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Hundreds of people march in the Queens borough of New York in opposition to the Trump administration's plans to continue with raids to catch illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)

Immigrant-rights activists help defy ICE deportation orders

Immigrant-rights activists across the country pushing back against ICE, which earlier this month began an operation aimed specifically at illegal immigrant families who snuck across the border, had their cases heard in immigration courts, were ordered deported and are defying those orders.

July 29, 2019
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Somali refugees arrested on terrorism charges

Two refugees from Somalia were arrested as they prepared to board a flight from Arizona to Egypt, where they planned to join the Islamic State, federal authorities announced Monday.

July 29, 2019
United States Border Patrol officers return a group of migrants back to the Mexico side of the border as Mexican immigration officials check the list, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Thursday, July 25, 2019. Mexico has received some 20,000 asylum seekers returned to await U.S. immigration court dates under the program colloquially known as "remain in Mexico." (AP Photo/Salvador Gonzalez)

DOJ tightens asylum rules for people fleeing violence

Being part of a family that's harassed by a gang isn't enough on its own to qualify for asylum, Attorney General William P. Barr ruled Monday, in the latest effort by the administration to put a cap on the expanding universe of asylum claims.

July 29, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2019. Trump announced that Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. inks deal to send asylum-seekers back to Guatemala

President Trump inked a deal with Guatemala on Friday to crack down on migrants who cross that country's territory en route to the U.S. to claim asylum, with Guatemala's government agreeing to take them back.

July 26, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democratic Caucus hold an event on the House steps to highlight their agenda since taking the majority in the 2018 election, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2019. The House leaves for a five week August recess Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves Donald Trump spending hikes, debt holiday

The House approved new budget limits Thursday, surging spending and debt over the next two years -- though the vote showed a growing rebellion among Republicans over surging deficits and President Trump's willingness to sign hefty funding increases.

July 25, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during a full honors welcoming ceremony for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Dems tell judge to butt out of quest for Trump taxes

House Democrats told a federal judge to butt out Thursday, saying the courts have no role to play in refereeing whether Congress uses a New York law to try to get a look at President Trump's taxes.

July 25, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks to the media about the testimony to Congress of former special counsel Robert Mueller, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge Jon Tigar halts Trump’s new asylum-crackdown policy

A federal judge halted the Trump administration's new policy intended to block most Central American migrants from claiming asylum when they reach the U.S., ruling Wednesday that the move treads beyond the powers Congress had granted.

July 24, 2019
U.S. Border Patrol chief Carla Provost testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Border crisis improving, migrants in detention cut in half

The situation along the Mexican border has improved dramatically, with the total number of immigrants in detention cut nearly in half and with children now turned over to federal health officials within a day or two, Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost told Congress on Wednesday.

July 24, 2019