Posts Tagged: US Mexico border
US Border Patrol Arrests Group of Eleven Iranian Citizens Crossing Illegally From Mexico
United States Customs and Border Protection has arrested a group of 11 Iranian citizens illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, according to a CBP statement Wednesday. Yuma...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Compares US-Mexico Border Situation to Gaza Strip
JNS.org - Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over the weekend compared the situation at the US-Mexico border to that of Gaza and Israel. “Do you know what...
Israeli Company Wins Bid to Help Secure US Border
JNS.org - Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems announced on Wednesday that its US subsidiary has been awarded a $26 million contract by the US...
Trump Set to Declare Border Emergency, Sign Shutdown-Averting Bill
US President Donald Trump was poised on Friday to declare a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, a move that Democrats vowed to challenge as...
US Congress Advances Border Security Bill Without Trump Wall
The US Congress on Thursday aimed to end a dispute over border security with legislation that would ignore President Donald Trump's request for $5.7 billion...
Senate Stirs With Votes on Bills to End US Shutdown
The Republican-led US Senate planned votes for Thursday on competing proposals, one broadly backed by Democrats and the other by Republicans, to end the partial government...
In Oval Office Speech, Trump Demands a Wall but Does Not Declare Emergency
President Donald Trump urged Congress in a televised speech on Tuesday to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the...
Seeking Support for a Wall, Trump Plans Prime-Time Speech, Border Visit
Aiming to bolster his case for a wall along the US border with Mexico, President Donald Trump said on Monday he would make a prime-time...
Trump Invites Congressional Leaders to Border Security Briefing
President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to a border security briefing at the White House as the federal government remained...
‘There Were Children,’ Says Migrant Mother Tear-Gassed at US Border
A migrant mother photographed running with her daughters from tear gas at the US-Mexico border said she never expected the US Border Patrol to fire...
Trump Says Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico, Incoming Government Denies
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that migrants at the US-Mexico border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were individually approved in US courts,...
Trump Backs Down, Signs Order to End Family Separations at US Border
US President Donald Trump backed down on Wednesday on an immigration policy that sparked outrage at home and abroad, signing an executive order to end the separation...
Trump Says Would Back Both House Immigration Bills as Separation Crisis Grows
US President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would back either of the immigration billsmaking their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration's separation of immigrant parents and children...
US Jewish Groups Slam Government’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy, Citing Separation of Children From Parents
Several of the most prominent Jewish organizations in the US have roundly condemned the government's practice of separating children from parents who cross the American border illegally. In a...
