DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No, Amnesty is not a part of my offer. It is a 3 year extension of DACA. Amnesty will be used only on a much bigger deal, whether on immigration or something else. Likewise there will be no big push to remove the 11,000,000 plus people who are here illegally-but be careful […]
Category: Immigration
1/19/2019
IMMIGRATION/STEVE KING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Immigration hard-liners on Saturday [1-19-19] afternoon blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed deal to end the government shutdown, attacking his offer of temporary protection for some undocumented immigrants in exchange for border wall funding. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tweeted: ‘A Big Beautiful Concrete Border Wall will be a monument to the […]
1/19/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico is doing NOTHING to stop the Caravan which is now fully formed and heading to the United States. We stopped the last two – many are still in Mexico but can’t get through our Wall, but it takes a lot of Border Agents if there is no Wall. Not easy!” –Donald […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House panel sent a letter Friday [1-18-19] to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting he turn over documents related to the administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy that led to the separation of families apprehended along the southern border. The letter from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on […]
1/18/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Another big Caravan heading our way. Very hard to stop without a Wall! “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 18, 2019 9:13 am […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly 400 migrants burrowed under a fence on the US-Mexico border earlier this week and crossed into the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. US Border Patrol officers stationed in the Yuma, Arizona, sector took about 375 migrants into custody on Monday after they had made it into […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’In 2018 alone, 20,000 illegal aliens with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the Border, and there was a 122% increase in fentanyl being smuggled between ports of entry. Last month alone, more than 20,000 minors were smuggled into the U.S.’ @seanhannity” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 9:42 pm […]
1/17/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Lrihendry: @realDonaldTrump They are eaten alive by hate for our President & his voters! They care more about illegal immigrants than…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 10:29 am […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration was drafting policy to separate families apprehended at the US-Mexico border as early as December 2017, according to a draft memo released Thursday [1-17-19] night, despite later claims that no such policy existed. Sen. Jeff Merkley released a 2017 memo drafted by senior officials in the Department of Homeland […]
1/15/2019
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Since January 1, neither CNN nor MSNBC has booked a single Angel Mom — mothers of children brutally murdered by illegal…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 8:02 am […]
1/14/2019
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Silence of the Moms: Media Refuse to Discuss Angel Families https://t.co/AoVIquJge2 via @BreitbartNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 3:37 pm […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of illegal aliens who have committed sexual crimes against children are right now in Texas prisons. Most came through our Southern Border. We can end this easily – We need a Steel Barrier or Wall. Walls Work! John Jones, Texas Department of Public Safety. @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Friday [1-11-19] he is still open to declaring a national emergency over immigration at the southern border, but made clear he would ‘rather not,’ calling it an ‘easy way out’…One of the reasons Trump is reluctant to declare a national emergency: He believes his administration will be sued […]
1/11/2019
CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All minors at a massive tent camp for migrant children in Tornillo, Texas, have been have been placed with vetted sponsors, an official with the contractor that operates the facility for the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday[1-11-19-]. The release of the last children at the controversial desert facility comes […]
1/11/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump seemingly teased plans for broader immigration reform on Friday [1-11-19], tweeting that he is open to a new path to citizenship for holders of a visa for high-skilled workers known as H-1B. The social media post comes as the White House negotiates with congressional Democrats to strike a deal […]
1/11/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 9:42 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During a trip to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday [1-10-19], President Donald Trump twice claimed that more people are being caught illegally crossing the southern border than ever before. ‘We’re apprehending more people than ever apprehended before,’ Trump told a group of law enforcement officials and local leaders during a round-table discussion […]
1/10/2019
GOP/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Years before President Trump forced a government shutdown over a border wall, triggering a momentous test of wills in Washington, Representative Steve King of Iowa took to the House floor to show off a model of a 12-foot border wall he had designed. And long before Mr. Trump demonized immigrants — accusing Mexico […]
1/9/2019
DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @charliekirk11: This is why we need a wall Illegal immigration is a serious threat to our country 90% of all heroin comes across the b…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:55 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt migrant caravans and limit asylum have not deterred Central American minors and members of their families from rushing toward the USA, according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday [1-9-19]. Border Patrol agents apprehended 27,518 members of family units in December, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DONALD JR/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump Jr. likened his father’s proposed border wall with Mexico to a zoo fence Tuesday [1-8-19] evening, sparking a sharp backlash on social media from users who thought he was comparing immigrants to zoo animals. ‘You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?’ the son of President […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump isn’t sure The Wall exists. At various times, he has said that much of it has ‘already been built’—not true. He’s said that Mexico is already paying for it, through a trade deal that has yet to be ratified—also not true, and flat-out impossible, at that. Nevertheless, the president has […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump warned on Wednesday [1-9-19] that he reserved the option of declaring a national emergency to build his border wall without congressional approval. The president, speaking a day after his address to the nation that even some supporters conceded was unlikely to increase public support, headed to a luncheon meeting on […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-8-19-] night made a public plea for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, claiming that law enforcement officials are the ones demanding it, while blaming Democrats for the prolonged government shutdown that has resulted from an impasse over how to pay for the barrier. The president, however, […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the government shutdown passed its 18th day Tuesday [1-8-19], President Donald Trump told Americans that a border wall is needed to keep the country safe – but avoided talk of declaring a national emergency that would allow him to start building it without congressional authorization. In his first formal address from […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi strongly rebuffed President Donald Trump’s nationally televised call Tuesday [1-8-19] night for billions in funding for an ‘ineffective, unnecessary’ border wall. Shortly after Trump argued for the wall, both Democrats not only denounced the wall but also blasted what they called the president’s sharp […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is keeping everyone in suspense as he considers whether to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall. Republican support for an emergency declaration is growing in some corners of the party, as GOP leaders and White House officials view it as a way out of a shutdown […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump and his allies have launched a full-court press to convince Americans, and skeptical lawmakers, that there is a crisis on the Southern border, and the only way to fix it is to approve billions of dollars for Trump’s signature border wall. But senior Trump administration officials, including Vice […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump faces a tall task in his Oval Office address on Tuesday [1-8-19] night: convincing voters outside of his political base that there is an urgent crisis at the nation’s southern border, that a wall along the border is necessary to solve it, and it’s worth a government shutdown that […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump will lay out his case for the border wall in a prime time address Tuesday [1-8-19] from the Oval Office, but he has been making similar arguments in less high-profile settings for weeks amid the partial government shutdown. Recurring themes have emerged that are certain to come up again […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants to address the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday [1-8-19] night to talk about immigration — specifically his desire to build a wall — and, presumably, the shutdown of the federal government. Broadcast networks are giving the president a slot in prime time to make his case. […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With the bullhorn of a nationally televised address and the prestige of the White House around him, President Trump delivered a dark, if familiar, message to the American people on Tuesday [1-8-19] night: The United States needs a border wall to stanch the flow of drugs and criminals, and it has no […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Moments after President Trump concluded his Oval Office remarks on border security on Tuesday [1-8-19], the NBC anchor Chuck Todd came on air with a blunt assessment. ‘He made a lot of dubious claims,’ Mr. Todd informed millions of viewers after the network’s scheduled program — a new episode of an Ellen […]
1/7/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If President Donald Trump invokes a ‘national emergency’ at the US border and uses emergency powers to bypass Congress and obtain funding to build his long-promised border wall, a battle in the courts over the questionable legality of spending those dollars would be virtually guaranteed. But the United States is no stranger […]
1/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AP-NORC POLL: ‘Immigration among the top concerns in 2019.’ People want to stop drugs and criminals at the Border. Want Border Security! Tell the Dems to do the inevitable now, rather than later. The wait is costly and dangerous!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 5, 2019 8:47 pm […]
12/29/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/27/2018
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is right now a full scale manhunt going on in California for an illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop. Time to get tough on Border Security. Build the Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 27, 2018 4:04 pm […]
12/26/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [12-26-18] signaled its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked the White House from restricting asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal District Judge Jon Tigar last week blocked President Donald Trump’s November proclamation and fast-track regulation to bar migrants from seeking asylum who do […]
12/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] rejected a request from the Trump administration to restart an asylum ban that would have prevented migrants who enter the country illegally from applying for asylum. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar placed a temporary hold on the Trump administration’s new rules to cut off […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] upheld a federal judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s new asylum restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal justices in the 5-4 ruling. The administration’s policy, signed on November 9, would temporarily bar migrants who illegally cross into the US through […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With a partial government shutdown looming, President Trump late Friday [12-21-18] called on Senate Democrats to approve funds for border security in a video recording posted to Twitter, in which he paired sweeping references to crime with incendiary footage of people moving in large crowds…The video, in which the president again tried […]
