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Central American migrants traveling with a caravan sit momentarily on top of the border wall during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

DHS to push for criminal charges against all border jumpers

The Trump administration said Monday it will now pursue criminal charges against every migrant nabbed jumping the U.S.-Mexico border, putting serious teeth behind President Trump's goal of stiffening immigration enforcement.

May 7, 2018
Suyapa Perez, of Chelsea, Mass., originally of Honduras, holds American and Honduran flags while demonstrating on May Day, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Everett, Mass. The demonstration was held to call attention to the plight of workers and immigrants, and to call for a higher minimum wage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

DHS cancels special TPS protections for Honduran migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Friday she will phase out special legal protections for 57,000 Hondurans who've been in the U.S. for nearly two decades, giving them 18 months to finish up their affairs and return home or else risk being deported.

May 4, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Dallas, Friday, May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump: Vote out Democrats who back sanctuary cities

President Trump signaled Friday that he's going to drive the immigration issue straight into November's elections, telling voters to oust Democrats who voted to protect sanctuary cities and voted against stiffer penalties for repeat illegal immigrants.

May 4, 2018
In this April 3, 2018, file photo, Central American migrants traveling with the annual "Stations of the Cross" caravan sleep at a sports club in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico. The group that led a monthlong caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States wanted to draw attention to the plight of people in the violent region. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

Caravan migrants say Donald Trump is discriminating against them

Migrants who came to the U.S. as part of the illegal immigrant caravan accused President Trump of discrimination this week, saying he ordered his Justice Department to prosecute people from Central America who jumped the border, while ignoring people from other countries such as India.

May 4, 2018
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks about a lawsuit he filed against the federal government to end DACA during a press conference in Austin, Texas, on May 1, 2018. Paxton is leading a seven-state coalition in the lawsuit. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Texas demands quick halt to DACA

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he wants a federal court to rule the Obama-era DACA program illegal before the end of July, hoping to nail the door shut on the controversial program before any other judges can meddle with it.

May 2, 2018
Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

New anti-DACA case draws favorable judge

Texas has already caught its first break in its new lawsuit to stop the Obama-era DACA program, after the case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen.

May 2, 2018
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington, on the second day of the federal shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Texas leads a coalition of states suing to stop DACA

Texas led a coalition of states Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, opening up a new legal front in the increasingly messy battle over illegal immigration.

May 1, 2018
Central American migrants sit on top of the border wall on the beach in San Diego during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Caravan members arrested after jumping U.S. border

At least 30 people from the illegal immigrant caravan had already been arrested for jumping the border as of Monday morning, border sources told The Washington Times, and the government filed the first criminal charges against them later in the day.

April 30, 2018
In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Thomas D. Homan, Trump’s top immigration enforcer, to retire

President Trump's deportation chief will step down from his job, administration sources confirmed Monday, short-circuiting what would have been a bruising battle with Congress over his confirmation and leaving a massive hole for Mr. Trump to fill.

April 30, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: No apology for travel ban Muslim comments

President Trump said Monday he won't apologize for his past comments about Muslims and suggestions of a Muslim ban, saying he doubts it would make a difference to the courts that are deciding the legality of his travel ban policy.

April 30, 2018
Demonstrators march to meet Central American migrants traveling in a caravan for a gathering at the border on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum

The illegal immigrant caravan swamped border officials in San Diego Sunday as hundreds of people showed up at the San Ysidro port of entry and demanded admittance and asylum as reporters, immigrant rights activists and Mexican watched.

April 29, 2018