Washington – The Trump administration and the Oregon governor have agreed to begin withdrawing federal agents from downtown Portland after violent nightly clashes between police and protesters, the governor said Wednesday. But the White House and the Department of Homeland Security said federal police will leave the city once attacks …
Read More »CARES law enforcement officers question Treasury about national security loan to trucking company
The congressional coronavirus response oversight panel questioned Monday why the Treasury Department loaned $ 700 million to a cash-strapped shipping company in an effort to protect national security. In a report released Monday, the Congressional Oversight Commission tasked with monitoring trillions of dollars in emergency aid said it would further …
Read More »Judge orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA program and allow new applications
A federal judge in Maryland on Friday ordered the Trump administration to completely reinstate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era initiative that protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States from deportation as children. Judge Paul Grimm’s order of the US District …
Read More »Foreign students still in danger of losing visas, despite agreement
The lawsuit over whether foreign students will lose their F-1 nonimmigrant student visa status and will have to go home if their schools switch to online courses has been settled. The Trump administration agreed to reinstate a directive it issued in March that increased the number of online courses they …
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