A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status. This comes as the president targets so-called sanctuary cities as part of his immigration crackdown and threatens to prosecute state and local leaders who go against federal immigration policy.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a raid on a Newark business Thursday, detaining non-citizens and citizens alike, according to Mayor Ras J. Baraka. The incident, which could not immediately be confirmed with ICE or its parent agency,

Senate Republicans are rejecting a request by moderate Democrats to jettison their party-line efforts on immigration and work on a bipartisan solution.

Senate Democrats told GOP leaders they were ready to deal on an immigration package. Republicans, however, prefer a partisanship.