by Jim Heath | Mar 14, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration
The Senate today easily voted to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, delivering a bipartisan rebuke to what lawmakers in both parties deemed executive overreach by a president determined to build his border wall...
by Jim Heath | Feb 26, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Immigration
The House tonight passed a resolution to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as majority Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution. The 245-182 tally was mostly...
by Jim Heath | Feb 24, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration
A bipartisan group of nearly 60 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that “there is no factual basis” for President Trump’s proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The joint statement,...
by Jim Heath | Feb 15, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration, Trump
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued sharp criticism of President Trump today after his announcement of a national emergency on the border, saying the move would “erode” the country’s system of government. “We have long fought against attempts...
by Jim Heath | Feb 15, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration, Trump
Against the advice of many in his own party, President Trump declared a national emergency at the border toay to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that Congress refused to give him. Trump said he would sign the declaration to protect the country from...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Immigration, Trump
The showdown between Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke started with the president ratcheting up his rhetoric on immigration and the border wall at a campaign rally in O’Rourke’s home town. It spilled over at a sports complex across the street, where O’Rourke was...
