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| Trump administration officials say they are crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes”, after the president called on Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill using the “nuclear option if necessary”. | Trump administration officials say they are crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes”, after the president called on Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill using the “nuclear option if necessary”. |
| Early on Tuesday, Trump resumed his Twitter offensive on immigration, writing: “The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our ‘Weak Laws’ Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!” | Early on Tuesday, Trump resumed his Twitter offensive on immigration, writing: “The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our ‘Weak Laws’ Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!” |
| The president also tweeted about “caravans” on Sunday and Monday. Trump has declared protections for so-called Dreamer migrants “dead”; accused Democrats of allowing “open borders, drugs and crime”; and warned Mexico to halt the passage of “caravans” of immigrants or risk US abandonment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). | The president also tweeted about “caravans” on Sunday and Monday. Trump has declared protections for so-called Dreamer migrants “dead”; accused Democrats of allowing “open borders, drugs and crime”; and warned Mexico to halt the passage of “caravans” of immigrants or risk US abandonment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). |
| Trump has been seething – and preaching to his political base – since realizing the major spending bill he signed last month barely funds the “big, beautiful” border wall he promised supporters and repeatedly said Mexico would pay for. The $1.3tn funding package included $1.6bn in border wall spending, but much of that money can be used only to repair existing segments. | Trump has been seething – and preaching to his political base – since realizing the major spending bill he signed last month barely funds the “big, beautiful” border wall he promised supporters and repeatedly said Mexico would pay for. The $1.3tn funding package included $1.6bn in border wall spending, but much of that money can be used only to repair existing segments. |
| One new measure the administration is pursuing is ending safeguards that prevent the immediate deportation of children arrested at the border alone. Under current law, unaccompanied children from countries that do not border the US are turned over to the Department of Health and Human Services and undergo often lengthy deportation proceedings before an immigration judge. | One new measure the administration is pursuing is ending safeguards that prevent the immediate deportation of children arrested at the border alone. Under current law, unaccompanied children from countries that do not border the US are turned over to the Department of Health and Human Services and undergo often lengthy deportation proceedings before an immigration judge. |
| The administration is also pushing Congress to terminate a 1997 court settlement that requires the government to release children from custody to parents, adult relatives or other caretakers as their court cases proceed. | The administration is also pushing Congress to terminate a 1997 court settlement that requires the government to release children from custody to parents, adult relatives or other caretakers as their court cases proceed. |
| The proposals appear the same as those included on an immigration wishlist the White House released in October that failed to gain traction. Such proposals are likely to face opposition from Democrats and moderate Republicans, going into the midterm elections. | The proposals appear the same as those included on an immigration wishlist the White House released in October that failed to gain traction. Such proposals are likely to face opposition from Democrats and moderate Republicans, going into the midterm elections. |
| But Trump appears intent on ensuring the issues remain to the fore, even though the spending bill was widely seen as the last major legislation to pass this year. | But Trump appears intent on ensuring the issues remain to the fore, even though the spending bill was widely seen as the last major legislation to pass this year. |
| Trump spent much of the Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, having meals with his family, watching cable news shows and rubbing elbows with conservative commentators including the Fox News host Sean Hannity, according to several club members. Also spotted were the champion golfer Dustin Johnson, MyPillow maker Michael J Lindell, boxing promoter Don King and former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik. | Trump spent much of the Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, having meals with his family, watching cable news shows and rubbing elbows with conservative commentators including the Fox News host Sean Hannity, according to several club members. Also spotted were the champion golfer Dustin Johnson, MyPillow maker Michael J Lindell, boxing promoter Don King and former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik. |
| Staffers with Trump included policy adviser Stephen Miller, a chief architect of anti-immigration policies. | |
| Trump’s past calls for the “nuclear option” – changing Senate rules so a majority of 51 votes is needed to advance legislation instead of 60 – have been dismissed by the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. | Trump’s past calls for the “nuclear option” – changing Senate rules so a majority of 51 votes is needed to advance legislation instead of 60 – have been dismissed by the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. |
| So-called Dreamers, undocumented migrants who were brought to the US as children, are due to lose coverage under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Daca, an Obama-era program Trump has tried to eliminate. His favored solution for extending protections to Dreamers mustered only 39 votes in the Senate. | So-called Dreamers, undocumented migrants who were brought to the US as children, are due to lose coverage under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Daca, an Obama-era program Trump has tried to eliminate. His favored solution for extending protections to Dreamers mustered only 39 votes in the Senate. |
| Trump’s tweets calling on Mexico to halt “caravans” followed a Fox & Friends report on Sunday that featured the leader of the border patrol agents’ union. About 1,100 migrants, many from Honduras, have been marching along roadsides and train tracks in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. | Trump’s tweets calling on Mexico to halt “caravans” followed a Fox & Friends report on Sunday that featured the leader of the border patrol agents’ union. About 1,100 migrants, many from Honduras, have been marching along roadsides and train tracks in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. |
| Such “Stations of the Cross” caravans have been held in southern Mexico for at least the last five years. They began as short processions of migrants, some dressed in biblical garb and carrying crosses, as an Easter-season protest. | Such “Stations of the Cross” caravans have been held in southern Mexico for at least the last five years. They began as short processions of migrants, some dressed in biblical garb and carrying crosses, as an Easter-season protest. |
| Individuals often try to reach the US border but usually not as part of caravans, which typically do not proceed much farther north than the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The current march was scheduled to end this month with a conference on migration in the central state of Puebla. | Individuals often try to reach the US border but usually not as part of caravans, which typically do not proceed much farther north than the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The current march was scheduled to end this month with a conference on migration in the central state of Puebla. |
| On Monday night, the Mexican government said it had stopped the caravan. | On Monday night, the Mexican government said it had stopped the caravan. |
| “Under no circumstances does the government of Mexico promote irregular migration,” a government statement said. | “Under no circumstances does the government of Mexico promote irregular migration,” a government statement said. |
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