Feb 26 Politics Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now Trump had wanted to start ending the DACA protections in March for people brought to the U.S. as children and living in the country illegally. By Domenico Montanaro, NPR and Lee Sheehan Feb 26 Politics Supreme Court Declines To Take Up Key DACA Case For Now Domenico Montanaro, NPR and Lee Sheehan
Feb 18 Politics How Immigration Could Motivate Democrats In 2018 Most of the voters who said immigration was their top concern were those who backed Trump in 2016. But if DACA expires, that trend could reverse in 2018. By Asma Khalid, NPR Feb 18 Politics How Immigration Could Motivate Democrats In 2018 Asma Khalid, NPR
Feb 16 Politics Is The March 5 DACA Deadline Meaningful Anymore? With Trump's expiration date approaching and no solution in sight for the DACA program, some lawmakers are beginning to downplay the date's importance. By Scott Detrow, NPR Feb 16 Politics Is The March 5 DACA Deadline Meaningful Anymore? Scott Detrow, NPR
Feb 12 Politics Immigration Debate To Start As A Jump Ball In The Senate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching an unpredictable process Monday, affording lawmakers the chance to bring any ideas to the floor. By Kelsey Snell, NPR Feb 12 Politics Immigration Debate To Start As A Jump Ball In The Senate Kelsey Snell, NPR
Jan 24 Politics Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall In a late-night tweet on Tuesday, Trump berated the Senate minority leader and reiterated that there can be no fix on DACA without funding for the wall. By Scott Neuman Jan 24 Politics Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall Scott Neuman
Jan 14 Politics DACA Recipients Can Apply For Renewal, Government Says The Department of Homeland Security says it will once again accept renewal requests from recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in response to a court order. By James Doubek, NPR Jan 14 Politics DACA Recipients Can Apply For Renewal, Government Says James Doubek, NPR
Jan 10 Politics Trump Responds After Court Temporarily Blocks Decision To End DACA The ruling granted a request by California and other states to keep DACA going. In September, it was announced that the program would be phased out. By Doreen McCallister Jan 10 Politics Trump Responds After Court Temporarily Blocks Decision To End DACA Doreen McCallister
Jan 8 Politics Congress To Take Up DACA, Border Wall As It Advances On 2018 Agenda Trump met with congressional GOP leaders over the weekend to plan out their 2018 agenda. But a deal on immigration and funding the government must come first. By Kelsey Snell, NPR Jan 8 Politics Congress To Take Up DACA, Border Wall As It Advances On 2018 Agenda Kelsey Snell, NPR
Jan 4 Politics Republicans And Democrats Seek Path To DACA Deal In Coming Weeks DACA expires in March, but most advocates agree that the Jan. 19 government funding deadline is likely the best remaining window to cut a deal. By Scott Detrow, NPR Jan 4 Politics Republicans And Democrats Seek Path To DACA Deal In Coming Weeks Scott Detrow, NPR
Dec 28 Economy Best Of 2017: Economy Reporter Roxanne Scott On Soccer, Satanism And Food Deserts This year, economy reporter Roxanne Scott covered a range of issues including downtown development and immigrant deportation. Here are some of her favorites. By Staff Dec 28 Economy Best Of 2017: Soccer, Satanism And Food Deserts Staff
Dec 21 Politics McConnell Wants Bipartisanship In 2018 On Entitlements, Immigration And More The Senate majority leader broke with House Speaker Paul Ryan's preferred approach to entitlement legislation next year in an interview with NPR. By Kelsey Snell, NPR and Susan Davis, NPR Dec 21 Politics McConnell Wants Bipartisanship In 2018 On Entitlements, Immigration Kelsey Snell, NPR and Susan Davis, NPR
Dec 21 Community Kentucky Advocate Says DREAM Act Would Boost Local, State Economy Advocates say Dreamers, or those eligible for the rescinded DACA program, contribute some $8 million annually in local and state taxes to the Commonwealth. By Roxanne Scott Dec 21 Community Kentucky Advocate Says DREAM Act Would Boost Local, State Economy Roxanne Scott
Dec 7 Community Interfaith Leaders Gather In Louisville To Support DACA Fix Interfaith leaders in Louisville met Thursday to voice support for legislation to fix DACA, the Obama-era directive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. By Roxanne Scott Dec 7 Community Interfaith Leaders Gather In Louisville To Support DACA Fix Roxanne Scott
Oct 16 Politics Trump’s Executive Actions May Mean More Headaches For Struggling Congress President Trump keeps adding new and thorny issues to the congressional to-do list, as lawmakers already face a government-funding showdown in December. By Tamara Keith, NPR Oct 16 Politics Trump Executive Actions May Mean More Headaches For Congress Tamara Keith, NPR
Oct 9 Politics Trump Ties Immigration Demands To DACA Deal, Including Border Wall Trump wants sweeping immigration law changes as part of any legislative fix for the program that allows Dreamers to stay in the U.S. By Tamara Keith, NPR Oct 9 Politics Trump Ties Immigration Demands To DACA Deal, Including Border Wall Tamara Keith, NPR