Immigration Reform
The latest news, analysis and debates on immigration reform and policy.
How GOP’s immigration enforcement bill came to include major funding to combat child exploitation
Former NFL player Tim Tebow has been lobbying Congress for over two years to allocate more resources to a Homeland Security Investigations unit that focuses on child exploitation cases.
Trump signs $70 billion immigration enforcement package
President Trump signed a Republican-backed $70 billion immigration enforcement package Wednesday to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the duration of his presidency.
Senate passes $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package after overnight voting session
The Senate early Friday passed a $70 billion package to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the remainder of President Trump’s term, after pulling an all-nighter.
GOP concerns about Anti-Weaponization Fund again stall immigration enforcement money in Senate
A desire among a handful of Senate Republicans to codify the death of the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is threatening the party’s ability to pass a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package.
Senate begins debate on $70 billion immigration enforcement package
Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to begin debate on their $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package, crossing a key hurdle after weeks of turmoil over politically thorny issues tied to it.
Markwayne Mullin refutes Delaney Hall detainees’ allegations, reports no health violations found
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that no health violations have been found in the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, which has become the latest flash point of anti-ICE violence.
ICE nabs illegal immigrant who worked as guard at Indiana jail
Federal immigration agents said they arrested an illegal migrant from Mauritania who was working as a correctional officer at an Indiana jail.
Border Patrol operation nabs three dozen illegal immigrants driving semitrucks in Arizona
Border Patrol agents said they nabbed 36 illegal immigrants who were driving tractor-trailers on roads during a recent operation in Arizona, highlighting what the Trump administration has described as a wave of migrants getting behind the wheel of dangerous vehicles.
Mayor orders curfew at ICE facility that has seen violent protests, arrests
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka ordered a curfew Sunday at the federal immigration detention facility in his New Jersey city where several protesters have been arrested in violent scrums with police.
DOJ reportedly subpoenas X, Reddit for data on users critical of immigration efforts
The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to compel Reddit and X to give federal prosecutors the names, addresses and banking details of users who have criticized the government’s deportation efforts.
Illegal immigrant school superintendent who lied about citizenship gets 2-year prison term
Ian Roberts was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for lying about his citizenship and possessing guns.
DOJ moves to boot short-term immigrants from ‘Obama phone’ program
The Justice Department has issued a new legal ruling concluding that the Lifeline program to provide phones for the indigent — which gained fame as “Obama phones” — is subject to normal welfare rules limiting the ability of immigrants to sign up.
Cuban pilot accused of plot to kill Americans gets 7-month sentence for immigration fraud
Luis Raul Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez, a former Cuban military pilot who has been charged with complicity in the downing of two humanitarian mission planes, was sentenced to seven months in prison for immigration violations in the U.S.
DOJ vows to prosecute anti-ICE protester who vowed to kill agent’s ‘whole family’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that federal agents will arrest an anti-ICE protester who shouted at an officer that he and his family would be “all dead.”
‘Go back’: DHS secretary tells hunger-strike migrants to deport back home for better food
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told hunger-striking migrants to allow themselves to be deported back home if they don’t like the food they’re being served at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey.