Immigration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference on March 1, 2024.

Texas defeats Houston’s play to stop helping ICE, align with ‘sanctuary’ cities

Anna Giaritelli · April 25, 2026 7:00 am

Migrants lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Appeals court rules Trump asylum ban at southern border is illegal

FILE - This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Immigration groups that want mass deportations blame Big Business for delay

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents outside federal immigration court.

ICE barred from entering homes without judicial warrants and court arrests drop: Report

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before Congress.

Only one person has received Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa, Lutnick says

Spicer on Monday said that President Trump "has a heart" to explain why he has maintained former President Barack Obama's policy of providing amnesty. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Spicer: Trump ‘has a heart’ on immigration

David M. Drucker April 24, 2017 6:44 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has traditionally said fewer apprehensions are usually a sign of fewer illegal attempts at crossing the border. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

White House: Wall needed for ‘permanent’ fix to illegal immigration

Pete Kasperowicz April 24, 2017 6:18 pm

"I think when you look at the totality of what we've accomplished, on job creation, on immigration, on trade, it is unbelievable what he has been able to do," Spicer said. (AP)

Sean Spicer: Trump had a ‘hugely successful’ first 100 days

Pete Kasperowicz April 24, 2017 6:04 pm

Mayors Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans and Steve Adler of Austin — both Democrats — hail from cities that have been dubbed as sanctuary by Attorney General Sessions. (AP)

Mayors to meet with Jeff Sessions on Tuesday

Kelly Cohen April 24, 2017 5:39 pm

Former President Barack Obama hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago. It's the former president's first public event of his post-presidential life in the place where he started his political career. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama: Immigration to the US always been ‘haphazard’

Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 5:27 pm

"The way the system works is whenever the government is shut down, people blame the Republicans," he said. "But, it will be the Democrats who shut down the government to block the funding for the wall." (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Jeff Sessions: Blame government shutdown on Democrats

Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 2:38 pm

Pete Sessions: Trump’s ‘demand’ for border wall is putting pressure on spending deal

Pete Sessions: Trump’s ‘demand’ for border wall is putting pressure on spending deal

Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 1:48 pm

President Trump's border wall between the United States and Mexico, and his pledge to force Mexico to pay for it, was his most consistent policy pitch from the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Trump won’t commit to signing spending bill that doesn’t fund his border wall

Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 12:10 pm

After brushing off the remark as a joke, he said that the "order is lawful. It's within his authority constitutionally and explicit statutory authority." (Ruben R. Ramirez/The El Paso Times via AP)

Jeff Sessions: ‘Nobody has sense of humor’ on Hawaii remark

Robert King April 23, 2017 7:08 pm

"The Democrats do not support the wall and I think the Republicans on the border states do not support the wall," she said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pelosi: Building a border wall is a ‘sign of weakness’

Robert King April 23, 2017 2:45 pm

"The president told me to secure the southwest border," Kelly said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DHS chief John Kelly says he hasn’t targeted Dreamers

Robert King April 23, 2017 1:24 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court tackles due process during its last week of arguments

Ryan Lovelace April 23, 2017 4:00 am