(Headline USA) The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
The justices could say as...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.
The move by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to target Pennsylvania follows similar action against California. Both states...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Three days of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Charlotte are in the books, and the arrests are piling up.
Raleigh is next on Tuesday.
Critics and protestors are getting heavy criticism for their actions now compared to when Iryna Zarutska was killed on a city...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Another North Carolina city on Tuesday is expecting a visit from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Following up on Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell’s confirmation, first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein late Monday evening said he was aware as well. Lawmakers were reportedly told Monday afternoon.
Stein’s...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Members of the Texas Congressional delegation are demanding the federal government reimburse the state for the $11.1 billion it spent tackling the Biden administration’s “open-border abdication.”
The lawmakers, including both senators and House members, made the request Friday in a three-page letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Eighty-one arrests were made by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents during the first day of immigration enforcement in Charlotte over the weekend, Commander Gregory K. Bovino said of the operation known as Charlotte’s Web.
“Significant criminal and immigration history” was cited for many. People...
(Headline USA) Federal officials confirmed that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations Saturday.
“We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just revealed something that might surprise Donald Trump's immigration restrictionist base: More people are becoming naturalized American citizens under this administration than ever before.
"More people are becoming naturalized under this administration than ever before," Noem said during a Fox News...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched an initiative with state and local law enforcement 287(g) partners to locate roughly 450,000 “unaccompanied alien children” (UACs) who were illegally smuggled into the U.S. during the Biden administration and placed with unvetted sponsors.
The new UAC Safety...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Trump administration is cracking down on Mexican cartel-dug tunnels at the southwest border. The tunnels are built and used to smuggle drugs, weapons, people and other illicit contraband, authorities have found.
Two major finds this year were in the high traffic areas of El...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy within his own political base during a Fox News interview on Monday, defending his plan to double Chinese student visas to 600,000 while dismissing concerns from MAGA supporters about espionage and intellectual property theft.
The contentious exchange centered on Trump's...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump defended H-1B skilled worker visas during a Fox News interview on Monday, sparking backlash from his MAGA base while highlighting tensions created by a controversial September ICE raid that detained hundreds of South Korean engineers at a Georgia battery plant.
The contentious exchange...