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Revelers on Saturday celebrate Joe Biden becoming the 46th president of the United States at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C.

Immigration changes to take time under Biden, experts say

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 9, 2020 at 5:44pm
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley in Texas as seen in August 2019.

Special report: How one man’s death reveals some of the flaws in the Trump immigration policy

By Tanvi Misra, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 2, 2020 at 8:00am
A woman protests the government's "zero tolerance" policy at the Families Belong Together protest outside the White House in June 2018.

Emails show internal agency confusion on family separations

By Tanvi Misra
Posted October 29, 2020 at 9:27am
Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., had asked the chief executive of GEO Group during a July hearing whether immigrant detainees in a Colorado center were coerced to perform work.

Immigrants punished for not cleaning detention center, court papers suggest

By Tanvi Misra
Posted October 14, 2020 at 3:21pm
Chad Wolf, acting Homeland Security secretary, on Capitol Hill in August.

5 hysterectomies referred by ICE center, DHS tells Congress

By Tanvi Misra
Posted October 7, 2020 at 6:04pm
“We’re making good on the president’s promise to protect Americans from those who seek to exploit the system for their gain,” Kenneth Cuccinelli says of the new rules for the H-1B visa program.

Trump administration unveils new H-1B visa restrictions

By Tanvi Misra
Posted October 6, 2020 at 6:07pm
Protesters against U.S. refugee policies are arrested on the Capitol steps last October.

Trump administration slashes refugee cap to new historic low

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted October 1, 2020 at 10:18am
Chad Wolf as served as acting Homeland Security secretary since last November.

Wolf nomination for Homeland Security secretary advances

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 30, 2020 at 12:27pm
For-profit immigrant detention centers were the focus of the investigation by Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

House report: Medical neglect, falsified records harmed detained immigrants

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:50pm
A Senate panel will vote Sept. 30 on the nomination of Chad Wolf, seen here at a hearing in February, to become Homeland Security secretary.

Senate GOP eases Wolf’s path to becoming Homeland Security secretary

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 23, 2020 at 4:42pm
Chad Wolf is likely to face questions about the legitimacy of his current appointment.

Wolf to face heated Senate hearing for Homeland Security job

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 22, 2020 at 8:00am
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and immigration attorneys said the deportation flight could be as early as Wednesday.

Omar, immigration lawyers raise alarm over Somali deportations

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 16, 2020 at 12:57pm
The National TPS Alliance unfurled banners at a December protest in the Hart Senate Office Building, urging Congress to save Temporary Protected Status for all beneficiaries.

US court allows Trump to phase out Temporary Protected Status

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 14, 2020 at 5:23pm
Ken Cuccinelli is second in command at the Department of Homeland Security.

Whistleblower: DHS officials obstructed intelligence reports

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 9, 2020 at 6:10pm
Activists remind Joe Biden last year in Philadelphia of immigration policies he supported during the Obama era.

Biden’s immigration plan: Cancel Trump orders, seek bill in Congress

By Tanvi Misra
Posted August 20, 2020 at 4:36pm
Chad Wolf, acting secretary of Homeland Security, was invalidly appointed to the job because the department failed to follow its own rules of succession, the GAO found.

GAO says Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments at DHS invalid

By Randolph Walerius and Tanvi Misra
Posted August 14, 2020 at 11:17am
The CEO of CoreCivic — which operates the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia — and heads of of other private companies running immigration detention centers told Congress that many of their employees have tested positive for COVID-19

About 900 private ICE detention staff positive for COVID-19

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 14, 2020 at 5:41pm
Two students leave the campus of Harvard University on July 8, 2020.

Trump administration rescinds rule for international students with only online courses

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 14, 2020 at 5:39pm
Julian Castro speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom on Aug. 9, 2019.

Julian Castro plans to get out the immigrant vote in 2020

By Tanvi Misra and Michael Macagnone
Posted July 13, 2020 at 2:00pm
Harvard University, shown here, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip international college students of their visas if all of their courses are held online.

