WASHINGTON — Republicans anxious about keeping control of Congress think it's a bad idea, but President Donald Trump still says he's willing to close the government over border security issues, including money he wants to build a promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. I would be willing to “shut down” government if...
US Government: Over 1,800 Migrant Kids Reunited by Deadline
SAN DIEGO — Shy children were given a meal and a plane or bus ticket to locations around the U.S. as non-profit groups tried to smooth the way for kids reunited with their parents as a deadline loomed following their separations at the U.S. Mexico border. The Trump administration said...
Fresno Imam Delivers House Invocation In Washington
Click here to view the full prayer. Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of Fresno isn’t the first Muslim religious leader to deliver the invocation on the House of Representatives floor. But, he is the latest. “I thank you God for leading me to this great nation,” Ghazvini prayed after an introduction...
Immigrants Reach Citizenship Dream With This Clinic's Help
It’s a place where new Americans, or at least those who want to become Americans, go for help. It’s the New American Legal Clinic, a service of San Joaquin College of Law. The program offers non-citizens, who are legally residing in the United States, with help navigating through the naturalization...
Go Back Home to Ohio, LeBron James
Sure, I’m happy to see the world’s greatest basketball player join my favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers. But as a Californian, I fear LeBron is the last thing our state needs. His arrival is a high-profile symptom of one of our state’s big problems: California favors older, proven, and...
A Primer on the Economic Benefits of Immigration
President Trump ascended to the American presidency on campaign promises that focused on stopping illegal immigration. Like his two immediate predecessors, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, he adopted hard-line immigration policies. It just so happens that Trump’s immigration policies are far more encroaching on migration. Arguments have been made...
GOP Won't Force Quick House Vote on Dem Bill Axing ICE
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders won't hold a quick vote on a Democratic bill abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and instead will offer a non-binding GOP measure lauding the agency and ridiculing calls for its elimination. No. 3 House GOP leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and other Republicans had at first...
US Says Half of Youngest Children and Families Reunited
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says all eligible small children separated from their families as a result of its zero-tolerance immigration policy have been reunited with their parents. But nearly half of the children under 5 remain separated from their families because of safety concerns, the deportation of their parents...
Judge Upholds California Sanctuary Laws
A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a request by the Trump administration to block two California laws that protect immigrants in the country illegally, but put key parts of a third sanctuary law on hold. Judge John Mendez refused to block a law requiring the state to review detention facilities...
Some Dems Want To Abolish ICE. How About No Borders at All?
Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 have sought to bolster their progressive credentials by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government's chief immigration enforcement agency. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York,...