OAN NewsroomSenator Lindsey Graham is close to unveiling his new immigration plan, which seeks to radically revamp the asylum process. Graham reportedly began work on the project in late April. He said now that the president has “correctly identified the crisis at the border, it’s time to
OAN NewsroomResidents in a Texas border town say they are living in fear of so-called “cartel coyotes.” According to residents near the Falfurrias border checkpoint on Monday, the area has become a stomping ground for human traffickers.
One rancher — identified only as Solia — said she regularly sees
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.”
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UPDATED 6:34 AM PT — Friday, January 17, 2019
The new migrant caravan from Central America has crossed Mexico’s southern border, marking a milestone in its mission to reach the United States.
On Thursday, Mexican authorities said nearly 1000 migrants crossed into Ciudad Hidalgo, where they began the process to obtain humanitarian visas.
President Trump responded to the reports of
OAN NewsroomAnother migrant caravan is reportedly forming in Honduras.
The caravan’s organizers plan to leave for the U.S. sometime next week, and they are using social media as a way to spread the word.
Mexico is already sending hundreds of additional law enforcement agents to its southern border, in anticipation of the caravan.
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says migrant caravans have produced a humanitarian crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
On Twitter, Nielsen said an increasing number of children with illnesses are arriving illegally. The Secretary urged congress to end the 1997 Flores ruling, which the DHS believes encourages migrants to bring children into the United States.
President Trump is calling on Democrats to fund the border wall. He made the remarks in a tweet Friday morning, adding, the U.S. will be forced to close the southern border entirely if obstructionist Democrats don’t comply. He also blasted the current immigration laws by saying we need to change them.
In another tweet, the president said the U.S. will be cutting off aid to Honduras, Guatemala as well as El Salvador, which he said has done nothing but take money from the U.S.
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is accusing Democrats of caring more about keeping our borders open than our government. During an interview Friday, Sanders criticized Democrats for refusing to budge on the issue of immigration and said they have completely left the negotiation table.
The press secretary said the president has bent over backwards trying to make a deal on border security to put a stop to the human and drug trafficking that’s happening at the southern border.
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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.