Under the plan, requests for asylum would cost $1,000, work authorization would run $500 every six months, among other fees. Trump signs new executive orders aiming at sanctuary cities President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders aiming at sanctuary cities and immigration enforcement. Republicans in Congress want to make it substantially more expensive for … Read more
Mahdawi emerged from a courthouse flashing peace signs as a crowd of supporters erupted into cheers and later chanted: ‘No fear!’ Mahdawi says his release is a ‘light of hope’ as others are detained. Columbia University student detained for weeks released A judge ordered the release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi after spending weeks … Read more
Detainees being held in West Texas are worried they will be shipped to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. They say they are not gang members. Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson, REUTERS Immigrants at Texas detention center spell out ‘SOS’ Immigrants at the Bluebonnet detention center in Texas formed the letters ‘SOS’ in the center’s yard. … Read more
President Trump signs executive order to relieve some auto tariffs President Donald Trump signed an executive order to relax some auto tariffs, though the industry won’t see a total exemption. WASHINGTON – He wasn’t wearing a green suit and hat, but President Donald Trump sounded a Grinch-like warning, suggesting American children may have to settle … Read more
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ordered the Trump administration to ensure migrants held at the American military base in Cuba get due process. Nate Raymond | Reuters How has Trump’s border fared during his first 100 days? What we know. President Donald Trump promised ‘mass deportations’ during his campaign. Here’s what we know about them … Read more
Elon Musk goes from spotlight to backseat in Trump’s first 100 days Over the course of President Trump’s first 100 days in office, Elon Musk has gone from a central figure to a more reduced role. WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries gave Elon Musk a round of applause as the billionaire Tesla CEO … Read more
Archbishop of New York pays tribute to Pope Francis during morning mass Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, remembered Pope Francis during a morning mass in Manhattan. After joking to reporters outside the White House Wednesday, April 30 that he’d like to be the next pope, President Donald Trump later suggested a more … Read more
Barrett is one of the six practicing Catholics on the court. ( Gorsuch was raised Catholic but is Episcopalian.) Her religion was a major flashpoint in her confirmation hearings for a lower court. SCOTUS takes up case on LGBTQ+, inclusive books in schools Demonstrators on both sides protested as the Supreme Court heard a school … Read more
World marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s been 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet army in 1945. Fox – 32 Chicago Doug Emhoff, husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris and the first Jewish spouse to a president or vice president, has been … Read more
