
Dara Lind
Senior Correspondent
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Trump’s officials — including his acting ICE director — think it’s a bad idea, but Trump apparently loves it.


Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are pushing for a multi-pronged asylum crackdown.


Yet another defeat for a Department of Homeland Security stuck between the judiciary and an enraged and impatient president.


Nielsen was the most aggressive DHS secretary in history. It wasn’t enough for Trump.


Homeland Security officials were reportedly “baffled” by the move.


Add “residents of border communities” to the list of people whose lives Trump is using as leverage.


Donald Trump is not a reliable source on his administration’s immigration policy.


The first immigration platform from a 2020 Democratic candidate goes way further than a path to citizenship and the DREAM Act.


Experts agree that you can’t address the “root causes” of migration without aid. But Trump’s border temper tantrum prevails.


Closing any legal ports of entry would be a disaster, and DHS officials say they’ll only do it as a last resort.