By Mariana Alfaro, Marianne LeVine · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A bill that would allow the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing the House on Wednesday, the first part of the president’s plan to overhaul immigration policy. The Laken Riley Act, named in memory of a […]
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House passes Laken Riley Act as Trump begins immigration crackdown
By Mariana Alfaro, Marianne LeVine · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A bill that would allow the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing the House on Wednesday, the first part of the president’s plan to overhaul immigration policy. The Laken Riley Act, named in memory of a […]
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Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
By Maria Sacchetti, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration late Tuesday directed federal prosecutors nationwide to investigate and potentially prosecute state and local officials who don’t cooperate with the president’s plans to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post. In a […]
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Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
By Maria Sacchetti, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration late Tuesday directed federal prosecutors nationwide to investigate and potentially prosecute state and local officials who don’t cooperate with the president’s plans to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post. In a […]
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State raises Medicaid reimbursements for providers who work with developmentally disabled
The State Healthcare Authority is raising Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers who work with patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to help attract and retain more of those providers. The new higher reimbursement rates are based on an independent third party review that takes into account pay rates in nearby states and market salary trends. […]
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State raises Medicaid reimbursements for providers who work with developmentally disabled
The State Healthcare Authority is raising Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers who work with patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to help attract and retain more of those providers. The new higher reimbursement rates are based on an independent third party review that takes into account pay rates in nearby states and market salary trends. […]
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Federal workers fear job cuts, in-office mandates under Trump orders
By Emily Davies, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Federal workers are scrambling to make sense of the flurry of decrees issued Monday evening by President Donald Trump, parsing through emails from interim agency heads and skimming reports of lawsuits filed by unions to try to understand whether they have to report to work in person, or […]
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Federal workers fear job cuts, in-office mandates under Trump orders
By Emily Davies, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Federal workers are scrambling to make sense of the flurry of decrees issued Monday evening by President Donald Trump, parsing through emails from interim agency heads and skimming reports of lawsuits filed by unions to try to understand whether they have to report to work in person, or […]
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Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and TIM SULLIVAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a new poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, […]
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Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and TIM SULLIVAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a new poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, […]