Cities. We hereby demand that they be taken care of at the highest level, especially by the State of California, which is well known or its poor management & high taxes!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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4/13/2019

DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats must change the Immigration Laws FAST. If not, Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the Illegal Immigrants – and this includes Gang Members, Drug Dealers, Human Traffickers, and Criminals of all shapes, sizes and kinds. CHANGE THE LAWS NOW!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2019 7:08 pm […]

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4/13/2019

IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….So interesting to see the Mayor of Oakland and other Sanctuary Cities NOT WANT our currently ‘detained immigrants’ after release due to the ridiculous court ordered 20 day rule. If they don’t want to serve our Nation by taking care of them, why should other cities & towns?”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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4/13/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times Sanctuary Cities/Immigration story today was knowingly wrong on almost every fact. They never call to check for truth. Their sources often don’t even exist, a fraud. They will lie & cheat anyway possible to make me look bad. In 6 years they will be gone……..” –Donald Trump, […]

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