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Led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., senators are beginning debate on immigration legislation on Monday. It's anyone's guess what the outcome will be.

Immigration Debate Starts As A Jump Ball In The Senate

6:43pm February 12, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching an unpredictable process Monday, affording lawmakers the chance to bring any ideas to the floor. "Whoever gets to 60 [votes] wins," he said.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pictured speaking at the White House Wednesday. He said Thursday that "Dreamers" in the military won't be deported.

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Mattis: 'Dreamers' In The Miliary Won't Be Deported

10:23pm February 08, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Some young immigrants who had been allowed to join the armed forces are still waiting for basic training and feared their legal status would expire before they could serve.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the House chamber after her eight-hour-long speech about immigration on Wednesday.

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Pelosi Protests Stalled Immigration Talks With Marathon House Speech

7:51pm February 07, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor for just over eight hours in support of the expiring DACA program. It was the longest House speech in more than 100 years.

Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March in Los Angeles in September to oppose the President Trump's ordered end to DACA protections.

NPR Poll: 2 In 3 Support Legal Status For DREAMers; Majority Oppose Building A Wall

4:27pm February 06, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Americans are not sold on President Trump's immigration deal that calls for billions for a border wall. That's one finding of an NPR/Ipsos poll that shows Americans sharply divided on immigration.

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President Trump claps at his first State of the Union address, to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol.

8 Key Moments And Themes From Trump's 1st State Of The Union Address

2:18pm January 31, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

In case you missed the State of the Union address, here's what you need to know.

Carryn Owens, the widow of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, fought back tears as President Trump addressed her during his 2017 speech to a joint session of Congress.

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Heroes, DREAMers And Bill Nye: The Guest List For Trump's First State Of The Union

5:00am January 30, 2018

by Miles Parks

The guests offer a snapshot of the political messages that each party is hoping to highlight Tuesday. For Trump, the focus is on national security and law enforcement. For Democrats, it's immigration.

Luis Vicente Pedrote-Salinas responds to a question during a news conference on July 11, 2017, in Chicago. Pedrote-Salinas is a Mexican immigrant ordered to leave the country who filed a lawsuit against Chicago police alleging he was wrongly listed in a g

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Activists: Gang Database Disproportionately Targets Young Men Of Color

8:21am January 27, 2018

by Odette Yousef

Latino and immigrant groups in Chicago say the electronic gang database is inaccurate, there's no way for people to clear their names from it, and that it's leading to some deportations.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks to reporters following a policy luncheon Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall

10:29am January 24, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In a late night tweet on Tuesday, the president berated the Senate minority leader and reiterated that there can be no fix on DACA without funding for the wall.

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Saturday, arguing that the shutdown is mainly President Trump's fault. Republicans say Democrats manufactured the crisis over immigration.

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Who Will Carry The Blame For The Shutdown? Maybe No One

7:30am January 21, 2018

by Arnie Seipel

If voters punished Republicans over the last shutdown, it was by giving them the Senate majority. Since then, a blinding news cycle had made each crisis only more forgettable than the last.

Protestors supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals outside the White House.

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Justice Department Asks SCOTUS To Reverse Court Ruling Protecting Dreamers

10:30pm January 18, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

After a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending DACA, the Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to bypass the usual appeal process and hear its case this term.