Archives: 2018

Border Patrol: We rescued 4 illegal immigrants from El Paso canal

U.S. Border Patrol agents at scene where, they say, they pulled 4 would-be illegal immigrants who nearly drowned from waters of El Paso canal very early on June 20, 2018 U.S. Border Patrol / KDBC-TV EL PASO, Texas — Four people who entered the country illegally nearly drowned before being rescued by Border Patrol agents just after midnight Wednesday, reports…

House vote on “compromise” immigration bill delayed

Republicans’ efforts to overhaul immigration isn’t going as smoothly as they hoped. After a vote on the more conservative of two GOP proposals failed Thursday, a vote on the more moderate “compromise” bill was pushed off to Friday — and then to next week. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, told reporters Thursday evening that more issues need to be…

In border controversy, U.S. ignores tech alternative to detention centers

The U.S. government may have a more humane and cost-effective tech alternative to detaining families at the border. But it isn’t being offered to the thousands of immigrant families that have been forcibly split over the past two months. At least not yet. The majority of undocumented immigrants detained by border patrol agents are enrolled in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…

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“We make kids disappear”: Activists alter billboard with anti-ICE message

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Under the cover of darkness, a group of Bay Area artists have altered a massive billboard on one the region’s busiest stretches of highway, CBS San Francisco reports. The billboard is delivering a condemnation of President Trump’s immigration policies. The billboard once read: “We make junk disappear” — an advertisement for a junk removal firm. But the artists…

Phoenix Suns select Deandre Ayton as No. 1 pick in NBA Draft

Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton speaks to reporters during a media availability with the top basketball prospects in the NBA Draft, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in New York. Mary Altaffer / AP NEW YORK — Only eight years after playing basketball for the first time, Deandre Ayton is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.  The Phoenix Suns made the long-expected…

Supreme Court rules states can charge online shoppers sales tax

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Charles Krauthammer, longtime conservative commentator, dead at 68

Last Updated Jun 21, 2018 6:59 PM EDT Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and one of the most influential voices in conservative politics, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 68. The Washington Post, where Krauthammer was a columnist for years, and Fox News, where he was a political analyst, announced his death Thursday. Krauthammer had been…

GOP immigration plans falter as vote on compromise delayed

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration admitted on Thursday a court ruling prevents it from housing children with their detained parents for longer than 20 days, putting more pressure on Congress to act on immigration. President Trump once again blamed Democrats, but it was his own party that split on a conservative immigration bill and had to postpone a vote on a…