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Homeland Security pick faces questions on wall, immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are expected to press retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Homeland Security Department, about plans to build a border wall and...
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Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to US soil
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. The...
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Trump admin backs off pledge of immediate immigration change
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will focus immigration enforcement efforts first on criminal immigrants in the country illegally, his administration said on Monday, offering hope to more than...
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A look at President Donald Trump’s immigration actions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump began rolling out a series of measures on immigration on Wednesday, signing executive actions calling for construction of a border wall and stripping support...
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Draft order would halt refugee processing for Syrians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press shows that President Donald Trump intends to stop accepting Syrian refugees and suspend the United States’ broader refugee...
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AP source: Border Patrol chief says he’s been forced out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man charged with protecting America’s borders was ousted Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced ambitious plans to build a massive wall at the Mexican border and...
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US suspends immigration program helping non-Muslim Iranians
VIENNA (AP) — Austria has shut its door to about 300 non-Muslim Iranians hoping to use the country as a way station before establishing new homes in the United States, The Associated Press has learned....
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US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban
A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban.
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US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge’s emergency order has temporarily barred the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The judge said travelers who had...
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WHY IT MATTERS: Refugees
WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: The United States is the proud home of “the mother of exiles,” the Statue of Liberty. But of the millions of exiles from the Syrian war, only about 10,000 have reached U.S....
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims on travel ban misleading, wrong
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump has staunchly defended his order temporarily banning refugees and nearly all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries....
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims on travel ban misleading, wrong
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump has staunchly defended his order temporarily banning refugees and nearly all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries....
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US official says 872 refugees to be allowed in
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite a presidential order suspending the U.S. refugees program. Kevin McAleenan, the...
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Admin clarifies, again, travel ban rules for legal residents
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal permanent U.S. residents from seven countries whose citizens are covered by a three-month American travel ban won’t need special permission to come back to the United States...
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Details of what Trump calls the ‘dumb’ US-Australia deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted that a plan for the U.S. to admit some asylum seekers now held near Australia is a “dumb deal.” What’s the deal about? Late last year, the Obama...
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State Dept: Fewer than 60,000 visas canceled by Trump order
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries had their visas canceled after President Donald Trump’s executive order blocked them from traveling to the U.S., the State...
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DHS chief: Travel, immigration ban should have been delayed
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s immigration and travel ban made “an awful lot of sense” but probably should have been delayed at least long enough to brief Congress about it, Homeland...
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US still processing refugee claims under Australia deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is continuing to review cases of would-be refugees held on a Pacific island by the Australian government, despite new confusion over the fate of an...
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AP FACT CHECK: Are immigration raids result of Trump policy?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Advocacy groups say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country as part of stepped-up enforcement under President...
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AP FACT CHECK: Are immigration raids result of Trump policy?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Advocacy groups say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country as part of stepped-up enforcement under President...
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