Alicia A Caldwell

Alicia A Caldwell

April 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Homeland Security Chief Backtracks on Splitting Families

Parents and children caught crossing the Mexican border into the United States illegally generally can remain together, the Homeland Security chief said, in a partial reversal of previous comments.

By Alicia A. Caldwell

8 minute read

January 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Obama Scrapping 'Wet Foot, Dry Foot' Policy for Cubans

In its final days, the Obama administration announces it's scrapping a longtime policy protecting Cuban immigrants arriving in the United States without visas.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Julie Pace and Matthew Lee

8 minute read

November 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Young Immigrants Who Came Forward Now Worried About Future

Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living in the country illegally willingly came out of the shadows and identified themselves to the Obama administration on the promise that they'd be safe from deportation and allowed to work.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

8 minute read

November 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Trump to Deal With Surging Migration to US, Scant Resources

President-elect Donald Trump will face an immigration system that is maxed out when he takes office in January as a high number of Central Americans and Haitians continue to come to the U.S. through the Mexican border.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Astrid Galvan and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

10 minute read

November 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

More Migrants From Around the World Making Way to US Border

An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world quietly have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of other, mostly Latin American migrants caught at the Mexican border in the last year, according to arrest data from the Department of Homeland Security.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

10 minute read

July 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Obama Expanding Refugee Program for Central American Families

The Department of Homeland Security is expanding refugee processing in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

By Alicia A. Caldwell

5 minute read

March 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Can They Do That? Great Wall of Trump Faces Great Hurdles

Can Donald Trump really make good on his promise to build a wall along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border to prevent illegal migration? What's more, can he make Mexico pay for it?

By Matthew Lee and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

5 minute read

October 07, 2014 | Daily Report Online

US Agent Sued Over Fake Facebook Page in Drug Case

The Justice Department said Tuesday it is reviewing a woman's complaint that a Drug Enforcement Administration agent set up a fake Facebook account using her identity.

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Eric Tucker

2 minute read

August 27, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Immigration Judges' Union Wants Independent Court

The top two leaders of the union representing federal immigration judges say the court system that decides the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants facing deportation needs to be separate from the Justice Department.

By Alicia A. Caldwell

1 minute read

October 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

3 former execs at Texas charity accused of fraud

EL PASO, Texas AP - Three former executives of a charity with $834 million in government contracts were arrested Tuesday in a contract fraud probe that has grown to ensnare public officials in El Paso, Texas.Robert E. Jones, who is charged with 37 counts in the new indictment, once headed the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled, which supplied chemical-warfare suits for the military.

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL

3 minute read