Foreign students’ dilemma: Risk COVID-19 exposure or deportation?

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 8, 2020 at 6:48pm
A section of the border wall along the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border last August.

Border wall funding fight expected to head to Supreme Court

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 26, 2020 at 5:09pm
Google offices in New York, which have been closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tech industry, lawmakers criticize Trump’s immigration order

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 23, 2020 at 6:28pm
The White House executive order will temporary suspend H-1B and other visas.

White House extends immigration restrictions to include H-1B, other visas

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted June 22, 2020 at 6:18pm
DACA supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on Thursday

Trump suggests another attempt at rolling back DACA

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 19, 2020 at 4:41pm
Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on Thursday after the court rejected the Trump administration's push to end the DACA program.

Dreamers, Congress see hard work ahead despite court ruling

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted June 18, 2020 at 12:00pm
The Justice Department oversees the Executive Office of Immigration Review.

Immigration agency resumes processing U.S.-based green cards

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 17, 2020 at 2:22pm
The border fence in El Paso, Texas, looking into Mexico.

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s challenge to ‘sanctuary’ law

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 15, 2020 at 5:44pm
Immigration officials say the hold on processing green cards stems from a pandemic-related shortage of manpower.

Administration puts ‘hold’ on green card requests from US

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 12, 2020 at 4:42pm
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits while agents process migrants along the Texas-Mexico border last August.

GAO: DHS agency misspent emergency funds on dirt bikes, dog food

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 11, 2020 at 5:51pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border wall in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border last August.

Trump administration sued over border restrictions

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 10, 2020 at 5:51pm
The Justice Department oversees the Executive Office of Immigration Review.

DOJ ‘reassigned’ career members of Board of Immigration Appeals

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 9, 2020 at 4:55pm
A woman holds an anti-Zero Tolerance policy sign at a protest outside the White House in 2018.

Homeland Security grossly understated family separations, watchdog says

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 2, 2020 at 4:20pm
The Department of Homeland Security will send officers to help local and state law enforcement control crowds protesting the death of George Floyd.

Immigration agencies to assist law enforcement amid unrest

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 1, 2020 at 5:32pm
The Justice Department memo came from the director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review, a Justice Department agency.

DOJ memo offered to buy out immigration board members

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 27, 2020 at 5:04pm
A Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants who crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas last August.

DHS indefinitely extends, expands border asylum ban

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 20, 2020 at 4:35pm
A woman holds a sign during a Families Belong Together protest outside the White House in June.

ICE: Migrant parents chose detention over children’s release

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 18, 2020 at 4:56pm
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., cleans his phone before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. The latest coronavirus relief bill unveiled by House Democrats contains a provision he has pushed to ease immigration visas for nurses and doctors.

House aid package contains key immigration measures

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:44pm
A healthcare worker conducts a COVID-19 test Tuesday at a drive-thru testing facility at George Washington University.

Exemption sought for foreign physicians in next immigration ban

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 6, 2020 at 4:14pm
Immigration reduction has been a key policy priority for the Trump administration.

DOJ hiring changes may help Trump’s plan to curb immigration

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 4, 2020 at 3:23pm
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., unveiled the bill with Republican colleagues.

Green card bill would bring more foreign doctors, nurses to US

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 30, 2020 at 4:28pm
President Donald Trump’s immigration order will mainly affect people seeking residency from abroad.

Trump issues narrow order suspending immigration amid pandemic

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 22, 2020 at 8:42pm
Immigration restriction has been a pillar of President Donald Trump's policy platform.

Trump announces temporary suspension of green cards

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted April 21, 2020 at 7:49pm
Travel restrictions remain in place along the U.S.-Mexico border because of coronavirus concerns.

US border restrictions extended for another month

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 20, 2020 at 1:26pm
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which currently has 32,000 people in custody, has confirmed that coronavirus tests have been given to more than 300 detainees. And more than one-third have tested positive.

