Immigration

By Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke told a roomful of Border Patrol agents and national law enforcement officers Wednesday that the department will no longer “segregate” interior immigration enforcement and border security. “We used to distinguish between border security and […]

By Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle Why can’t immigrants here illegally just apply for citizenship? Or get in line and “do it the right way?” As an immigration reporter for the Houston Chronicle, I hear that question almost every day. Why not go to the nearest federal building, fill out some […]

By Louise Radnofsky, Siobhan Hughes and Kristina Peterson WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump plans Tuesday to outline in his State of the Union address a broad agenda for the coming year, but he is also expected to wade into a more immediate political showdown: an immigration deal. Lawmakers were no closer this […]

By Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post 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 […]