Politics
The attorney general has stepped up the hiring of immigration judges, ordered them to hear more cases, and shown a preference for those who’ve previously been prosecutors.
Which might be the point.
Even with a Democratic House majority, the most plausible immigration deal might only help the “Dreamers” and those with temporary protected status.
They could be the start of a redefined party that’s more closely associated with national security.
They fueled the victories of Democratic challengers such as Colin Allred in Texas and Lucy McBath in Georgia.
In an address Thursday, the president criticized U.S. asylum policy and threatened to detain those who credibly claim the protections.
Four types of American counties could play an outsize role in whether Democrats regain power in the lower chamber.
The president said he intends to remove the right through executive order—a move that would reignite a long-standing debate over the Fourteenth Amendment.
Just days after a group of Hondurans began their trek to the U.S.-Mexico border, a second caravan began to gather. It could signal a trend toward more people traveling in groups.
The president tried prosecuting migrants and separating families but so far hasn’t been able to deter the latest migrant caravan from heading north.
The Justice Department has warned that if the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t rule on the program, it’ll take it up to the new conservative Supreme Court majority.
