Behind the scenes, the speaker and his potential successor have been pulling in different directions on an effort to force a vote to help Dreamers. Paul Ryan and his longtime No. 2, Kevin McCarthy, have maintained a unified public front…
At a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., urged House Republicans to resist the urge to sign on to a discharge petition to force the House to vote on contentious immigration…
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for immigration laws that force federal immigration agents to break up families during a roundtable to discuss California sanctuary state policies. “I know what you’re going through right now with families is very tough.…
Immigration News, Immigration, Immigrant, Undocumented, DACA, H-1BWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a policy memorandum (PDF, 179 KB)changing how the agency will calculate unlawful presence for students and exchange visitors in F, J, and M nonimmigrant status, including…
The Windrush storm is passing but in its wake we aren’t seeing a nation bridging the vast discrepancy between propaganda and the reality of its immigration policy. The waves of anger still lap at Theresa May’s feet, but this rage…
Perhaps it’s because the comment came on a Saturday, or perhaps it’s because less than 24 hours earlier he had suggested America’s top ally was suffering from mass knife attacks, but President Donald Trump this weekend very quietly dropped a…
WASHINGTON – There are just over seven months before lawmakers face the voters in the November midterm elections, but don’t expect much legislating to get done on Capitol Hill in that time period. In mid-March, Congress passed a $1.3 trillion…
The U.S. Census announced last week that the estimated population of San Francisco County grew by more than 8,000 people between July 2016 and July 2017, on top of smaller population surges in surrounding counties. Which is surprising, especially given…
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump argued Friday that Democrats have stood in the way of DACA recipients gaining permanent legal status, while casting Republicans as would-be saviors. “The Republicans are with you, they want to get your situation taken care of,”…
Congress passed its first naturalization law 228 years ago on March 26, 1790. The Naturalization Act of 1790 was the most open naturalization law in the world at the time, allowing free white persons of good character to naturalize after…
