Priscilla Alvarez
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Eric Gay / AP Will Texas's Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Hurt Law Enforcement?
Some police chiefs are concerned that the legislation may harm efforts to stop crime rather than helping.
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Alex Brandon / AP Sessions's Climbdown on Sanctuary Cities
The administration backed away from its aggressive January order punishing jurisdictions that limit collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters What the Spike in Immigration Arrests Might Mean for Detention Centers
With the nation’s courts backlogged, undocumented immigrants may be detained longer than usual.
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Alex Brandon / AP 'The Press Following Senators Have Become Large and Aggressive'
The directors of the Senate Media Galleries sent a letter to bureau chiefs and editors to say that the Capitol “has reached its capacity for reporters."
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Susan Walsh / AP The Risks of Sharing Intelligence
According to recent news reports, President Trump divulged highly classified material to Russian officials, potentially endangering the U.S. relationship with the source of that information.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP FBI Director Has No Regrets About His Fateful 2016 Decision
Testifying before the Senate, James Comey said he did not regret his late October announcement that the investigation into Hillary Clinton had been reopened.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Trump Administration Sketches a Border-Fence Plan
Mick Mulvaney, the president’s budget director, told reporters Tuesday that 20-foot-tall steel fencing will replace existing cyclone fencing along the southern border.
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Mike Blake / Reuters CNN Takes on Donald Trump's 'Fake News' Label
The network declined to air an ad on the president’s first 100 days that used the term to describe the mainstream media.
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Susan Walsh / AP People Are Calling In to a New 'Criminal Alien' Hotline With Reports of Extraterrestrials
On Wednesday, the administration launched a new office to “assist victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens.” Some rang in with reports of UFOs.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump’s Quiet Reversal on Deporting Young Undocumented Immigrants
The president has kept former President Obama’s order protecting individuals brought to the United States as children, but the administration is still taking enforcement action against them.
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LM Otero / AP Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Overwhelming a Strained System
The number of pending cases looks poised to grow as the administration begins arresting undocumented immigrants who weren’t previously targeted.
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Ford Williams / U.S. Navy / Reuters When Do Limited Strikes 'Work'?
Micah Zenko explains the logic of Trump’s Syria intervention—and its chances of success
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Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters Trump's Border Barrier Hits a Wall
The administration would need to acquire private property to build his barricade, which will put the president at odds with many in his own party.
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Gregory Bull / AP Trump Begins Funding His Immigration Crackdown
The White House blueprint increases funding for the Department of Homeland Security, while taking an incremental approach.
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AP Is a 'Merit-Based' Immigration System a Good Idea?
The policy could pose challenges to economic prosperity and potentially lead to greater restriction.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Republican Lawmakers Call for Sessions to Recuse Himself
According to media reports, the attorney general and former Alabama senator met with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the election.
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John Moore / Getty The Contradictory Claims About Trump's Deportation Plan
The president has said his administration is targeting “really bad dudes,” but his policy targets people who haven't been charged or convicted of anything.
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Bain News Service / Library of Congress A Brief History of America’s ‘Love-Hate Relationship’ With Immigration
Donald Trump’s restrictive plan is reminiscent of legislation from 100 years ago.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP How Trump Is Changing Immigration Enforcement
The president’s directive on immigration might resemble the record deportations of Obama’s first term—but without the corresponding push for legalization.
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LM Otero / AP Trump Cracks Down on Sanctuary Cities
The administration targets jurisdictions that limit cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration agents.
