Just days after the Trump Administration petitioned the Supreme Court to fast track a case involving the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty, the justices turned down the request without comment. The high court could still take up the case in 2020 after a lower court rules or could consider related cases on appeal.
A D.C. District Court Judge dismissed a suit filed by House Democrats to block President Trump from reallocating funds to pay for construction of barriers on the southern border. On the heels of this decision, the House leadership releases its 2020 DHS funding bill with no money for barriers or new CBP agents.
Over the last year, only eleven employers faced prosecution for the illegal hiring of unauthorized workers, according to a story last week in The New York Times.
To provide supplemental appropriations relating to border security, and for other purposes.
To address foreign threats to higher education in the United States.
A bill to address foreign threats to higher education in the United States.
President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States will impose a new tariff of 5% on all goods imported from Mexico. If illegal immigration through the southern U.S. border does not subside, the tariff will increase by 5% until it is capped at 25%.
The Trump Administration is considering a move that would prevent some foreign citizens from seeking asylum in the United States. Apprehensions of family units crossing the border illegally are at record-highs, and most family units are claiming asylum once they're detained by a Border Patrol officer.
The Trump Administration has filed a briefing with the Supreme Court, urging the high court to quickly decide if it will hear arguments on the legal challenges to Pres. Trump's decision to end the Obama-era executive DACA amnesty that has given work permits to approximately 900,000 illegal aliens. The briefing asked the Court if it would decide before the end of the month, which marks the end of the current session, if it would hear arguments in the fall.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to apply the rule entitled "Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization", and for other purposes.
