trump administration

The U.S. Census Bureau, headquartered in Suitland, Md., is facing a lawsuit over its long-standing policy of counting unauthorized immigrants in census numbers used to redistribute seats in Congress.

National

Latino Voters Move To Defend Census Immigrant Count In Lawsuit By Alabama

4:50pm July 12, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration has not yet responded to a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's policy of including unauthorized immigrants in population numbers used to distribute seats in Congress.

Journalists set up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Monday in anticipation of President Trump's announcing his next Supreme Court nomination Monday evening.

Politics & Government

The Stories We're Missing When We Focus On Trump's Supreme Court Pick

2:03pm July 09, 2018

by Ron Elving

It matters, because important stories are getting less attention, coverage and prominence than they should — a state of affairs likely to worsen in the weeks and months ahead.

Sandra Lopez holds her daughter, Areli, next to Rev. Shawna Foster in the basement of the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist parsonage in Carbondale, Colo.

Desperate To Avoid Deportation, She Hasn't Left Sanctuary For 8 Months

5:55pm July 07, 2018

by Wyatt Orme

Immigration officials have a rule against detaining people who seek sanctuary in houses of worship. A congregation in Colorado is testing the strength of that tradition under the Trump administration.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, seen here last month, said that the government will meet a federal judge's deadlines for family reunification.

National

Trump Administration Says It Will Comply With Family Reunification Deadlines

5:08pm July 05, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

At the same time, HHS Secretary Alex Azar criticized the deadlines as "artificial" and said that they prevent the government "from completing our standard or even a truncated vetting process."

Politics & Government

White House Taps Former Fox News Executive For Senior Communications Job

4:30pm July 05, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Bill Shine left Fox News in the aftermath of a sexual harassment scandal, amid accusations that he failed to take the allegations seriously.

Yeni Gonzalez (center), a Guatemalan mother who was separated from her three children at the U.S.-Mexico border, is embraced by volunteer Janey Pearl Starks as pictures of other children separated from their families are displayed during a news conference

National

Migrant Parents Face Major Obstacles Before They Can Regain Custody Of Their Children

8:44pm July 03, 2018

by Joel Rose

Guatemalan migrant Yeni Gonzalez was reunited with her three children in New York City for the first time since they were separated at the Southwest border. Their reunion was emotional but temporary.

Queue Listen Now

Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidance Encouraging Affirmative Action

6:33pm July 03, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The departments of Justice and Education have retracted letters and memos suggesting ways schools and colleges can consider race to encourage diversity.

People demonstrate in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, demanding an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents. On Friday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that "the government will not separate families but detain families to

Trump Administration: Migrant Families Can Be Detained For More Than 20 Days

11:28pm June 29, 2018

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Now that a judge has ordered a stop to separating families, the Justice Department says it can hold families caught illegally crossing the border until their immigration proceedings are resolved.

Women hold signs as they protest the separation of immigrant families inside the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National

Hundreds Arrested Protesting Trump Administration's Immigration Policies

11:36pm June 28, 2018

Protesters marched through Washington, D.C., on Thursday to fight for families separated at the southern border. It was one of several demonstrations around the country.

First lady Melania Trump arrives Thursday on a visit to a border protection facility in Tucson, Ariz.

Politics & Government

Melania Trump Travels To Arizona To Visit A Migrant Facility

5:48pm June 28, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

It's the first lady's second visit to a detention center for migrant children in two weeks. She wore white pants and a black top — with no apparent message on the back.