‘I’m not for impeachment,’ Pelosi says, potentially roiling fellow Democrats

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview that she opposes moving to impeach President Trump even though she believes he is “unfit” for office — her first definitive statement on the subject and one that stands to alienate members of her own Democratic Party who are intent on ousting the...

Ilhan Omar: Obama’s a ‘pretty face’ who got ‘away with murder’

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ripped former President Barack Obama in an interview published Friday, belittling his “pretty face” and saying his agenda of hope and change was an illusion. She cited the “caging of kids” at the Mexican border and the “droning of countries around the world” on...

Trump’s border emergency becomes more real by the day as migrants stack up along the Rio Grande

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EL PASO - They came in pairs, by the dozens, hundreds. In one group, as many as 400 migrants crossed the border here in a single, massive group. Many are families. And some would soon sleep for the first time on U.S. soil -- but out in the open, under the stars because federal agents are...

House votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting

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House Democrats voted Friday to defend localities that allow illegal immigrants to vote in their elections, turning back a GOP attempt to discourage the practice. The vote marks a stunning reversal from just six months ago, when the chamber — then under GOP control — voted to decry illegal...

Tensions flare as Dems struggle to calm furor over Omar

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“Lawmakers clashed behind closed doors, with some complaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team had failed to handle the escalating...”

House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond. Tensions ran high at a caucus meeting Wednesday as some Democrats privately vented that Speaker...

Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High

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“This is clearly both a border security and humanitarian crisis. Kevin McAleenan, commissioner, Customs and Border Protection”

The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 66,000 migrants at the Southern border in February, the highest total for a single month in almost a decade. The majority of those arrested were migrant families or children traveling alone or without a parent, according to figures released Tuesday...

200 Cases of Mumps Confirmed in Texas Migrant Detention Centers

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“Texas health officials report that nearly 200 people contracted mumps in migrant detention facilities located across the state so far this fiscal...”

Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services stated that 186 people in migrant detention centers located in Texas had confirmed cases of mumps. The cases impacted migrant adults and minors as well as detention center workers, the Texas Tribune reported. There have been “no...

Illegal Immigration Under Trump Projected to Surpass Obama Era Levels

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“President Trump is projected to oversee the largest flow of illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border since former President Bush’s...”

more than 76,000 border crossers attempted to enter the U.S. in the month of February — the most apprehensions of illegal border crossers and migrants in this month in 12 years. While Trump’s administration expanded the Catch and Release program last month and Department of Homeland Security...

New, awful data shows that the border invasion is worse than ever

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If Trump had not signed the disastrous budget bill several weeks ago and we were still operating on a short-term CR with immigration remaining the top issue, today’s news could have strengthened Trump’s leverage. According to CBP’s preliminary figures obtained by the Washington Post, 76,325...

Record arrests of Illegal-immigrant families on border bolster Trump's emergency claim

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Illegal immigration continues to break records on the southwestern border — and they’re not good ones. The number of families snared trying to sneak into the U.S. soared by 50 percent in one month alone, setting an all-time record with more than 36,000 family members apprehended, Homeland...