Author: Maria Sacchetti
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Officials consider asking parents: detention or separation?
WASHINGTON • The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States, according to several administration officials with direct knowledge of the effort. One option under consideration is for the government to…
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Trump administration seeks to extend deadline for reuniting some migrant families split at border
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Trump administration will not fully meet a federal judge’s deadline to reunite all migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, and instead is seeking more time in instances where officials are struggling to match children to parents, according to court records filed late Thursday.…
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Immigration proposal contains bitter pills for both sides
President Trump’s latest immigration proposal contains bitter pills for people on both sides of the debate to swallow. At once expansive and restrictive, it offers a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million undocumented immigrants brought here as children but severely curtails options for their parents and others to join them. With a Feb.…
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Trump administration will ask Supreme Court to allow it to end DACA
The Justice Department on Tuesday said it would take the “rare step” of asking the Supreme Court to overturn a judge’s ruling and clear the way for the Trump administration to dismantle a program that provides work permits to undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since childhood. The Trump administration said it…
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Watchdog reports moldy food, mistreatment in immigrant detention centers
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security has criticized several immigration detention facilities for having spoiled and moldy food and inadequate medical care, and for inappropriate treatment of detainees, such as locking down a detainee for sharing coffee and interfering with Muslims’ prayer times. Acting Inspector General John Kelly, who took over Dec.…