Canada announced Tuesday it will boost spending on border security in an effort to clamp down on asylum-seekers crossing into its country from the U.S. What are the details? The Canadian government is committing an additional $902 million over the next five years in an attempt to stem the flow of asylum-seekers from nations like
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Immigration advocates plan to fight the Trump administration’s new directive of requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed. Speaking Thursday before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Secretary of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen revealed a sweeping new policy for migrants who claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Dubbed the “Remain in Mexico”
A familiar judge ruled against the Trump administration Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU representing several migrants who were seeking asylum and refugee status. The ACLU celebrated their victory in a tweet from their social media account. “The district court granted our preliminary injunction against Trump’s asylum ban, meaning it will stay blocked,”
The 9th Circuit Appeals court ruled on a motion from the Trump administration to delay a judge’s order to block enforcement of the policy the president announced in an attempt to dissuade caravan migrants from heading to the U.S. border. The court rules against the Trump administration, meaning the temporary restraining order would remain in
The incoming Mexican government is backing a Trump administration plan to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while their claims are heard, according to the Washington Post. Details of the “Remain in Mexico” plan are yet to be worked out, according to incoming deputy minister Zoe Robledo, but he did confirm that migrants would stay
I’ve been resisting the temptation to write about the latest ‘Walk for the Cash’ — the slow–motion invasion that’s gradually approaching our border from Latin America. Illegals have already taken over large swaths of our country, instituted Central America’s wage scale in construction, eliminated high school kids as a viable lawn–mowing alternative, flooded our
The Department of Justice is sending 35 more prosecutors and 18 immigration judges to quickly process illegal immigrants and asylum claims at the border, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday. “We are not going to let this country be overwhelmed,” Sessions told reporters at the Main DOJ building in Washington, DC. He added: People are
Migrants associated with a “Central American Caravan” showed up at the United States border Sunday reportedly seeking asylum from gang violence, but many decided to “tie the knot” upon hearing news from their legal counsel that they may face separation when entering the U.S. Several migrant couples who showed up at the border between Tijuana,
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is streamlining courtroom reviews of migrants’ asylum pleas, so helping reduce the “catch-and-release” inflow of Central American migrants. The nation’s immigration courts are run by the AG, so Sessions has the legal authority to set precedents, procedures and rules for judges and for the Board of Immigration Appeals. On March 5, Sessions formally