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In this Sept. 5, 2017, file photo, Yurexi Quinones, 24, of Manassas, Va., a college student who is studying social work and a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, rallies next to Ana Rice, 18, of Manassas, Va., far right, in support of DACA, outside of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

DHS won’t target DACA recipients for deportation

Illegal immigrant Dreamers whose status under the Obama-era DACA status expires won't be particular targets for deportation, Homeland Security said Thursday, trying to tamp down on fears of massive sweeps being fed by immigrant-rights advocates.

October 19, 2017

Judge Theodore D. Chang rules against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban

President Trump's Twitter account landed him into trouble yet again Wednesday, with a federal judge using a recent tweet about shooting terrorists with bullets dipped in pigs' blood to prove Mr. Trump still maintains "religious animus" toward Muslims — and therefore his latest travel ban is illegal.

October 18, 2017
In this file photo, immigrant-rights supporters gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Frustrated with both President Trump and Congress, activists are increasingly turning to the courts to try to alter the country's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Judge William Alsup says Trump sending conflicting signals on Dreamers

The Trump administration can't even agree on which agency was responsible for officially ending the Obama-era deportation amnesty for Dreamers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, as he ordered the government to disclose more documents about how the decision was reached.

October 17, 2017
President Trump still breaks the law and the "founding principles of this nation" with the latest version of his travel ban by singling out people by nationality, a federal judge in Hawaii said. (Associated Press/File)

Judge blocks Trump’s travel ban for third time

A federal judge blocked a large part of President Trump's revised travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was to take effect, saying the White House's latest attempt to impose extreme vetting on travelers from dangerous countries is just as illegal as the last two versions.

October 17, 2017
President Donald Trump, center, listens during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, with from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul J. Selva. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Judge promises ruling on latest Trump travel ban

A federal judge who'd ruled President Trump's previous travel ban illegal seemed more sympathetic to the latest version in a hearing Monday, casting doubt on whether the president's opponents can continue to use his campaign rhetoric about Muslims to besmirch everything he does at this point.

October 16, 2017
Immigrant rights advocates as well as business groups argue that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is a boon to the U.S. economy. (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigrants get 2 million work permits in 2017

The government will dole out nearly 2 million work permits this year to immigrants who for the most part came to the country illegally or have some other tentative status, but who have been granted a foothold in the U.S. thanks to a loose immigration policy, according to statistics released last week.

October 15, 2017
In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017, photo, a Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies at a low altitude over the U.S.-Mexico border fence near the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

2 Dreamers caught smuggling immigrants into Texas

Two young illegal immigrant "Dreamers" in the U.S. under protection of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty were caught smuggling illegal immigrants in separate incidents in Texas, authorities announced last week.

October 15, 2017