Immigration
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- Sep 21, 12:36 PM ET
Judge mulls bid to curb power to split families at border
A federal judge said he was struggling with a request to more narrowly define what behavior justifies separating children from their parents at the border after complaints that the Trump administration was abusing its discretionary powers
Sep 21, 12:36 PM ET
- Sep 20, 9:57 PM ET
An inside look at the deadly toll on immigrants at US southern border
In Pima County, Arizona, the largest county that lines the U.S.-Mexico border, Sheriff Mark Napier shows how they deal with what he calls “a major drug trafficking and human trafficking corridor.”
Sep 20, 9:57 PM ET
- Sep 20, 8:26 PM ET
Women leave Montana town over border agency lawsuit backlash
A woman who is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protecton after being questioned for speaking Spanish in a convenience store says the backlash has forced them to leave their small Montana city
Sep 20, 8:26 PM ET
- Sep 20, 3:47 PM ET
Sheriff reveals deadly realities of illegal immigration across US southern border
“So far this year...to date in 2019, we've recovered 92 suspected undocumented border cross remains,” the Arizona medical examiner said.
Sep 20, 3:47 PM ET
- Sep 19, 6:11 PM ET
Acting ICE chief defends agents, scolds lawmakers for political rhetoric
ICE Acting Director Matthew Albence says fervent political activism put his front-line agents at risk.
Sep 19, 6:11 PM ET
- Sep 16, 1:50 PM ET
3 migrants killed, 11 detained after boat sinks in Caribbean: CBP
At least three migrants drowned and 11 were detained.
Sep 16, 1:50 PM ET
- Sep 15, 9:36 PM ET
Border Patrol agent shot, suspect killed during traffic stop
The suspect was shot and killed by the agent's partner.
Sep 15, 9:36 PM ET
- Sep 14, 11:10 PM ET
Over 70 arrested in immigration protest at Microsoft store
Protesters criticized Microsoft for doing business with ICE.
Sep 14, 11:10 PM ET - Sep 14, 5:54 PM ET
US border agent wounded, suspect killed during traffic stop
Another agent shot and killed the gunman near the Texas border city of Del Rio.
Sep 14, 5:54 PM ET - Sep 9, 11:30 PM ET
Migrant crossings at US border continue to decline: CBP chief
The number of migrants found crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has continued to decline in recent weeks.
Sep 9, 11:30 PM ET
- Sep 9, 10:14 PM ET
Migrant crossings at US border continue to decline
Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Monday that federal agents stopped about 64,000 people at the southern border in the month of August.
Sep 9, 10:14 PM ET - Sep 6, 2:38 PM ET
Mexico declares success in slowing migrant flow
Mexico says the number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border has fallen by 56 percent since an agreement with U.S. officials three months ago to reduce the flow
Sep 6, 2:38 PM ET - Sep 4, 11:04 PM ET
Pentagon slicing $3.6B from military construction projects to fund border wall
The Pentagon notified lawmakers about 127 military construction projects that will be deferred or delayed to divert funding to build the president's border wall.
Sep 4, 11:04 PM ET - Sep 4, 6:54 PM ET
Gov't watchdog documents 'trauma,' fear of abandonment for separated migrant kids under Trump
Kids crossing the border and separated from their parents were so traumatized that they often complained of chest pains, according to a government watchdog report.
Sep 4, 6:54 PM ET - Sep 3, 9:26 PM ET
Trump admin reconsiders abrupt denials of deportation exemptions for health care
The Trump administration is reconsidering a new policy that meant abrupt denials of deportation exemptions for health reasons.
Sep 3, 9:26 PM ET - Aug 31, 6:40 PM ET
Conviction overturned for undocumented immigrant charged in death of Kate Steinle
A California appeals overturned the lone conviction of Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco.
Aug 31, 6:40 PM ET - Aug 29, 10:31 PM ET
Fear and distrust: Latest immigration changes under Trump sparks confusion
The Trump administration’s latest immigration policy this week was met with widespread confusion, fear and distrust as officials struggled to explain the impact.
Aug 29, 10:31 PM ET - Aug 29, 10:05 PM ET
CDC reports more than 900 mumps cases in immigrant detention centers
Immigration detention centers across the U.S. are fighting an outbreak of mumps, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Aug 29, 10:05 PM ET - Aug 29, 8:42 PM ET
Immigrant children receiving life-saving treatment in US told to leave
The Trump administration has started denying pleas by non-citizens who are trying to extend their time in the U.S. to treat severe medical conditions.
Aug 29, 8:42 PM ET - Aug 29, 6:22 PM ET
Trump administration reshuffling money to fund border operations
The Trump administration hopes to divert millions of dollars away from the disaster relief funds to finance border agencies.
Aug 29, 6:22 PM ET - Aug 29, 5:51 PM ET
Mom reunites with 14-year-old daughter with leukemia after being granted waiver to enter US from Mexico
Ixcell Perez, 14, was born in the U.S. but moved to Mexico with her family.
