Immigration

America’s reopening after the coronavirus crisis brought a surge of human and drug smuggling to the southern border in May along with a worrying rise in the most abusive smuggling tactics. Border Patrol agents have reported catching a striking number of semitractor trailers, some packed with as many as five dozen illegal immigrants, roaring along…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked Congress for a lifeline amid the coronavirus pandemic that has caused applications to plummet and brought it to the brink of insolvency.A naturalization ceremony in 2019 administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Los Angeles. Credit...Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockMay 17, 2020Updated 7:25 p.m. ETLOS ANGELES — A precipitous drop…

WASHINGTON — Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, White House officials had discussed the possibility of temporarily halting immigration into the U.S. — but until a late night tweet by their boss, the plans were mostly theoretical.That all changed around 10 p.m. ET on Monday when Trump declared on Twitter that new arrivals…

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of certain immigration green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus."To protect American workers I will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigrating into the United States," Trump said at a…

President Trump says he will temporarily suspend immigration to protect American jobs, states are quickly burning through cash for unemployment payments, and global markets drop after U.S. oil plunged below zero for the first time. WSJ’s Jason Bellini has the latest on the pandemic. Photo: John Minchillo/Associated PressMore from the Wall Street Journal:Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.comVisit…