Tag Archives: Customs and Border Protection

President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass funding for a border wall during his State of the Union address for what he called an "urgent national crisis." Read More »

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly presented a more moderate vision this week for a U.S.-Mexico border wall than the one President Donald Trump had pledged during his 2016 campaign. On Wednesday, Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that some of Trump’s campaign immigration policies were “uninformed.” The country won’t build a wall along the entire southern ... Read More »

Immigration figures released this week show the lowest number of people trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in decades. Meanwhile, deportations of people living illegally in the United States are up significantly. So are President Donald Trump’s immigration policies working or is there more behind the numbers? Ev Meade, director of the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute, said ... Read More »

The number of immigrants being held in detention centers across the U.S. is the lowest it’s been in nearly a decade, possibly signaling a change in a federal mandate called a "bed quota." Read More »