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Supreme Court gives Trump more time to file travel ban briefs

U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a proposed ... More »

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Kellyanne Conway`s husband says Trump tweets hurting legal case

White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway attends a healthcare listening session at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway criticized President Donald Trump’s tweets about t... More »

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U.S. budget cuts augur badly for immigration fight: IADB chief

File photo: Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Bank, speaks during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts for Central America are “not a good sign” fo... More »

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Trump travel ban fight heads toward Supreme Court showdown

A picture of the travel advisory page of Qatar Airways advising passengers bound for the United States from seven newly banned majority Muslim countries that they need to have either a U.S. green card or diplomatic visa, January 28, 2017 in London, Britain. Pi... More »

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Difficult legal path forward for Trump in sanctuary cities case

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing the Antiquities Executive Order at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, U.S. April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Even if President Donald Trump wins an appeal of a court ruling blocking his execu... More »

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Trump slams federal court ruling on funding for `sanctuary cities`

People participate in a protest against President Donald Trump’s travel ban, in New York City, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a federal judge’s ruling that blocked his executive order seeking to with... More »

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Homeland Security not targeting Dreamers: Kelly

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks at an event entitled ”Home and Away: Threats to America and the DHS Response” at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The Department of Homeland Secur... More »

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Indian techies, IT firms fret as Trump orders U.S. visa review

FILE PHOTO: Employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) work inside the company headquarters in Mumbai, India, March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo For Grishma, an Indian software designer, President Donald Trump’s review of the visa programme f... More »

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New `Australian values` test planned for citizenship

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton speak on Australia’s citizenship test during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, April 20, 2017. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTE... More »

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Sessions visits U.S.-Mexico border to push migrant crackdown

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officers at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis Missouri, U.S. March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday ... More »

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Trump vows appeal up to Supreme Court after loss on travel ban

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the American Center for Mobility for American Manufactured Vehicles in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, U.S. March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst A defiant President Donald Trump has pledged to appeal to the U.S. ... More »

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More states seek to halt Trump`s new travel ban in court

Demonstrators rally against the Trump administration’s new ban against travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, outside of the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Several states said on Thursday they would move forward with legal challenges to a revised exe... More »

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Hawaii issues first challenge to Trump`s new travel ban

FILE PHOTO: Tourists and locals play on Ko’Olina beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, July, 29, 2013. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/File Photo The state of Hawaii requested emergency court intervention on Wednesday to halt a revised executive order from President Donald... More »

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U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications

A visitor arrives at Miami airport on a direct flight from Havana, March 13, 2013. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan Foreigners aiming for temporary jobs at high-tech U.S. companies will undergo a longer visa approval process after the Trump administration announced it w... More »

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New Trump travel order will aim to short circuit legal challenges

An international traveler arrives after U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, P... More »

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Trump to spare U.S. `dreamer` immigrants from crackdown

U.S. President Donald Trump announces his new National Security Adviser will be Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump’s administration plans to consider... More »

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Immigrants across the U.S. skip work, school in anti-Trump protest

Demonstrators march during the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest in Washington, DC, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Businesses shut their doors, students skipped class and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the U... More »

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Supreme Court to set guidelines for Trump treatment of non-citizens

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The U.S. Supreme Court will decide three cases in coming months that could help or hinder President Donald Trump’s efforts to ramp up border securit... More »

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Appeals court suspends proceedings over Trump travel ban

Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (L) reacts as her mother Fattoum (C) cries and her father Khaled (R) looks on after arriving at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski A U.S. appeals court on Thursday... More »

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Seattle judge set to move forward on Trump immigration case

Tareq Aziz (L) and his brother Ammar Aziz (2nd L), Yemeni nationals who were delayed entry into the U.S. because of the recent travel ban, smile as they are reunited with their family at Washington Dulles International Airport. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst A U.S. fe... More »

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Virginia judge issues new injunction against Trump travel ban

Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (L) kisses her father Khaled as her mother Fattoum (R) cries after arriving at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski A Virginia federal judge on Monday issued a preliminar... More »

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Trump`s Supreme Court pick dispirited by president`s tweets

FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch arrives for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Donald Tru... More »

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Appeals court presses Trump administration on travel ban

Shanez Tabarsi (L) is greeted by her daughter Negin after traveling to the U.S. from Iran following a federal court’s temporary stay of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. February 6, 2017. R... More »

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Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump`s travel ban

Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (C) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (L), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit... More »

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Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban

12-year old Eman Ali of Yemen, is reunited with her sister Salma (R) at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kate Munsch President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of seve... More »

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Technology firms to urge Trump to alter U.S. travel ban: sources

The Facebook logo is pictured in the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Several technology companies plan to send a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to follow thro... More »

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Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban

Demonstrators in support of the immigration rules implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, rally at Los Angeles international airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu President Donald Trump on Sunday ra... More »

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Trump faces uphill battle to overcome court`s hold on travel ban

Yemeni Ali Alghazali, 13, who was previously prevented from boarding a plane to the U.S. following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on travel ban, walks with his uncle Saleh Alghazali, upon Ali’s arrival at Terminal 4 at JFK airport in Queens, New... More »

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Canada to offer temporary residency to travelers stranded by U.S

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, wave to the crowd at a Chinese New Year parade in Vancouver, B.C., Canada January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Nelms Canada wi... More »

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Starbucks CEO Schultz plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz, pictured with images from the company’s new ”Race Together” project behind him, speaks during the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Seattle, Washington March 18, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder Starbucks Corp Ch... More »

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Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., Dec... More »

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Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants

The Bay family is reunited after Hamed Bay was separated from other passengers and questioned as a result of U.S. Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 28, 2017. Hamed Bay was traveling back to the U... More »

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U.S. tempers part of Trump travel ban amid big protests, criticism

Activists gather outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s executive actions on immigration in Washington January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday tempered a key element of his move to ban... More »

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Trump aides call travel ban success despite broad criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President Mike Pence (C) attend a ceremonial swearing-in for U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (L) at Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Aides to U.S. ... More »

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U.S. soccer captain Bradley slams Trump immigration order

Oct 11, 2016- Washington, D.C., USA- United States midfielder Michael Bradley (4) jogs on the field against New Zealand in the second half at RFK Stadium. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports United States soccer team captain Michael Bradley is “sad” and “embarrassed”... More »

Tech worker visas face uncertain future under Trump, Sessions

Donald Trump sits with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo The main U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trum... More »

Ahead of debate, Trump endorsed by U.S. immigration officers

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump picked up the endorsement on Monday of the union representing 5,000 fe... More »

Obama immigration action goes before Supreme Court

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Monday that tests the boundaries of presidential powers, confronting the question of whether President Barack Obama exceeded his authority with unilateral action to spare millions of people in the country i... More »

European values need not be threatened by migrant influx: pope

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis warned on Monday that the recent influx of migrants risked overwhelming European values and traditions, but said he was confident the continent could successfully integrate the newcomers. In an annual address to diplomats at the Vatic... More »

U.S. House Speaker Ryan rules out work with Obama on immigration

WASHINGTON House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday ruled out working with President Barack Obama on overhauling U.S. immigration policy, saying it would be “a ridiculous notion” to pursue legislation because Obama cannot be trusted on the issue. R... More »