The immigration issue is fraught at the best of times, but especially so right now, with the rhetoric emanating from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Yet David Frum, a former George W. Bush speechwriter and senior editor at the Atlantic, has chosen this time to wade into the fray with a […]
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By MIRIAM JORDAN A new Obama administration plan to deport Central American families has drawn the ire of immigration advocates and two Democratic presidential candidates, and derision from immigration opponents, who doubt it will achieve its goals. Starting early next month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a Department of Homeland […]
WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Obama administration to clamp down on convicted criminals living illegally in the United States resulted in a higher percentage of them being deported in 2015, according to figures released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday. For the fiscal year that ended on […]
Nearly 100 Mexicans have sought to return to the U.S. by Wednesday’s deadline under the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused federal immigration officials in Southern California of failing to advise people of their rights. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Homeland Security in 2013 over […]