WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers. Trump said he...
Trump Vows to ‘Suspend Immigration,’ Adviser Cites Health
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be...
Your Next Boss Could Be an Undocumented Immigrant; Growing Number of Business Founders Lack Legal Status
At Immigrants Rising, the Bay-Area nonprofit where I’m director of Research and Entrepreneurship, the early-stage entrepreneurs we support resemble a lot of other ambitious, millennial CEOs. One of our Mexican founders built a digital platform teaching teenagers virtual reality. A Colombian founder is building an app for hiring coders. And...
Trump Administration Urged to Free Migrants as Virus Surges
WASHINGTON — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus. The U.S. holds around 37,000 people in immigration...
Sen. Caballero Backs Newsom's COVID-19 Efforts, Seeks Legal Status for Farmworkers
Like most of her legislative colleagues, state Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) is working at home instead of the State Capitol in Sacramento. Bills may have stalled, but dealing with the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak hasn't. Her 12th Senate District covers parts of Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus, and Monterey counties,...
Trump Mulls Sending All Who Cross Border Illegally to Mexico
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most aggressive...
Appeals Court Sides With Asylum-Seekers on Trump Policy
PHOENIX — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday that a partial ban on asylum doesn’t apply to anyone who appeared at an official border crossing before the policy was announced last summer. The Trump administration announced in July it would deny asylum to...
Justices Say States Can Prosecute Immigrants Who Use Fake IDs
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it easier Tuesday for states to prosecute immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to get a job. The issue for the court was whether states could pursue the immigrants in court or had to leave those choices to the federal government, which typically...
Judge Rules Head of Immigration Agency Was Unlawfully Named
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacked authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews. Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general and an immigration hardliner, was...
Court Temporarily Halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
SAN DIEGO — Dealing a significant blow to a signature Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can no longer make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through the U.S. immigration courts. The same court, based in San Francisco, decided to...