Immigration

FILE – In this June 17, 2018 file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who’ve been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their parents at the border before a judge halted the practice last year. The Justice Department said in a court filing late Friday, April 5, 2019 in San Diego that it will take at least a year to review the cases of 47,000 unaccompanied children taken in custody between July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) NY120 NY120

April 9, 2019 at 10:40 am

Trump administration considers revised version of family separation tactic

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering a revised version of its family separation tactic to cope with an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico...

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FILE– A quiet road in Rutland, Vt., May 23, 2018. President Donald Trump has adopted a blunt new message in recent days for migrants seeking refuge in the United States: “Our country is full.” But an aging population and a declining birthrate among the native-born population mean a shrinking work force in many areas. Vermont’s governor has described the state’s shrinking labor force as “at the root of every problem we face.” (Caleb Kenna/The New York Times) XNYT32 XNYT32

April 9, 2019 at 4:32 am

Despite Trump’s claim, the nation isn’t ‘full,’ experts say; much of U.S. needs more people

The president's line suggests the nation can’t accommodate higher immigration levels because it is already bursting at the seams. But it runs counter to the...

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April 8, 2019 at 9:02 pm

Inside 12 days of turmoil that shook Homeland Security

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had had it. The flow of migrants at the southern border was surging. Another caravan appeared to be forming....

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April 8, 2019 at 2:21 pm

Judge blocks Trump's wait-in-Mexico asylum policy but delays enforcement

A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to...

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, Ismael Castellanos poses in Geneseo, N.Y., where he and other members of the immigrant community advocated for immigrants legally obtaining driver’s licenses at a Green Light, N.Y. meeting. A renewed push around the country to let immigrants, here illegally, get driverâ€™s licenses resonates on the farms and orchards around Rochester, N.Y. Twelve states allow residents to obtain driverâ€™s license without a Social Security number or proof of lawful status. Immigrants and their advocates are making a push in about a half-dozen more, seeing a friendlier political map in some states. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth) NYR207 NYR207

April 8, 2019 at 7:19 am

‘Necessity’: Those in US illegally push for license to drive VIEW

In New York and elsewhere, the idea of extending privileges to those without legal immigration status has been resisted. But a renewed push across the...