Immigration Reform
The latest news, analysis and debates on immigration reform and policy.
Biden sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent border wall money
The government’s top watchdog ruled that President Biden has not broken the law by slow-walking construction of the border wall, but did say he has left hundreds of millions of dollars still unspent.
Supreme Court ponders marriage rights limits in quirky immigration case involving MS-13 suspect
The Supreme Court battled Tuesday over marriage rights and whether a couple’s desire to live together can trump the government’s decision to block gang members and other dangerous persons from immigrating to the U.S.
Mayorkas feuds with GOP as Senate begins long-delayed impeachment
The House delivered articles impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off what is expected to be an abbreviated process that Democrats have vowed will end in acquittal.
Mayorkas impeachment articles delivered to Senate as Democrats eye swift dismissal
The House on Tuesday delivered to the Senate two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, officially kicking off what Democrats vow will be a swift and incomplete trial.
McConnell warns dismissing Mayorkas impeachment will defy history as Senate awaits articles
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday made his last attempt to persuade Democrats against quickly derailing impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, warning it would be a dangerous precedent.
DHS is monitoring 617,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records
Some 264 illegal immigrants sit in jail in Tarrant County, Texas, and among them they face eight counts of murder, Sheriff Bill Waybourn will tell the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. The hearing comes hours before the House is slated to send to the Senate two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Californians buying up guns as Biden administration dumps thousands of migrants on streets
Residents of a California town near the Mexican border are buying guns for self-defense amid the surge of illegal immigrants released into the community, according to a new report.
Trump, Johnson link arms in a move to require proof of citizenship to vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump on Friday projected unity and vowed to push election integrity legislation requiring every voter to prove they are a U.S. citizen.
Death threat: Mexican cartel forces witness to cancel congressional testimony
A Mexican drug cartel used death threats to force a tribal leader to back out of testifying to Congress this week, according to another tribal leader who did show up to tell lawmakers just how much power the drug lords have accumulated.
Senate GOP stage floor mutiny to protest Democrats’ plans to kill Mayorkas impeachment trial
Senate Republicans created procedural headaches Thursday for Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer to protest Democrats’ plan not to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
GOP pressuring vulnerable Senate Democrats on Mayorkas impeachment trial
Congressional Republicans and GOP candidates are bearing down on at-risk Senate Democrats in hopes to convince them against derailing the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
New bill would require immigrants with domestic violence history to be deported
Rep. Nancy Mace is announcing new legislation Tuesday to expand the ability of the federal government to deport illegal immigrants with domestic violence or sex offense criminal records.
Texas GOP lawmaker to run full-page ad in New York paper urging cops to move to the Lone Star state
Texas is busing illegal immigrants to New York City, but one of its lawmakers is calling for New York cops to pack their bags and move to the Lone Star state.
White House declares Mayorkas impeachment trial ‘complete waste of time’
The Senate will take up impeachment articles this week against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the White House is weighing in, calling the proceedings a “complete waste of time.”
Migrants’ gun rights at issue in appeal; U.S. urges reversal of case’s dismissal
The federal government is appealing a judge’s ruling that found the Constitution allows some immigrants without documentation to possess guns, plowing new ground in the quickly evolving debate over Second Amendment rights.
