A federal judge this week blocked Obama’s executive actions from going into effect, a move immigration reform advocates are calling only a “temporary setback.” Texas U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued a temporary injunction on Monday, siding with Texas and 25 other states that signed on to a lawsuit against […]
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Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson on Thursday asked immigrants in Los Angeles to “step forward” and apply for President Obama’s expanded deferred action program. At a packed event at the L.A. Central Library, Johnson touted the benefits of the program, which will grant up to 5 million immigrants living in […]
White House scrambles to prepare for millions of deportation protection applications
11 Feb
by Foster, on News
The White House is scrambling to get into high gear for what it expects will be an onslaught of applications from undocumented immigrants seeking relief from deportation, part of the executive order President Barack Obama announced late last year. Expecting millions of people who meet the criteria to apply, the […]
WASHINGTON — For the second consecutive day, Senate Democrats blocked their Republican colleagues from bringing a bill to the floor to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has become a proxy for a broader policy disagreement over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The department is set to run […]