For Successful Prison Reform, Scale Back Immigration
Former convicts seek the same low-skill jobs often performed by immigrants working for low wages.
Immigration
Border Patrol Releases Migrants, Citing Lack of Space in Detention Centers
“It is a crisis,” an unnamed CPB official told the Times. “It’s not a self-proclaimed crisis.”
SCOTUS Rules Feds Can Detain Alien Convicts Indefinitely without Hearing
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can detain immigrants with years-old criminal records indefinitely without a bond hearing.
The Emergency Vote
The vote to disapprove of the emergency declaration wasn’t an easy one.
Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution Condemning National Emergency
President Trump on Friday issued his first veto, blocking a Congressional resolution that would have prematurely terminated the national emergency.
Emergency-Declaration Rebuke Splits Senate GOP
Twelve Republican senators joined Democrats Thursday to pass a resolution terminating the national emergency declared by President Trump last month.
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Kirsten Gillibrand Holds Speech in Front of Trump Hotel in Manhattan
She's gearing up for 2020.
Sasse Backs Trump’s Emergency Declaration Despite Executive-Overreach Concern
Senator Ben Sasse on Thursday voted against a resolution condemning President Trump's national-emergency declaration despite concerns it usurped Congress's constitutional authority.
Senate Votes to Overturn Trump’s National Emergency
The Senate voted 59 to 41 Thursday to overturn the national emergency declared by President Trump last month, passing a resolution rejecting his declaration that had already cleared the House.
GOP Senator Backs Trump’s National Emergency after Urging Colleagues to Oppose It in Recent Op-Ed
Senator Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) reversed himself Thursday after vowing to support a resolution condemning President Trump's national emergency declaration.
Senate Republicans vs. House Republicans on the Emergency Declaration
So far, ten Republican senators have said that they are going to vote to disapprove the declaration.