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The highway that leads to the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Sonora.

In a pair of decisions Wednesday, two different courts, one in San Francisco and one in Washington, D.C., ruled against the Trump administration's attempts to block people from seeking asylum in separate but important cases. Read more»

The highway that leads to the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Sonora.

Trump administration officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to OK a ban on asylum claims by people who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without going through a crossing point. Read more»

A man is arrested during a tour of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, November 9.

A federal judge blocked the Pres. Trump's plan to bar people who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without going through a port of entry from applying for asylum, saying the ban "irreconcilably conflicts" with federal law and the "expressed intent of Congress." Read more»

Sen. Jeff Flake said he is confident that some of the dozens of judicial nominees awaiting confirmation will come up for a vote in the remaining few weeks of this Congress, which should give him leverage to push protection for the Russia-election-meddling probe.

Less than a day after Sen. Jeff Flake vowed to use whatever remaining leverage he has to push a bill protecting the Mueller investigation, he saw that leverage pulled away from him Thursday, at least for now. Read more»

A member of the U.S. Army welds brackets for metal screens with a Border Patrol agent's help in Nogales, Arizona on Friday.

Three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday to block the Trump administration's plan to bar people who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border from applying for asylum, arguing that the White House is violating federal law. Read more»

A Border Patrol agent on a rocky outcrop in the desert east of Yuma, Arizona.

Immigration officials plan to bar people who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border from applying for asylum, newly installed acting Attorney General Whitaker and Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen announced Thursday. Read more»