ICE’s COVID-19 test figures hint at health crisis in detention

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 17, 2020 at 8:29pm
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has closed all offices during the coronavirus pandemic.

H-1B workers lose jobs, legal status amid pandemic

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 15, 2020 at 10:11am
Officers at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

CBP returns thousands of migrants since COVID-19 order

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted April 9, 2020 at 3:19pm
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the DHS agency that arrests and deports undocumented immigrants inside the United States.

ICE considers releasing 600 detainees vulnerable to coronavirus

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 7, 2020 at 6:58pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits in the Rio Grande Valley sector of the border in Texas in 2019. A sixth person in immigration detention has tested positive for COVID-19.

Sixth ICE detainee tests positive for COVID-19 as hunger strikes begin

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 2, 2020 at 11:42am

Naturalized citizens could be critical in this fall’s election

By Michael Macagnone and Tanvi Misra
Posted April 2, 2020 at 5:00am
Petitioners at a naturalization ceremony for 225 peeople seeking U.S. citizenship at the National Archives. Under the Trump administration, application wait times have doubled and about 700,000 remained pending at the end of 2019.

Citizenship is a tough mountain to climb, especially under Trump

By Tanvi Misra
Posted April 2, 2020 at 5:00am
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents process migrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector of the border in Texas on Aug. 20 2019.

CBP turns back unaccompanied children, citing COVID-19 fears

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 30, 2020 at 4:31pm
U.S. side of a port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico in El Paso, Texas in 2019. President Donald Trump said Friday he would be closing the southern border to “non-essential” travel in an attempt to contain COVID-19 infections.

Trump says pandemic allows Mexico border restrictions he couldn’t do before

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted March 20, 2020 at 2:40pm
Razor wire is strung along a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas.

ICE scales back immigration arrests amid coronavirus outbreak

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 19, 2020 at 10:18am
Officers stand at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

Immigration authorities hit pause amid coronavirus concerns

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:18pm
The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., in February 2017. The ACLU is calling for the release of nine detainees at the facility due to concerns over their vulnerability to contracting COVID-19.

ACLU asks for humanitarian release of vulnerable ICE detainees

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 16, 2020 at 6:39pm
A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants along the Texas border with Mexico.

Immigration courts scale back group hearings

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 16, 2020 at 4:01pm
Tourists take photos on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 12, 2020.

Courts mull closures and risks amid coronavirus pandemic

By Todd Ruger and Tanvi Misra
Posted March 12, 2020 at 3:34pm
Officers at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

US sends 160 troops to border over ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 6, 2020 at 5:55pm
A federal judge ruled Sunday that two of Ken Cuccinelli’s asylum policies were invalid because his appointment as “principal deputy director” of USCIS was itself invalid.

Judge’s ruling on Cuccinelli’s job may upend USCIS policies

By Tanvi Misra
Posted March 3, 2020 at 11:42am
A Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas.

Federal appeals court blocks, then stays, Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ program

By Tanvi Misra
Posted February 28, 2020 at 3:00pm
A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border.

DHS expands programs that fast-track asylum process

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted February 26, 2020 at 3:49pm
Passage of the original travel ban prompted protests like this one at Dulles International Airport on  Jan. 29, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump administration adds travel restrictions to six countries

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted January 31, 2020 at 6:14pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called the practice of targeting U.S. citizens and residents at the border "absolutely unacceptable." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

U.S. border officers ordered to vet Iranian American travelers, memo shows

By Tanvi Misra
Posted January 30, 2020 at 5:37pm
The "public charge" rule was originally issued last August by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under Ken Cuccinelli, the agency's acting director. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule to proceed

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted January 27, 2020 at 4:18pm
Hundreds of thousands of people may find themselves waiting for decades in green card limbo. (CQ Roll Call)

Green card gridlock: When will Congress agree on a solution?

