A Virginia neighborhood in Fairfax County ranks with parts of other cities as having the highest percentage of children from immigrants in its public schools, with 78 percent of students coming from immigrant households, according to a report that the Center for Immigration Studies is releasing Thursday. Published March 15, 2017
President Trump said the federal judge's order halting his revised extreme vetting policy was "an unprecedented judicial overreach," as he rallied supporters in Tennessee Wednesday night. Published March 15, 2017
The Border Patrol can't say how many of President Trump's 5,000 new agents it will be able to hire this year or next, but suggested it will take as long as five years to get them in the door. Published March 15, 2017
Homeland Security has begun denying immigrant-rights groups access to detention facilities and to some of the illegal immigrants being held in them, a coalition of organizations said in a civil rights complaint filed Wednesday. Published March 15, 2017
President Trump said Wednesday that he didn't mean to suggest that President Obama actually tapped his phones, but he insisted that "some very interesting items" will be coming to back up his claim that the previous administration snooped on him and his campaign. Published March 15, 2017
Republicans' health care bill bans illegal immigrants from getting tax credits, but it doesn't do much to improve the checks already in place under Obamacare — a system that led to more than $700 million in benefits to unauthorized people. Published March 14, 2017
President Trump earned more than $150 million and paid $38 million in federal income taxes in 2005, according to figures released by the White House Tuesday night showing he paid a higher rate than the average wealthy person that year. Published March 14, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanded Tuesday that Republicans kick Rep. Steve King out of his post as chairman of a subcommittee with jurisdiction over the U.S. Constitution, saying the congressman needs to be punished for his controversial comments about culture this week. Published March 14, 2017
Nearly 500 jurisdictions are now sanctuary cities, according to a group that's tracked the issue for more than a decade, and who said there's been a massive surge in the number of places trying to thwart federal immigration agents since President Trump's election. Published March 14, 2017
Senate Democrats announced a bill Monday to revoke President Trump's latest extreme vetting executive order, saying it's discriminatory and counterproductive to the country's efforts to influence allies. Published March 13, 2017
Senate Democrats said Monday that they will block any spending bill that includes money for President Trump's border wall, even if it leads to a government shutdown, saying it's up to Republicans to resist touchy issues in the looming spending debate. Published March 13, 2017
The Border Patrol won't cut corners on its standards requiring a polygraph test for new agents even as it prepares to try to hire 5,000 more people, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan said Friday. Published March 10, 2017
An illegal immigrant "Dreamer" was released Friday after a fierce outcry from advocacy groups who'd said agents were breaking President Trump's promise to focus on serious criminals, not rank-and-file illegal immigrants. Published March 10, 2017
One is a popular student at a local university, the poster boy -- literally -- for the Golden Door Scholars program. The other stands accused of beheading his mother this week, in a grisly crime that has captured attention around the globe. Published March 9, 2017
Somaliland pleaded with the administration on Thursday to carve the territory out of President Trump's new extreme vetting policy, but stopped short of agreeing to the kinds of changes that helped get Iraq off the target list. Published March 9, 2017
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan put reporters through a seminar Thursday, hoping to earn better coverage of the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare by explaining the problems with the existing law and describing how Congress is trying to wipe it clean. Published March 9, 2017
President Trump's prolific tweeting may now cause another headache for the White House -- Congress's top investigators said Thursday he may be breaking federal record-keeping laws if he's not preserving all of his Twitter messages. Published March 9, 2017
The top Republican in the Senate said Thursday that Mexico won't end up paying for President Trump's border wall. Published March 9, 2017
Illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in the weeks after President Trump took office, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Wednesday, declaring an early victory from Mr. Trump's get-tough policies. Published March 8, 2017
Illegal immigrants being detained by Homeland Security at one California facility were being served spoiled lunch meats, were stuck using dirty showers and were faced with broken telephones, according to a new emergency alert Wednesday from the department's inspector general. Published March 8, 2017
