Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigration Laws The Trump administration escalated what had been a war of words over California’s immigration agenda, filing a lawsuit late Tuesday that amounted to a pre-emptive strike against the liberal state’s so-called sanctuary laws. The Justice Department sued California; Gov. Jerry Brown; and the […]
Immigration and Emigration
Questions Swirl as Melania Trump’s Parents Obtain Green Cards The parents of the first lady, Melania Trump, have obtained lawful permanent residency in the United States, a lawyer for the couple confirmed Wednesday, but it remains unclear how or when the couple received their green cards. The lack of clarity […]
Trump Alarms Lawmakers With Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and some nations in Africa, demanding to know at a White House meeting why he should accept immigrants from “shithole countries” rather than […]
Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban:- A federal appeals court ruled Friday against President Trump’s latest travel ban, saying that it “exceeds the scope of his delegated authority,” but that it was ultimately for the Supreme Court to decide. A three-judge panel […]
Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Case on Expired Travel Ban Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Case on Expired Travel Ban:- The Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal in one of the cases challenging President Trump’s efforts to limit travel to the United States, calling an earlier version of the […]
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Travel Ban Cases Trump Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Travel Ban Cases:- The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to dismiss two cases challenging its revised travel ban, issued in March, saying they are moot in light of recent developments. But the […]
Supreme Court Cancels Hearing on Previous Trump Travel Ban Supreme Court Cancels Hearing on Previous Trump Travel Ban:- The Supreme Court on Monday abruptly canceled oral arguments on President Trump’s travel ban, signaling the beginning of the end for a politically charged legal case that could have produced a blockbuster […]
Trump Promotes Original Travel Ban, Eroding His Legal Case President Trump has excellent lawyers. They have a challenging client. In a series of Twitter posts Monday that continued into the evening, Mr. Trump may have irretrievably undermined his lawyers’ efforts to persuade the Supreme Court to reinstate his executive order limiting […]
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Latest Travel Ban Nationwide Federal Judge Blocks Trump Latest Travel Ban Nationwide:- A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday evening blocking President Trump’s ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a stinging blow to the White House and signaling that Mr. Trump […]
Steve King, Hurling Insults at Immigrants, Is Rebuked by His Own Party Steve King, Hurling Insults at Immigrants, Is Rebuked by His Own Party:- Long before Donald J. Trump took aim at immigrants, there was Representative Steve King of Iowa. Since Mr. King’s election to the House in 2002, and […]
