VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. first lady Melania Trump returned Thursday to the country’s border with Mexico, her second visit in a week to get a firsthand look at conditions surrounding the detention of thousands of migrants who have illegally entered the country, including children separated from their parents. Melania Trump landed at an air base […]readmore
VOA News/ Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody. A reporter at The Capital Gazette tweeted that a single gunman had fired into the newsroom and shot multiple employees. Phil Davis, who covers courts and crime […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led members in the House and Senate to send a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging for an immediate extension of the June 30th deadline for Puerto Rican families currently participating in […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court, gives President Donald Trump a coveted opportunity make the second high court appointment of his term and sets the stage for one of the most consequential confirmation battles in decades. During his 30 years on the […]readmore
VOA News/Molly McKitterick What’s happening at the U.S. Mexico border? Arrests are down. Deportations are swift. And the children who are detained are young. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University has released information based on case-by-case data obtained from a Freedom of Information Act campaign. It covers the period from October 2014 […]readmore
WASHINGTON — Among the parents of more than 2,300 separated migrant children, three Central American parents sued the U.S. government over its policy of family separations Wednesday, the day U.S. President Donald Trump, under intense public pressure, ordered an end to the practice. But three days later, their situation had not changed and they’re “desperate” for […]readmore
VOA News/Mike O’Sullivan OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA —Protests continue over the treatment of migrants detained in Texas for entering the United States illegally, although the Trump administration on Wednesday reversed its controversial practice of separating detained children and parents at the border. Still, thousands of migrants remain in detention awaiting their court cases, and many are […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump called Sunday for immediately deporting illegal immigrants entering the United States with «no Judges or Court Cases.» In a string of Twitter comments, Trump declared, «We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country…,» contending that «Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the separation of children from their parents trying to enter the United States illegally is «so sad,» but showed no signs of changing the policy. «A country without borders is not a country at all,» Trump said. «We want safety and security for our country […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Sunday he is advising him to not pardon anyone linked to the year-long investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election because it would «just cloud» the perception that there was wrong-doing. Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor and part of Trump’s […]readmore