State Department warned ending TPS for immigrants harmful

July 29th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to documents released on Wednesday, July 25, the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protection for immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua could worsen efforts to combat drug trade and gang violence, the U.S. State Department warned last October. The senior Democrat on the...

U.S. vetoes U.N. call for withdrawal of Trump’s Jerusalem decision

December 18th, 20170 UNITED NATIONS — The United States was further isolated on Monday over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital when it blocked a United Nations Security Council call for the declaration to be withdrawn. The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution, which did not...

Supreme Court revives travel ban

June 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Trump by reviving parts of his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees and agreeing to decide its legality later this year in a major test of presidential powers. The justices narrowed the scope of lower court rulings that had...