IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS CLINIC AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, ELAWRA MUKERGEE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. YOU JUST WROTE THIS GUEST ESSAY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION SECTION RIGHT HERE ABOUT LIAM RAMOS BEING JUST one of the children in that detention center.Who else is there. Katie, thanks for having me on. Sadly, tragically, there are hundreds of children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing center.These children hail from around the world. Overwhelmingly, they are seeking asylum. They and their parents have ...

HIGHLIGHT THE UNREST IN MINNEAPOLIS. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS MONDAY.I'M JOE FRYER. SAVANNAH IS ON ASSIGNMENT COVERING THE WINTER OLYMPICS. WE BEGIN WITH A MINNESOTA PRESCHOOLER WHO IS FINALLY BACK HOME THIS MORNING AFTER HE WAS DETAINED ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER BY IMMIGRATION AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF FIVE YEAR OLD LIAM CONEJO RAMOS AND HIS DAD ON SATURDAY. WHILE THEIR IMMIGRATION CASE PROCEEDS THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. THEY WERE BEING HELD AT AN ICE DETENT ...

Man who exposed human rights abuses in China granted US asylum https://t.co/eRHBR7GWpD ...

From @WSJopinion: An asylum hearing in upstate New York on Monday will determine the fate of Guan Heng. The decision will also speak volumes about whether America still protects those who speak up for freedom at great risk to themselves.https://t.co/4q6Yyh09L9 ...

The mounting evidence that President Trump's immigration crackdown on the so-called worst of the worst is increasingly actually targeting the most vulnerable among us and once again separating families. Take the story of Fezang and his six-year-old son Yang Chin. Last week, the pair showed up at 26 Federal Plaza here in New York City for a routine immigration check-in, or what should have been a routine check-in.And like so many others, it's where they were detained. The New York Times reports that quote af ...

IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGIC SHOOTING AGAINST TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS IN DC, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TAKING NEXT STEPS IN HIS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. A DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING, TRUMP POSTED ON TRUE SOCIAL, HE WILL PERMANENTLY PAUSE MIGRATION FROM WHAT HE CALLS ALL THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. HOURS LATER, THE US ANNOUNCED IT WAS PAUSING ALL.ASYLUM DECISIONS AND ISSUING VISAS TO PEOPLE FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED IT WAS HALTING VISAS FOR AFGHANS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAD ALLIED WITH THE US AND HE ...

Trump administration tightening its grip on immigration after the deadly attack on National Guardsmen with a flurry of posts that appear to make big changes. Marco Rubio writes that the State Department has paused visa issuance for all individuals traveling on Afghan passports. US citizen and immigration services has halted all asylum decisions, claiming there would be new steps for immigrants to be vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.and we have a lot of others in this country. We're going t ...

President Trump on Thursday promised to quote permanently pause migration from all third world countries. Is the administration ending all legal immigration into the United States. >> The president is absolutely determined to stop all processes at this point in time from third world countries uh until we can have a thorough opportunity to go through these individuals, know that they're here for the right intentions and that they even should be in our country to begin with.Uh he's putting Americans first. th ...

Secretary Gnome, welcome back to Meet the Press. >> Thank you, Kristen. I appreciate you inviting me on.>> Thank you so much for being here at the conclusion of just a devastating week. I do want to start with the investigation into the attack on those two guards members. What is the latest you can tell us about the attack, the suspect, Ramanula Lockinwall, and what you have learned about the motive, Madam Secretary.Well, we know that this individual came into the country under Operation Allies Welcome and ...

New developments in the investigation into Wednesday's deadly ambush of two National Guard members who were on patrol near the White House. Specialist Sarah Beckram and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf were both shot in the attack, which officials are now calling a targeted shooting. Beckram died Thursday night from her injuries, and Wolf remains in critical condition.Beckram's death prompted Janine Piro, the US attorney for DC, to announce upgraded charges of first-degree murder against the suspect. and she adde ...