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In this July 4, 2019, file photo, a group of asylum seekers crosses the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Donald Trump moves to reject some asylum seekers

The Trump administration announced a new regulation Monday aimed at trying to deny some migrants the chance to claim asylum in the U.S. if they have crossed other countries to get here.

July 15, 2019
In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Border Patrol agent Vincent Pirro looks on near a border wall that separates the cities of Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, in San Diego. Hundreds of thousands of people have been arriving at the border in recent months, many of them families fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. Once they reach the border, they can take different paths to try to get into the U.S. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to OK border wall building

The administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to lift lower court rulings halting President Trump's border wall emergency, asking to be allowed to begin construction while the case proceeds through those lower courts.

July 12, 2019
President Donald Trump is joined by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr, right, as he speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump drops census citizenship question

President Trump on Thursday ordered the Census Bureau to try to figure out how many American residents are citizens -- but ditched plans to include the question on the 2020 count, caving to political hurdles and legal realities.

July 11, 2019
Rey Wences, an organizer at Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), addresses reporters during a new conference outside U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Chicago, Thursday, July 11, 2019. A nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting people who are in the United States illegally is expected to begin this weekend. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

Lawyers rush to court to head off deportation sweep

Immigrant-rights activists rushed to court in New York Thursday to ask a judge to head off President Trump's plans for a new deportation sweep, asking that anyone ordered removed in absentia without a lawyer be granted an automatic new hearing.

July 11, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi: Illegal immigrants should refuse to admit ICE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged illegal immigrants to refuse to open the door to ICE officers, saying they have rights and must exercise them to thwart the administration's planned deportation sweep.

July 11, 2019
In this May 25, 2010, photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants a boarded a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago, Il. and Harlingen, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ICE deportation sweep to begin this weekend

ICE officers will begin President Trump's promised deportation sweep this weekend, targeting about 2,000 illegal immigrants who have been ordered deported but are defying those judges' orders to remain in the country, The New York Times reported Thursday.

July 11, 2019
In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Border Patrol agent Vincent Pirro walks towards prototypes for a border wall in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Illegal immigration drops 28% after deal with Mexico

The number of illegal immigrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped 28% in June, authorities announced Tuesday, saying the slower pace gives Homeland Security a chance to improve conditions.

July 9, 2019