Immigration

Budget Committee Vote Determines $72 Billion Immigration Package

The Senate Budget Committee's business meeting on S.Con.Res.33 on May 20 is the procedural linchpin between a House-passed budget resolution and the...

Immigration

Senate Committee Votes on $72 Billion Border Package

A nearly $72 billion immigration and border security package is headed toward a formal Senate committee vote, and a $1 billion provision tied to White House...

Congress

Foreign-Born Population Present in Every Congressional District

A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when immigration sits at the center of nearly every major policy fight in Washington. CRS...

Immigration

Who Controls the Border Security Checkpoints? Private Companies Now Fund Half a Billion

Every day, more than 1.15 million people and 88,500 cargo containers cross into the United States through 328 ports of entry. The federal agency responsible...

Law and Order

Congress Explores if Sanctuary Policies in Virginia Put Residents at Risk

A series of violent crimes allegedly committed by individuals in the country illegally has put Fairfax County, Virginia at the center of a national debate...

Legislation

Senate Republicans Race Trump's June 1 Immigration Bill Deadline

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on a roughly $39.2 billion slice of the Republican reconciliation package — one of the most consequential...

Immigration

Rep. Roy Places Sharia Law on Trial

A House Judiciary subcommittee is set to hold its second hearing on whether Islamic law and political Islam are compatible with the U.S. Constitution, a...

Immigration

Congress Locks In $140 Billion Immigration Enforcement Funding

Congress is moving to lock in funding for immigration enforcement in a way that would be difficult for future lawmakers to undo. The FY2026 Budget...

Commerce

U.S. International Tourism Declining While World Travel Destinations Set Records

A new Congressional Research Service report finds that international tourism to the United States is declining at a moment when the rest of the world is...

Immigration

Presidential Executive Order Challenges 130 Years of Birthright Citizenship

The birthright citizenship Supreme Court case now before the justices cuts to a foundational question: can a president rewrite 130 years of constitutional...

Congress

Senate Blocks Restoration of Work Permit Extensions, Leaving Hundreds of Thousands of Legal Immigrants at Risk

The Senate voted 47-50 on Wednesday to block a joint resolution that would have restored automatic extensions of work permits for legal immigrants, handing...

Law and Order

Detention Capacity Gap Makes Mass Deportation Structurally Impossible

A new Congressional Research Service report published April 24 lays out the legal and operational realities of the ICE non-detained docket, and the picture...

Immigration

Committee Examines Stripping Citizenship From Americans

The constitutional meaning of American citizenship — who gets it, who keeps it, and who can lose it — is heading to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing...

Congress

Senate Republicans Advance $140 Billion Immigration Enforcement Budget, Blocking Democratic Opposition

Why it matters: Senate Republicans advanced a $140 billion budget resolution early Thursday morning designed to fund President Trump's immigration...

Immigration

Senate Confirms Trump's Andrew Davis to Federal Bench, Reshaping Immigration Court With Party-Line Vote

The Senate confirmed Andrew B. Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on April 17, 2026, on a 47-45 vote that broke almost...

Immigration

# Senate Clears Path for Trump's Border Agenda With Party-Line Budget Vote

The S.Con.Res. 33 floor vote passed 52-46, with zero crossovers, setting up a reconciliation push to fund Trump's border agenda.

Congress

House Passes Haiti TPS Bill, Restoring Legal Status for 350,000 Haitians in Rebuke of Trump Deportation Policy

The House voted 220-207 on Wednesday to pass H.R. 1689, a bill that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to restore the Haiti Temporary...