OAN NewsroomPresident Trump urges lawmakers to take action, in regards to our nation’s immigration system. In a tweet Monday, the president said “Democrats working with Republicans in Congress” could potentially “fix the asylum and other loopholes quickly.”
OAN NewsroomHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is defending President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
While speaking before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, Nielsen said the situation at the border is “not a manufactured crisis.” She argued that “no rational person would design
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 11:50 AM PT — Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018
The White House has filed an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling, which blocks the president’s new asylum policy. According to court documents filed Wednesday, the Trump administration told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals it plans to appeal the December ruling.
The U.S. district judge initially stopped the asylum order, saying it violated current immigration laws.
The order prevented people from claiming asylum based on domestic or gang violence when they report to immigration
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Trump administration is taking historic action to confront the wave of migrants at the border.
On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be sent to Mexico while their cases are being processed.