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1 week ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Chris Johnson
The Department of Homeland Security has placed new limits on members of Congress seeking to visit and inspect immigration detention facilities as lawmakers from New York and the Chicago delegations become the latest to encounter resistance from federal officials on an attempted tour.
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1 week ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
The Department of Homeland Security has placed new limits on members of Congress seeking to visit and inspect immigration detention facilities as lawmakers from New York and the Chicago delegations become the latest to encounter resistance from federal officials on an attempted tour.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Chris Johnson
The Department of Homeland Security has placed new limits on members of Congress seeking to visit and inspect immigration detention facilities as lawmakers from New York and the Chicago delegations become the latest to encounter resistance from federal officials on an attempted tour.
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3 weeks ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation late Wednesday that effectively banned travel to the U.S. from 12 countries, citing risks related to public safety and national security in a move immigration advocates likely will challenge in court. The proclamation banned from entry nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
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3 weeks ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
The Department of Homeland Security put up a website last week with a warning that it would name and shame officials in sanctuary jurisdictions, but they started removing some jurisdictions within days and have now taken down the list completely.
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1 month ago | 
freerepublic.com | Chris Johnson
Free RepublicBrowse · SearchNews/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. Sen. Rand Paul questions border wall funding level needsRoll Call ^ | May 20 | By Chris JohnsonPosted on by RandFanSen. Rand Paul renewed his skepticism Tuesday of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, asserting that the Trump administration has not justified the $46 billion for construction included in the pending House budget reconciliation package.
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1 month ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
Sen. Rand Paul renewed his skepticism Tuesday of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, asserting that the Trump administration has not justified the $46 billion for construction included in the pending House budget reconciliation package. The Kentucky Republican, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made the comments at the tail end of an oversight hearing intended to evaluate President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request on homeland security and immigration.
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1 month ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
Senate Republicans on Thursday stopped a measure that sought to obtain more information on the human rights practices at the prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported migrants who are alleged gang members. The chamber, in a 45-50 vote along party lines, did not agree to a motion to discharge from the Foreign Relations Committee a resolution sponsored by Sen.
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1 month ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Chris Johnson
WASHINGTON - Part of the House budget reconciliation proposal includes a steep increase in fees throughout the immigration system, such as a new $1,000 application fee for asylum claims and a new $8,500 fee to sponsor an unaccompanied minor migrant. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said during a markup of the reconciliation text that the new fees would raise an estimated $77 billion in revenue and build on the immigration policies of the Trump administration.
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1 month ago | 
rollcall.com | Chris Johnson
Part of the House budget reconciliation proposal includes a steep increase in fees throughout the immigration system, such as a new $1,000 application fee for asylum claims and a new $8,500 fee to sponsor an unaccompanied minor migrant. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said during a markup of the reconciliation text that the new fees would raise an estimated $77 billion in revenue and build on the immigration policies of the Trump administration.
