Immigration

$11 billion and counting: Trump's border wall would be the world's most costly
The costs keep piling up for President Trump's border wall, which has a current price tag of $11 billion — nearly $20 million per mile. It's more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world.
Mexico blocks hundreds of migrants from crossing border span
Mexican authorities closed a border entry point in southern Mexico on Saturday after hundreds of Central American migrants tried to push their way across a bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala.
Ricardo Batres, 47, admitted he took advantage of employees’ federal immigration status to force them to work for him. It was the first time Hennepin County prosecutors charged a contractor under the state’s labor trafficking law.
Judge's order on refugee resettlement could invalidate Minn. county votes
A federal judge agreed Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order allowing state and local government officials to reject refugees from resettling in their jurisdictions. The decision throws into question some Minnesota county votes on the issue.
Rumors, misinformation lurked as Minnesota county rejected refugees
Beltrami County attracted national attention when commissioners voted against refugee resettlement last week. Ahead of the vote, false information about resettlement circulated on social media, in text messages and in flyers mailed to some county residents.
In a recent court filing, Guled Omar said his lawyer failed to negotiate a plea deal with the government in 2016 and was ineffective in representing him. He’s asking a federal judge to vacate or reduce his sentence.
U.S. officials: More than 20 Saudi students to be expelled in wake of Florida shooting
The Pentagon has suspended operational training of all Saudi Arabian military students indefinitely, as federal investigators conduct a security review of the more than 800 Saudi students in the U.S.
Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will reject the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order. Abbott wrote in a letter that Texas “has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system.”