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President Donald Trump listens to Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn DACA program

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal directly to the Supreme Court to approve President Trump's decision to phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, hoping to cut corners and get the justices to quickly overturn a lower court's ruling.

January 16, 2018
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, "The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available." (Associated Press)

DHS asked prosecutors to charge sanctuary city leaders

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

January 16, 2018
A supporter of President Donald Trump challenges police officers and a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during a rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) ** FILE **

Trump can’t extend March 5 DACA deadline: DHS chief

President Trump does not have the legal authority to extend the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty beyond the March 5 phaseout deadline he set, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday.

January 16, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, says President Trump's plan has "zero" chance of success. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump blames Democrats for shutdown showdown

President Trump laid the groundwork Monday to blame Democrats if the government careens into a partial shutdown at the end of this week, saying their decision to turn their back on him in ongoing negotiations is a recipe for failure.

January 15, 2018
Both parties were close to creating a deal on immigration legislation, but after President Trump's extreme rhetoric regarding Haiti, El Salvador and other countries, negotiations broke down. (Associated Press)

As immigration deal unravels, Donald Trump blames Democrats

President Trump said Sunday that immigration negotiations appear to have broken down and Democrats are to blame, saying they have refused to meet his demands to increase border security and reform a flawed legal system.

January 14, 2018
In this file photo, demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Judge: Trump’s anti-Mexico comments undercut DACA phaseout

Yet another federal judge has ruled that President Trump showed "clear cut indications of racial prejudice" against Mexicans during the campaign, and he used that in a new decision Friday to further dent the administration's efforts to end the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty.

January 13, 2018
President Donald Trump, joined by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, left, and Brooke Rollins, right, President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, points to media before speaking during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

El Salvador lodges protest over Trump remarks

El Salvador lodged a protest with the Trump administration Friday, saying President Trump insulted the country when he reportedly made derogatory comments about the nation in a closed-door meeting a day earlier.

January 12, 2018
President Donald Trump greets Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second from left, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, as they meet to discuss immigration in the Roosevelt Room in the White House, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Washington. Also pictured is Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin immigrant deal falls short of Trump demands

The immigration proposal senators presented to President Trump on Thursday fell far short of what the president has said is needed for him to sign a bill, offering only a small downpayment on the border fence and just a small debt in the chain of family migration.

January 11, 2018
Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jane Moe, fourth illegal immigrant teen, demands abortion

Another illegal immigrant teen went to court Thursday to demand the government facilitate her access to an abortion, adding to the pressure on a judge to declare teen girls a legal class deserving of special protections.

January 11, 2018