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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting […]

Real estate developer Robert V. Matthews pleaded guilty today in Connecticut in a criminal case involving investor funds earmarked to renovate the long-stagnant Palm House hotel-condominium in Palm Beach, according to a joint statement released by U.S. officials. In a Bridgeport federal courtroom, Matthews, 61, pleaded guilty “to conspiracy, money […]

The Homeland Security Department is weighing a plan to bypass immigration courts and remove undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they’ve been present continuously in the U.S. for two years or more. The proposal is described in a draft regulatory notice, according to two DHS officials and a third person familiar […]