Republicans faced growing opposition to their bill despite last-minute lobbying from President Trump and decided prior to an emergency closed-door meeting with rank-and-file members to postpone the vote until Friday, according to a House GOP aide.
The House also rejected a hard-line bill that included deep cuts to legal immigration and offered only temporary protection for “dreamers.”
The dramatic about-face comes just one day after President Trump signed an executive order ending his administration’s widely denounced practice of separating families apprehended at the Mexico border.
Fearing deportation, Socorro, left, and Miguel moved from the U.S. after Donald Trump became president. (Alejandro Cartagena for The Post)
Their first attempt to get to Florida had ended in the headlights of a Border Patrol truck on a South Texas ranch. Arrested among the 50,924 migrants in April, the released couple would make a second attempt with the same smuggler as their American jobs waited.
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Analysis The executive order the president signed to end his own policy of separating families who are caught crossing the border illegally was a tactical retreat.
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The sweeping plan builds on President Trump’s pledge to shrink the size and scope of the federal government, a long-sought goal of conservatives.
The tech giant that has become infamous for its high-pressure workloads has accused a former Gigafactory worker who says he's a whistleblower of being a potential mass shooter, but the local sheriff's office found no "credible threat."
More than 40 states and the Trump administration had asked the justices to overturn its 1992 decision that restricted collection from retailers without a physical presence in the state.
The company said an investigation found that Brian Krzanich had violated its non-fraternization rules that apply "to all managers.“ Robert Swan, Intel’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim chief executive.
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For more than three decades, the disappearance of Barbara Jean Dreher has left her family in a kind of emotional limbo. Now, her son is waiting for an answer he’s not sure he wants to hear.
Officials said the western lowland gorilla — who befriended Mister Rogers, Betty White and Robin Williams — died in her sleep in Northern California.
World Cup 2018
Spain and Portugal both need just a draw to clinch advancement. Iran almost certainly needs to defeat Portugal to have a chance.
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