Category: immigration

Immigration Court Decision Banning Judges From Pausing Deportation Cases is Overturned

Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 15 overturned an immigration court decision that banned judges from halting the hearing of deportation cases they deem to be low priority. Thursday’s ruling would allow immigration judges to practise a docket management tool called “administrative closure” to remove cases from their docket without declaring them closed, if deemed appropriate. Administrative closure does not terminate…


Biden Administration Halts Detention of Most Pregnant, Postpartum Illegal Immigrants

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday said immigration agents would no longer detain most pregnant or postpartum illegal immigrants, the latest loosening of border enforcement in the Democrat’s first term. An updated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy says that agents “should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the…


Spanish Police Arrest 2 for Migrant Tragedy in Atlantic

BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of…


Biden Administration Announces Campaign to Make it Easier for Millions of Immigrants to Become Citizens

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday that the Biden administration is launching an inter-agency effort to make millions of immigrants living in the United States citizens. President Joe Biden asked federal agencies to work on “welcoming strategies that promote integration, inclusion, and citizenship,” through an executive order. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…


Shelter for Migrant Children In Long Beach Set To Close By August

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) plans to shut down an emergency shelter set up at the Long Beach Convention Center to house migrant children by August. Temporary shelters were set up at various locations in California and beyond for children who arrived unaccompanied at the U.S.-Mexico border. The children…


Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Long Beach Set to Close in August

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to shut down in August an emergency shelter set up at the Long Beach Convention Center to house children who crossed into the country illegally. Temporary shelters were set up at various locations in California and other states for children who came across…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 28)

A lawyer for Trump says the Manhattan District Attorney won’t be bringing charges against the former president, officials identify victims who lost their lives in the collapse of the Miami Condo building, and an expert gives us her take on why Venezuelans are illegally crossing into the U.S.  in droves.


Deep Dive (June 22): 12 GOP Senators Call on DHS Chief to Release Biden’s Immigration Overhaul Blueprint

The Senate is voting on a sweeping election reform bill. Democrats say it would protect voting rights. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says, “It’s a vote on whether the Senate should simply debate the issue of voting rights, the crucial issue of voting rights in this country.” But Republicans say it would be federal overreach….


More Than an Exodus: Dropping Birth Rates Threaten California’s Future

As California’s population drops due to a mass exodus of residents escaping high taxes, exorbitant housing costs, and increasing homelessness, there’s another factor that’s been quietly contributing to the downturn: the declining birth rate. Data shows that while the Golden State’s population continues to grow old, young adults are having fewer kids. John Moorlach, a…


Justice Department Reverses 2 Trump Administration Asylum Restrictions

U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday ended two Trump-era policies that made it difficult for people to obtain asylum on grounds of domestic or gang violence as well as for those who claimed a family member was threatened with violence. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new directive to immigration judges to stop following the two rules, making…