As President Donald Trump’s federal funding suspension for sanctuary cities looms, Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan signed an executive order Monday barring any city employees from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.  Trump said earlier this month that starting Feb. 1, the government will not be making any payments to cities that offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants […]

A federal judge in Minnesota on Monday ordered Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons to appear personally in court this week, warning that he could be held in contempt over what the judge described as repeated failures by the Trump administration to comply with court orders in immigration cases. In a Monday evening […]

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to work together and change immigration policies after the deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of immigration officers in Minneapolis this month, urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to “reassess their current tactics.” In an op-ed to […]

Welcome back to Washington Secrets. Your lunchtime reading today includes the inside story of why Donald Trump backed down in Minneapolis and the lurid details of a former governor’s lunchtime conversation. President Donald Trump’s border policy has been one of the greatest successes of his first year back in power. But by Monday morning, senior […]