Tag: Immigration
FBI arrests armed militia member accused of detaining migrants in NM
Larry Mitchell Hopkins is a member of the so-called border militia group United Constitutional Patriots; Jeff Paul reports from Los Angeles. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7,…
New Mexico county declares state of emergency over surge of illegal immigrants
New Mexico county declares state of emergency over surge of illegal immigrants crossing the border FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service,…
Vigilante group detains hundreds of migrants at gunpoint
Private citizens hold asylum seekers along the New Mexico border until Border Patrol arrives; Jonathan Hunt reports from Los Angeles. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines…
Bay Area political events: Lawrence Lessig, immigration issues
2800, San Francisco.
Noon, online and at Golden Gate University, 536 Mission St., Room 2201, San Francisco.
5:30 p.m., Temescal Works, 490 43rd St., Oakland.
Screenings include two by Elizabeth Lo, “Mothers Day” and “Hotel 22,” and the Oscar-nominated “4.1 Miles.” Free.
Noon, Black Repertory Group Theater, 3201 Adeline St., Berkeley.
Indivisible East Bay: All-members monthly meeting.
$30 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students.
$25 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students.
10 a.m., Rainbow Recreation Center, 5800 International Blvd., Oakland.
To list an event, email Politics Editor Trapper Byrne at tbyrne@sfchronicle.com
Yuma, Arizona mayor on declaring a state of emergency
Mayor Douglas Nicholls says they are running out of space, resources, personnel to contain influx of migrants. Nicholls is asking FEMA for help with the immigration crisis. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX…
Democrats demand documents on Trump’s sanctuary city plan
Trump's critics say the proposal to move detained migrants to congressional districts represented by Democrats is an effort to punish the president's political opponents; Kevin Corke reports from the White House. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel…
Week In Politics
President Trump turned up the heat on the immigration debate to scalding this week.
NPR's Ron Elving joins us.
And, you know, Homeland Security officials had been denying this idea was really under consideration right up until the president said he was still thinking about it.
ELVING: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned under pressure.
And that's a trade-off that the president apparently likes.
SIMON: We didn't get the Mueller report this week, redacted or otherwise, but Attorney General Barr still managed to keep his name in the news.
So it was amazing to hear him make such statements without having that information.
President Trump was once a big fan of Julian Assange's, wasn't he?
ELVING: Said he was.
SIMON: NPR's Ron Elving, thanks so much.
Trump told acting DHS secretary he’d pardon him if he violates immigration law
President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant McAleenan a pardon if he were sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US in defiance of US law, senior…
Bash on Trump’s tweet: Just when you thought it couldn’t get weirder
President Trump tweeted that his administration is considering placing illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities, an idea that was previously denounced by White House sources. #CNN #News