By Tanvi Misra
Posted January 23, 2020 at 4:53pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., cast doubt over CBP statements related to Iranian-Americans who said they were held at the U.S.-Canada border. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Customs and Border Protection denies targeting Iranian Americans at border

By Tanvi Misra
Posted January 6, 2020 at 5:26pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has clarified that facial recognition scans at airports remain voluntary for U.S. citizens. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images file photo)

Homeland Security announces easing of facial recognition rule

By Tanvi Misra and Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 10, 2019 at 6:00am
A woman holds an anti-Zero Tolerance policy sign at the Families Belong Together protest outside of the White House in 2018. A new report found DHS knew it lacked the technology to track more than 26,000 children separated at the border. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

IG: DHS knew it couldn’t track migrant kids separated at border

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 27, 2019 at 1:48pm
A Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants who recently crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas in August. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy faces internal critiques at House hearing

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 19, 2019 at 6:03pm
Chad Wolf, seen here during an Oct. 29 White House task force meeting, was sworn in Wednesday as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Legality of Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments to DHS questioned

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 15, 2019 at 5:04pm
Ken Cuccinelli is moving into the role of acting deputy secretary at the Homeland Security Department. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Suddenly, Ken Cuccinelli is No. 2 at DHS

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 14, 2019 at 3:44pm
Chad Wolf is the fifth person to lead the Department of Homeland Security in less than three years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chad Wolf sworn in as acting DHS chief

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 13, 2019 at 12:00pm
DACA recipients, including Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn (left) Carolina Fung Geng, (3rd from left), plaintiff Martin Batalla Vidal (center) and Eliana Fernández (3rd from right) pump their fists before entering the U.S. Supreme Court before Tuesday’s arguments. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘Dreamers,’ Democrats push for DACA

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted November 12, 2019 at 5:23pm
Chad Wolf appears to be President Donald Trump’s pick for the next acting DHS secretary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump suggests Chad Wolf is his pick for next DHS chief

By Tanvi Misra
Posted November 1, 2019 at 6:14pm
James McHenry, director of the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, testifies before a Senate panel in 2018. Memos from McHenry detail changes in hiring practices for six restrictive judges placed permanently on the Board of Immigration Appeals. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOJ changed hiring to promote restrictive immigration judges

By Tanvi Misra
Posted October 29, 2019 at 2:51pm
A Border Patrol agent monitors a group of men from India who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on July 16, 2018, in San Diego. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

More non-Spanish speaking migrants are crossing the border

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted October 4, 2019 at 6:00am
U.S. Border Patrol agents watch over a group of undocumented immigrants in June after chasing and apprehending them in a cane field near Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

DHS advances plan to get DNA samples from immigrant detainees

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted October 2, 2019 at 7:03pm
The Statue of Liberty in New York City is seen through fencing on Aug. 14, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images file photo)

White House plans to cut refugee admittance to all-time low

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted September 27, 2019 at 8:48am
Razor wire is strung along the U.S. and Mexican sides of a port of entry in El Paso, Texas, in August. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Emails show how private firms profit from ICE detention centers

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 26, 2019 at 10:09am
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D- Miss., said “President Trump’s zero tolerance and family separation policies inflicted massive pain and trauma on children and their families." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s family separation policy amplified children’s trauma

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 5, 2019 at 8:52am
Barriers at the Rio Grande Valley sector of the border. (Photo by Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Friction over diverted disaster aid ahead of Hurricane Dorian

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell, Tanvi Misra and Toula Vlahou
Posted September 3, 2019 at 10:28am
A United States Custom and Border Protection in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border. President Donald Trump wants to divert over $200 million from the Department of Homeland Security to pay for items that include more ICE detention beds and hearing locations for migrants told to remain in Mexico. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Trump wants to reprogram DHS money for ICE detention operations

By Tanvi Misra
Posted August 27, 2019 at 5:58pm
A border security officer searches migrants before transferring them by bus to the McAllen Border Patrol facility in Los Ebanos, Texas, in July. The Trump administration is challenging a court order that limits the time children can be detained. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

