Immigration Reform
The latest news, analysis and debates on immigration reform and policy.
Venezuelan gang member exposes himself to Manhattan prosecutor during robbery
A suspected Venezuelan gang member was arrested in Manhattan this week after cops said he robbed a city prosecutor who caught him touching himself in her apartment building.
Venezuelan gangster convicted of murder, gets life in prison for killing Georgia student Laken Riley
A Georgia judge on Wednesday sentenced a Venezuelan gang member to life in prison for the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, whose killing ignited a political firestorm over America’s flimsy border policies that let dangerous migrants into the country illegally.
Trump’s new border czar puts sanctuary cities on notice: ‘Get the hell out of the way’
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s new border czar, delivered a stern warning to sanctuary cities on Monday by telling them to “get the hell out of the way” as the next administration comes for illegal immigrants.
Trump selects Tom Homan, former ICE chief, as new ‘border czar’
President-elect Donald Trump will tap Tom Homan, who ran the government’s deportation agency in the first Trump administration, as his border czar.
Trump picks Tom Homan, former acting ICE director, as ‘border czar’ for incoming administration
President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration.
Trump, GOP plan to usher through tax-cut legislation that could also fund border wall
Call it the “Tax Cuts and Wall Act.” Republicans, on the verge of a full sweep of government, are plotting immediate legislation that would extend and expand tax cuts, bolster U.S. energy production and perhaps provide money to finish building the southern border wall.
Judge strikes down Biden’s ‘parole’ deportation amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses
President Biden stretched the law with his “parole” program to give special breaks to immigrants who are in the country illegally and married to U.S. citizens, a federal judge has ruled.
Push to expand noncitizen voting crumbles as voters pass bans in 8 states
Santa Ana, a city in Southern California, has one of the highest rates of noncitizen residents in the country. Yet voters are poised to reject allowing them to vote in local elections.
Biden’s lenient ‘catch-and-release’ parole programs and vetting failures spurred migrant crime wave
That illegal immigrants are committing crimes is nothing new, but many experts say there’s something different about the last 3 1/2 years, in both the number and intensity of the crimes the country is seeing.
How the border surge upended a small Wisconsin town
To its residents, Whitewater, Wisconsin, was a sleepy college town of about 15,000 — until a thousand migrants arrived in 2022 and 2023, straining the community’s resources beyond the breaking point.
‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals
Homeland Security greenlighted refugee applications for Venezuelan gang members after immigration officers failed to spot their gang tattoos, The Washington Times has learned.
Migrants rushing north, hoping Harris wins election
Migrants planning their journey to the U.S. are cheering for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the presidential election, figuring they’ll get a better shake from her, according to a border expert.
Border improved as Biden adopts Trump-style policies
The Biden administration tallied more than 2.9 million illegal entries into the U.S. over the last year, marking a slight improvement on 2023’s record, though things were trending better in recent months.
Trump sees hard-nosed approach to immigration as election winner with Hispanic voters
Former President Donald Trump is banking on Hispanics being just as upset over the border, and he took his message directly to them on Tuesday, saying that the border chaos under President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be the deciding issue in the Nov. 5 election.
Supreme Court rebuffs attempt to defend tougher Biden asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Monday shot down GOP-led states’ attempt to defend President Biden’s tougher rules governing asylum seekers, leaving the administration free to negotiate a weaker compromise with immigrant rights advocates.
Harris vies with Trump on securing U.S. border; policies veer from longtime rhetoric
The biggest difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump lies in how they would approach the millions of illegal immigrants already here — including an estimated 4 million that have arrived and settled on Ms. Harris’s watch.
Afghan accused of Election Day plot wasn’t fully vetted
The Afghan man accused of plotting an Election Day massacre was not fully vetted before being allowed into the U.S., according to a media report Wednesday.
Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold
Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago as smuggling gangs steer them — exhausted, dehydrated and malnourished — mostly into the hot desert, canyons or mountains west of El Paso, Texas.
Bill Clinton blames Laken Riley’s killing on bad border policy
Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that Laken Riley would “probably” still be alive if the Biden-Harris administration had done a better job of vetting the illegal immigrant accused of killing her.
Harris asks border sheriffs how to ‘do better’ than Biden on immigration policy
Vice President Kamala Harris’ team has sought advice from a top border sheriff on how to “do better” on immigration policy.
