Trump Immigration Policies

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration's executive order letting state and local governments turn away refugees from resettling in their communities.

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Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order Allowing Local Officials To Reject Refugees

6:27pm January 15, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The order is a blow for the White House, which essentially tried to give state and local government officials power to veto resettlement. The judge says that appears to violate the Refugee Act.

Attorney General William Barr speaks at an event in Washington earlier this month. On Monday, he issued a proposed rule seeking to allow the federal government collect DNA samples from more than 740,000 immigrants every year.

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Justice Department Announces Plan To Collect DNA From Migrants Crossing The Border

9:09pm October 21, 2019

Immigrant advocates are denouncing the proposal, arguing that collecting genetic information of border crossers could have implications for family members residing in the U.S.

Ashley Tabaddor, a federal immigration judge in Los Angeles, is the President of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

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Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union

9:17pm August 12, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The administration argues that immigration judges are managers who are barred from forming a union. The leader of the union says the administration wants the judges to speed up deportation cases.