immigration

I recently went to the border and what I found was both remarkable and disheartening. Remarkable in that I was able to see firsthand the care and compassion demonstrated by our Border Patrol and Customs officers—the task is enormous. And disheartening because these truths are not being adequately told to the American people and, instead, are being twisted for political gain.

In a December 18 letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee thanked the Trump Administration for a Sept. 26 executive order that would require consent from state governors before forcing a federal refugee settlement program on the state.

After President Trump signed an executive order requiring approval from state and local officials to resettle refugees, a large group of Evangelicals called upon their lawmakers, urging them to continue resettlement in their states. 

A church in California is displaying a nativity scene that has Jesus, Mary and Joseph separated in cages.

The federal government is facing a new lawsuit this week after three faith-based groups found that the Trump administration's block on refugee resettlement violated the constitution.

In recent years, both political parties have shifted talking points on immigration and now effectively hold positions dictated by their most extreme members. Any hope for a legislative solution seems impossible. Rulings by various federal courts against the White House only have entrenched the stalemate.

Nearly 100 prominent evangelicals have drafted and proposed a new restitution-based immigration reform plan.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

A federal judge in Chicago has blocked President Trump’s attempt to deny green cards to immigrants, many of whom are receiving government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps.

The Trump Administration announced a new rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants who have received public assistance to get green cards.