Federal judge orders family reunification
Compiled from news services
WASHINGTON— Judge Dana Sabraw of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ordered all migrant children separated from parents to be returned to their families within 30 days, allowing 14 days for the return of children under 5. He also ordered parents be allowed to speak by phone with their children within 10 days.
Teams of attorneys at the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Justice spent Wednesday analyzing the ruling and how the administration intends to respond.
Judge Sabraw’s ruling is the latest complication in a controversy that has proven perilous for President Donald Trump, who last week issued an executive order ending the forced-separation policy, replacing it with indefinite family detention. About 2,000 children remain split from their parents.
House immigration bill
WASHINGTON— The House resoundingly rejected a far-reaching immigration overhaul on Wednesday, despite a last-minute plea from President Trump.
The 121-to-301 vote was a blow to Mr. Trump and House Republican leaders, who spent weeks trying to bring together moderate conservatives and Republicans — and ended up with little to show for the effort.
Nearly as many Republicans voted against the bill, 112, as for it, 121.
The defeat highlighted the continuing inability of both the House and the Senate to resolve the fate of the Dreamers, who were brought to the country illegally as children. Many of those undocumented immigrants have been shielded from deportation under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which Mr. Trump moved last year to end.
Disney gets green light
LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. won U.S. antitrust approval Wednesday for its planned $71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, giving the Burbank entertainment giant a leg up against Comcast Corp.
The Justice Department announced it agreed with Disney and Fox that if the deal goes through, Disney must sell the Fox Sports Regional Networks. Disney will have at least 90 days from the date of closing the transaction to complete this sale, with the possibility of a threemonth extension.
The approval is a win for Disney in its battle for one of the media industry’s biggest prizes. Last week, Fox accepted a sweetened bid from Disney, which increased its offer after Comcast’s competing $65 billion bid. The $38-a-share price is about $10 a share higher than what Disney offered in December — and $3 above Comcast’s bid.
Trump to visit Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — The groundbreaking for a $10 billion Foxconn factory complex in Wisconsin was supposed to be evidence that the manufacturing revival fueled by President Donald Trump is well underway.
But an announcement this week by HarleyDavidson that it is moving some production overseas to avoid tariffs is fueling unease in a state Mr. Trump barely won. Fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker is on the ballot in several months.
The contrasting news provides the backdrop for Mr. Trump’s visit Thursday, where he’ll speak at the Foxconn site and hold a closed-door fundraiser just a couple miles away from Harley’s headquarters.