Citizenship

Joe Biden voted to give Robert E. Lee his US citizenship

Julio Rosas · April 29, 2019 4:42 pm

In this Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing in Austin, Texas. Texas has settled a federal lawsuit over the state's bungled search for non-citizens among the state's 16 million registered voters. The agreement announced Friday, April 26, 2019 ends an effort by Texas elections officials that led to the state wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of tens of thousands of voters.

Texas settles lawsuit over accusing 95,000 non-citizens of voting

Anna Giaritelli · April 28, 2019 10:16 pm

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Citizenship is not a matter of identity politics. It’s the moral basis of republicanism

Clifford Humphrey · April 26, 2019 6:58 pm

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Opposing the census citizenship question is voter suppression

Howard Husock · April 24, 2019 9:45 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, left, and Brett Kavanaugh watch as President Trump arrives to give his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 in Washington.

Supreme Court conservatives appear poised to support Trump administration in census dispute

Melissa Quinn · April 23, 2019 5:30 pm

Trump administration’s addition of citizenship question to census to be tested at Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · April 23, 2019 12:00 am

In this Friday, March 15, 2019, photo, families hoping to seek asylum in the United States wait on the bridge connecting Reynosa, Mexico, to Hidalgo, Texas. Many official points of entry along the border often accept few or no asylum seekers daily, leaving people to wait sometimes for weeks.

DHS bloodletting designed to clear path for tougher immigration regulations: Senior official

Steven Nelson · April 9, 2019 7:23 pm

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states.

Third judge blocks Trump administration from adding citizenship question to census

Melissa Quinn · April 5, 2019 10:33 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as they begin US-China Trade Talks in the Diplomatic Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington.

Commerce secretary will be a no-show at annual Senate budget hearing, angering Democrats

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2019 3:25 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., has undergone a heart procedure and will remain hospitalized for a few days. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats question Commerce Secretary Ross on census citizenship question

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 5:33 pm

An aide places a placard on the podium before a media availability about a resolution to block President Donald Trump's emergency border security declaration on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 in Washington. House Democrats have introduced a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump issued last week to fund his long-sought wall along the U.S-Mexico border, setting up a fight that could result in Trump's first-ever veto.

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Why is Obama allowed ‘executive discretion’ on immigration, but Trump isn’t?

Eddie Scarry · February 26, 2019 6:19 pm

ISIS bride Hoda Muthana

ISIS bride’s family sues Trump for denying her entry back into US

Katelyn Caralle · February 22, 2019 5:27 pm