Trump wants to lift restrictions on how long it can hold migrant families

By Michael Macagnone and Tanvi Misra
Posted August 21, 2019 at 11:04am
The "public charge" rule was originally issued last August by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under Ken Cuccinelli, the agency's acting director. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

New ‘public charge’ rule could affect millions of immigrants

By Tanvi Misra
Posted August 12, 2019 at 4:39pm
Sens. Lindsey Graham and Patrick J. Leahy talk in 2015. On Thursday they clashed over Graham’s asylum bill, which aims to reduce the flow of migrants to the southern border. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate panel advances asylum bill over Democratic objections

By Tanvi Misra
Posted August 1, 2019 at 3:46pm
Protesters hold cardboard hearts up in front of the Homestead migrant children detention facility. They hope the children across the fence can see them. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Homestead: On the front lines of the migrant children debate

By Jinitzail Hernández and Tanvi Misra
Posted July 25, 2019 at 1:01pm
Boys exercise at the Homestead facility on July 9. (Tanvi Misra/CQ Roll Call)

Inside Homestead: A tour of the Florida camp for migrant children

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 25, 2019 at 5:30am
The Defund Hate campaign holds a protest in the Russell Rotunda to honor immigrants who died in ICE and CBP detention on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

I.C.E, C.B.P. and O.R.R. What’s the difference, explained

By Jinitzail Hernández, Nathan Ouellette and Tanvi Misra
Posted July 23, 2019 at 10:00am
The Defund Hate campaign holds a protest in the Russell Rotunda to honor immigrants who died in ICE and CBP detention. The Trump administration plans to 'fast-track' deportations, giving more power to ICE. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump administration to expand ‘fast-track’ deportations, strengthen ICE

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 22, 2019 at 5:29pm
Republican senators behind the asylum proposal include Ron Johnson, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senators roll out pilot program to speed asylum claims

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 19, 2019 at 8:33am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is one of the lawmakers voicing concerns about the conditions in migrant detention centers. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Immigrant raids could lead to more family separations

By Jinitzail Hernández, Micaela Rodríguez, Shawn Zeller and Tanvi Misra
Posted July 12, 2019 at 3:42pm
Overcrowding of families at a facility in McAllen, Texas, on June 10, as observed by the Office of the Inspector General. (Courtesy Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General)

DHS watchdog details dangerous conditions for migrants at border centers

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 2, 2019 at 7:47pm
California Rep. Judy Chu is among the lawmakers who has expressed concern about the end of the public health emergency, saying it could hurt minority populations in states that have not expanded Medicaid.

Democrats decry harsh conditions after border facility tours

By Tanvi Misra
Posted July 1, 2019 at 7:02pm
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, walks after speaking with reporters Thursday outside Speaker  Nancy Pelosi’s office about the agreement to take up the Senate border bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House approves Senate version of border bill after Pelosi yields

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 27, 2019 at 4:19pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi had called for a “strong bipartisan vote” on the border supplemental funding package. In the end, only three Republicans voted for the measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

After Democratic divisions, House passes border spending bill

By Tanvi Misra and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 25, 2019 at 11:33pm
 House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., talks with reporters before attending a meeting with other House Democrats to discuss potential border bill changes at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

House Democrats offer changes to woo liberals on border funds

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Tanvi Misra
Posted June 25, 2019 at 11:48am
Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., prepare for a committee markup Wednesday of an emergency spending bill to address the influx of migrants at the southern border. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Border spending bill sent to Senate floor, but House may act on its version first

By Tanvi Misra, Paul M. Krawzak and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 19, 2019 at 4:11pm
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to the crowd during a unity rally on June 8, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. Lopez Obrador committed to defending Mexicos dignity amid a looming threat from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has pledged to impose 5% tariffs on Mexican products unless the country prevents Central American migrants from traveling through its territory. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

An expanded ‘remain in Mexico’ policy may cause more suffering, not curb migration

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 10, 2019 at 11:59am