12/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court refused on Friday [12-21-18] to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce its new policy of denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the Mexican border. The Supreme Court’s two-sentence order revealed a new dynamic at the court, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the four-member […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RUSH LIMBAUGH ALERTED his audience on Thursday 12/20/18] that President Donald Trump ‘has gotten word to me that he is either getting funding for the border or he’s shutting the whole thing down.’ Limbaugh, like Ann Coulter, Breitbart and several Fox News hosts and guests, were uncharacteristically critical of Trump for wavering […]
12/19/2018
COURT/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday [12-19-18] ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by barring migrants from qualifying for asylum in the U.S. based on their fears from domestic abuse or gang violence in their home countries, the second judicial rebuke to the administration’s efforts to limit […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge in San Francisco has extended his decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Judge Jon Tigar ruled Wednesday to keep the ban on hold pending the outcome of a lawsuit challenging it. The case could take […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as House Republicans approved a package Thursday [12-20-18] with his $5.7 billion request that is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate. The White House said Trump will not travel to Florida on Friday [12-21-18] […]
12/18/2018
CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is reversing a controversial policy implemented this summer that immigration advocates say caused thousands of unaccompanied migrant children to remain in shelters for extended periods. The Department of Health and Human Services is no longer requiring fingerprint checks for all adult members of a sponsor’s household when the sponsor […]
12/18/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Illegal immigration costs the United States more than 200 Billion Dollars a year. How was this allowed to happen?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 18, 2018 7:55 am […]
12/16/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats policy of Child Seperation on the Border during the Obama Administration was far worse than the way we handle it now. Remember the 2014 picture of children in cages – the Obama years. However, if you don’t separate, FAR more people will come. Smugglers use the kids!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/14/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is mulling the prospect of making a counter-offer to Democratic leaders that would prevent a partial government shutdown and kick the border wall fight into next year, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. While the specifics of that offer are unclear, Republicans on Capitol Hill are increasingly […]
12/14/2018
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration significantly stepped up its arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants last year, according to government data released Friday [12-14-18], even as other parts of the president’s hard-line immigration agenda have been blocked by Congress and courts. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested about 159,000 foreigners during the 2018 […]
12/13/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has begun to tie his seemingly abandoned campaign promise that Mexico will pay for the construction of a wall on the U.S. border to the newly negotiated trade pact that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a Thursday [12-13-18] tweet, Trump, using dubious logic, declared that […]
12/13/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has been vague on how Mexico would pay for his border wall and has suggested various ways this could happen — including imposing fees on visas and border crossings from Mexico or paying through ‘reimbursement.’ On Tuesday [12-11-18], he demanded the money from congressional appropriations. Then, on Thursday [12-13-18] […]
12/12/2018
BUSINESS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration ramped up arrests at businesses suspected of employing undocumented immigrants in 2018, but data obtained by USA TODAY show that federal agents did so by mostly targeting those working illegally and not their employers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was ordered to quadruple worksite enforcement this year, and it […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump and Mexico’s top immigration officials painted sharply different pictures Tuesday [12-11-18] of the large groups of Central American migrants at the border. On Twitter and during a live televised meeting in the Oval Office, Trump said migrants in the so-called caravan he’d been warning about for weeks […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of the active-duty troops who President Donald Trump ordered to help secure the southern border have begun departing and thousands of them could be home by the end of the month, according to a US defense official. The official said the exact number of troops to stay on the border after […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday [12-11-18] to shut down the government over his demand for a multi-billion dollar border wall during a remarkable televised clash with the top House and Senate Democrats in the Oval Office. Trump traded taunts and threats with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump clashed sharply with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a remarkable Oval Office meeting before reporters Tuesday [12-11-18], with the president threatening to shut down the government and the Democrats warning him they will not bend. In a pitched partisan argument televised for all to see, the […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….however, for strictly political reasons and because they have been pulled so far left, do NOT want Border Security. They want Open Borders for anyone to come in. This brings large scale crime and disease. Our Southern Border is now Secure and will remain that way…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite the large Caravans that WERE forming and heading to our Country, people have not been able to get through our newly built Walls, makeshift Walls & Fences, or Border Patrol Officers & Military. They are now staying in Mexico or going back to their original countries…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It was Round 1: Nancy Pelosi vs. President Trump. The likely new House speaker arrived at the White House on Tuesday [12-11-18] afternoon, ready to take on the president. The subject was a potential government shutdown, and funding for Mr. Trump’s beloved wall. What followed was a remarkable televised exchange […]
