Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled his immigration plans Thursday, calling for a moratorium on deportations and an end to ICE raids and President Trump’s “racist and ineffective” wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Trump plans to name Chad Wolf as the next acting Homeland Security secretary, Politico reports.
Republican senators are warning President Trump not to exploit a potential loophole in a federal law to appoint an immigration hardliner to lead Homeland Security.
Immigration hardliners have been gunning for Ken Cuccinelli as acting secretary of Homeland Security, but a federal law appeared to make the appointment impossible.
Former Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson said, “A president who leaves the job vacant for too long is neglecting his own duty to defend the homeland and keep the American people safe.”
The Trump administration wants to begin collecting DNA from asylum-seekers and other migrants detained near the Mexican border in an effort to compile a massive FBI database.
A former ICE agent accused of trying to help an inmate escape from a Kansas jail impersonating an immigration officer has pleaded guilty.
Activists are offering to help ICE agents find new jobs if they quit working for the agency.
