Author: Nick Miroff
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Record number of families crossing U.S. border as Trump threatens new crackdown
The number of migrant parents entering the United States with children has surged to record levels in the three months since President Donald Trump ended family separations at the border, dealing the administration a deepening crisis three weeks before the midterm elections. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 16,658 family members in September, the highest one-month…
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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 seeks to limit access for immigrants likely need public assistance
WASHINGTON • The Trump administration will make it much more difficult for immigrants to come to the United States or remain in the country if they use or are likely to use housing vouchers, food subsidies and other “noncash” forms of public assistance, under a new proposal announced Saturday by the Department of Homeland Security.…
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Arrests of migrant families surged 38 percent in August
WASHINGTON • The number of migrant family members arrested for illegally entering the United States shot up 38 percent in August, according to statistics released Wednesday, a surge homeland security officials characterized as a “crisis.” Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 13,000 members of “family units” last month, the latest data shows, the highest August total…
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Seattle plane heist, fatal crash show gaps in security
The 29-year-old hijacker was performing midair stunts over Puget Sound, an erratic flight pattern that seemed to mirror the loops and barrel rolls of his radio chatter. He told the control tower he was “a broken guy” but a lot of people cared about him and he wanted to apologize. He asked the whereabouts of…
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What went wrong with Trump’s family-separation effort?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reunify migrant families separated at the border, the government’s cleanup crews faced an immediate problem. They weren’t sure who the families were, let alone what to…
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After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexican president shelves plan to visit White House
Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled last week after a testy call between the two leaders ended in an impasse over Trump’s promised border wall, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. Peña Nieto was eyeing an official…
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Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents blitzed dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to interview employees and deliver audit notifications, carrying out what the agency said was the largest operation targeting an employer since President Donald Trump took office. ICE said its agents showed up at 98 stores and made 21 arrests, describing the…
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ISIS fighter with American accent urges supporters to take advantage of U.S. gun laws
In a video released Wednesday by the Islamic State, a one-legged fighter identified by the group as an American called on Muslims in the United States to “take advantage” of the country’s gun laws to obtain weapons and carry out attacks. The fighter, identified as “Abu Salih al-Amriki,” wears khaki fatigues with a holstered pistol…
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State Dept. letter could pave way for deportation of 300,000 immigrants with protected status
More than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under a form of temporary permission no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the U.S. Department of State told Homeland Security officials this week, a few days ahead of a highly anticipated DHS announcement about whether to renew that protection. On Tuesday,…