12/7/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Victorina Morales, a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., disclosed in an interview with The New York Times this week that she had been working illegally at the facility for more than five years. Ms. Morales, 45, a Guatemalan immigrant, entered the United States at the California border […]
12/7/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Two more immigrant women who worked at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey said on Friday [12-7-18] that they were undocumented at the time and that golf course management knew it. One of the women said that she was allowed to submit fraudulent documents by the employee who interviewed […]
12/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “While President Donald Trump has pushed hardline immigration policies and vilified undocumented immigrants, his private club in New Jersey has employed people who managers allegedly knew were in the country illegally, The New York Times reported Thursday [12-6-18]. The Times found two women who say they entered the United States unlawfully […]
12/6/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number of people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border in November rose to the highest monthly level of the Trump presidency, according to preliminary statistics obtained by POLITICO. Border Patrol arrested 51,856 migrants in November — a 78 percent increase over the same month a year earlier. Families made up roughly half […]
12/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump continued his attacks against a caravan of Central American immigrants Monday [12-3-18], describing some of them as ‘stone cold criminals,’ but his administration provided scant details to back up the president’s assertion. Trump’s attempts to portray members of the caravan as criminals capped off a chaotic weekend that saw […]
12/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two women who cleaned rooms set aside for President Donald Trump at one of his golf resorts in New Jersey say they used false papers to get hired, their supervisors knew it and that many employees there also lack legal documents. Anibal Romero, a lawyer representing Victorina Morales and Sandra […]
12/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American […]
12/6/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on the definition of a border wall — let alone the project itself — and the rift could lead to a partial government shutdown later this month. Senators came to a bipartisan agreement this summer to provide $1.6 billion for 65 miles of a beefed-up barrier […]
12/5/2018
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico’s leftist new president said Wednesday [12-5-18] that relations with U.S. President Donald Trump are ‘good,’ and the two will probably talk soon about the immigration issue. Many analysts had been expecting President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to run into headlong conflict with Trump, especially since a caravan of about 7,000 Central […]
12/4/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Could somebody please explain to the Democrats (we need their votes) that our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months. Get it done!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 4, […]
11/30/2018
CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California on Friday [11-30-18] left in place a nationwide injunction that blocks the President’s asylum restrictions from going into effect. Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the government had not shown that the President’s policy ‘is a lawful […]
11/30/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sometimes two campaign promises can conflict. This happened after the Trump administration poured more resources into prosecuting migrants for crossing the Southwest border earlier in the year. What followed was a significant slowdown in the pursuit of drug traffickers, another key administration priority. The decline turned around after Trump aides dispatched more […]
11/28/2018
ENTITLEMENTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @The_Trump_Train: Illegals can get up to $3,874 a month under Federal Assistance program. Our social security checks are on average $120…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 28, 2018 8:41 am […]
11/28/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @The_Trump_Train: Will CNN ever ask Border Patrol agents how they felt having large rocks chucked at them by criminal illegals?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 28, 2018 8:41 am […]
11/27/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s renewed demand for U.S. taxpayer funding of his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall was threatening again on Tuesday [11-27-18] to bring on a budget standoff and a partial government shutdown, leaving Congress just 11 days to act. With time running short, Trump and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of […]
11/27/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway claimed Tuesday [11-27-18] that President Donald Trump’s warnings of violent migrants making their way toward the U.S. were vindicated over the weekend by clashes at the Mexican border, even though no U.S. law enforcement officers were seriously injured amid efforts to block crowds of migrants […]
11/27/2018
