US Removes Restrictions on Sharing Immigration Status of Sponsors for Unaccompanied Minors

The change was made to comply with federal law, officials said. The U.S. government said on March 25 that it is removing restrictions that prevented authorities from sharing with law enforcement the immigration status of people who sponsored unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), part of the U.S. Department of Health

Judiciary Committee Sends National Reciprocity Bill for Concealed-Carry to House Vote

Republican committee members say HR 38 recognizes Second Amendment as equal to all constitutional rights; Democrats say the bill is antithetical to federalism. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will send a “national reciprocity” bill for concealed carry to the House for a vote. Republican committee members said HR 38— the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act’’—is

Dan Goughnour wins election in Pennsylvania, keeping Democrats in control of state House

Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party’s hands by a single seat. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis in a district in the Mon Valley region southeast of Pittsburgh, winning a seat that became vacant in January with the death of