CORRUPTION/FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/PROTESTS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response by the Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018, and the [Daniel] Ortega regime’s systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A record number of unaccompanied immigrant children, about 14,000, are currently in US custody, a Health and Human Services spokesman said Friday [11-23-18]. The spokesman, Mark Weber, said the additional requirements put in place by the Trump administration to “reduce risk and increase safety” for immigrant children contributed to the high number…Last […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and Mexico forged a tentative agreement to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while their applications are pending, yours truly reported over the weekend — a departure from current U.S. procedure, which allows those seeking asylum to remain in the U.S. until their case is reviewed by an immigration judge. The […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-26-18] demanded that Mexico deport the caravans of asylum-seeking migrants pressing up against the U.S. border ‘anyway you want,’ threatening to close off the U.S. border “permanently if need be’…Chaos broke out at the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana, Mexico, over the weekend as U.S. authorities deployed tear […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Monday [11-26-18] that some adults had ‘grabbed’ children at the Southwestern border to better their chances of entering the US while confronting federal agents during an incident Sunday [11-25-18] that resulted in the use of tear gas. Trump — speaking at a roundtable event in Biloxi, Mississippi — […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….children from parents, as did Bush etc., because that is the policy and law. I tried to keep them together but the problem is, when you do that, vast numbers of additional people storm the Border. So with Obama seperation is fine, but with Trump it’s not. Fake 60 Minutes!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/25/2018
BORDER CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@60Minutes did a phony story about child separation when they know we had the exact same policy as the Obama Administration. In fact a picture of children in jails was used by other Fake Media to show how bad (cruel) we are, but it was in 2014 during O years. Obama […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday [11-25-18] criticized President Donald Trump for having ‘gut-punched’ Congress in its efforts to legislate fixes to America’s immigration system, and said lawmakers are prepared to boost federal funding for border security in exchange for certain reform measures…The senator’s remarks followed a tweet by Trump earlier in […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/IMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer). Dems created this problem. No crossings!” -Donald […]
11/24/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….All will stay in Mexico. If for any reason it becomes necessary, we will CLOSE our Southern Border. There is no way that the United States will, after decades of abuse, put up with this costly and dangerous situation anymore!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 24, 2018 6:56 pm […]
11/24/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Migrants at the Southern Border will not be allowed into the United States until their claims are individually approved in court. We only will allow those who come into our Country legally. Other than that our very strong policy is Catch and Detain. No ‘Releasing’ into the U.S…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incoming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will work with the Trump administration to keep asylum-seekers out of the U.S. while their applications are pending in court, according to a Mexican official with knowledge of the talks. The tentative agreement is a departure from current U.S. procedure, which allows those seeking asylum […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [11-22-18] that someone – a group of judges or Congress – must step in to stop what he called ‘horrible decisions’ by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked several of his border and immigration orders…His remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, […]
11/22/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incensed by a ruling against his migrant asylum policy, President Donald Trump demanded ‘some common sense’ from America’s judges and directed his ire at a liberal-leaning appeals court. He professed respect for Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom he is engaged in a startling public dispute over the independence of the judiciary, […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has authorized active-duty military troops stationed along the southwest border to use lethal force, if necessary, a significant escalation of the support role they had been tasked with that may run afoul of a 140-year-old law that generally bars the military from operating within U.S. boundaries. White House […]
11/21/2018
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There are a lot of CRIMINALS in the Caravan. We will stop them. Catch and Detain! Judicial Activism, by people who know nothing about security and the safety of our citizens, is putting our country in great danger. Not good!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 4:42 pm […]
11/20/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A few hundred self-avowed nationalists waving flags at a demonstration. A public official donning the signature red hat with white embroidered letters. An activist going on Fox News to warn of an ‘invasion.’ This isn’t Trump country. It’s Tijuana, Mexico, where more than 6,000 asylum-seekers who have been traveling in a caravan […]
11/20/2018
BORDER/DEFENSE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has approved a memorandum that grants new authority to US troops on the Southwest border to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel from migrants if they engage in violence, according to the Pentagon. Department of Defense spokesperson Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza confirmed to CNN that the Pentagon had received […]
11/20/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Late Monday [11-19-18] night a San Francisco federal district court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s moves earlier this month to deny asylum to migrants who cross the border illegally. ‘Whatever the scope of the President’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,’ […]
11/20/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump’s move to restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, dealing another blow to the administration’s immigration agenda. Judge Jon Tigar’s ruling suspends implementation of a fast-track regulation and presidential proclamation issued Nov. 9 that barred migrants who cross the border between ports of entry from seeking asylum. The order will remain in […]
11/19/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/REFUGEES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s efforts to dramatically cut asylum applications were challenged in two federal court hearings on Monday [11-19-18], and the rulings by each judge will ultimately determine how many members of the migrant caravan will be able to enter the U.S. Hundreds of the Central American caravan members have already […]