Aug 29, 5:51 PM ET - Aug 29, 5:13 PM ET
Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states
Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, U.S. health officials say
Aug 29, 5:13 PM ET - Aug 29, 4:27 PM ET
House Dems say Trump admin blocking visits to border sites
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is objecting to the Trump administration's decision to block committee staffers from conducting additional visits at 11 border detention facilities after visits last week revealed serious problems
Aug 29, 4:27 PM ET - Aug 28, 3:21 PM ET
Trump wants to shift FEMA money to immigration
Just as hurricane season hits, President Donald Trump reportedly wants to take more than $155 million from FEMA and use the money in his fight against illegal immigration.
Aug 28, 3:21 PM ET - Aug 26, 10:47 PM ET
ICE lets news cameras into facility where Trump admin plans long-term family detention
Last Friday, the administration issued a new policy to replace court-ordered standards that have regulated the detention of migrant children.
Aug 26, 10:47 PM ET - Aug 25, 11:52 PM ET
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down a free hotline for detained immigrants
After the hotline was depicted in a season of “Orange is the New Black,” the group Freedom for Immigrants said that their four digit hotline for detainees was silenced.
Aug 25, 11:52 PM ET - Aug 25, 9:35 PM ET
6-month-old girl in critical condition after she and her father illegally crossed southern border: Federal official
The infant and her father were detained with 21 other people, officials said.
Aug 25, 9:35 PM ET - Aug 24, 9:30 PM ET
Immigration lawyers say efforts to address a backlog of cases has hurt clients
The backlog has increased under the Trump administration, and immigration lawyers say efforts to fix it has hurt clients.
Aug 24, 9:30 PM ET - Aug 23, 9:21 PM ET
Kids left without either parent at home for 8 days after Mississippi ICE raid
The children, ages 12 and 14, were left without both parents as part of the biggest biggest single-state workplace immigration raid in history.
Aug 23, 9:21 PM ET - Aug 23, 6:20 PM ET
Neil Young calls on musicians to make songs using words of kids in border detention centers
The singer-songwriter Neil Young called on musicians to use the children's own heartbreaking accounts of their experience in detention centers.
Aug 23, 6:20 PM ET - Aug 21, 11:40 PM ET
Conditions at contractor shelters put migrant kids 'at risk': Watchdog
A non-profit group the government contracted to house unaccompanied migrant kids kept unsafe conditions at multiple facilities, federal inspectors found, a report said.
Aug 21, 11:40 PM ET - Aug 21, 10:35 PM ET
Trump administration proposes longer-term detention of migrant families
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new rules that would allow for the longer term detention of families traveling with children across the border.
Aug 21, 10:35 PM ET - Aug 21, 8:06 PM ET
Migrant detention rule change will hold families until court hearings
The acting Homeland Security secretary announced that the Trump administration has undone a 20-day limit on detaining migrant children.
Aug 21, 8:06 PM ET - Aug 21, 2:40 PM ET
Trump administration highlights rule changes for detaining migrants
The new rule change would allow families to be held together in detention throughout their immigration court proceedings.
Aug 21, 2:40 PM ET - Aug 21, 9:23 AM ET
DC enacts emergency regulations to stop migrant kids shelter
New rules prohibit licensing facilities housing more than 15 residents.
Aug 21, 9:23 AM ET - Aug 21, 2:26 AM ET
Mexican police find 75 migrants in border town safe house
They were hidden at a safe house in a town across the border from McAllen, Texas
Aug 21, 2:26 AM ET - Aug 21, 12:28 AM ET
New lawsuit from detainees and advocacy groups claims ICE denied medical treatment
The lawsuit alleges that ICE has both delayed and denied medical and mental health care to detainees.
Aug 21, 12:28 AM ET - Aug 18, 4:02 PM ET
2 shuttered Arizona shelters for immigrant kids could reopen
Largest provider of shelters for immigrant children looks to reopen 2 facilities
Aug 18, 4:02 PM ET - Aug 16, 9:14 PM ET
Court allows Trump admin asylum restrictions to take place along most of border
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rolled back a prior injunction that blocked the Trump admin's asylum restrictions, allowing them to take place outside the region.
Aug 16, 9:14 PM ET - Aug 16, 11:11 AM ET
Trump administration underestimating impact of new immigration rule, advocates say
The Trump administration is expected to save less than a half percent on public aid spending with its latest immigration plan, according to the government’s own analysis
Aug 16, 11:11 AM ET - Aug 16, 10:51 AM ET
UN: Migrant deaths in Americas top 500 so far this year
The figure is about a 33% increase from a year ago.
Aug 16, 10:51 AM ET - Aug 16, 5:54 AM ET
NFL players help pay bail for immigration activist jailed by ICE after reciting poem against family separations
Jose Bello, an immigration activist, has been freed after about three months in ICE custody thanks to the help of some NFL players.
Aug 16, 5:54 AM ET - Aug 15, 8:18 PM ET
Panel rules soap, sleep essential to migrant kids' safety
A panel of judges has dismissed an appeal by the U.S. government contending that detained immigrant children may not necessarily require soap for shorter stints in custody under a longstanding settlement agreement
Aug 15, 8:18 PM ET - Aug 15, 6:57 PM ET
Several injured after driver plows truck into immigration protesters outside ICE facility in Rhode Island
A truck was trying to drive through the hundreds of protesters at the time.
Aug 15, 6:57 PM ET - Aug 15, 5:42 PM ET
NFL players bail out undocumented immigrant detained by ICE
Redskins cornerback Josh Norman and Saints linebacker Demario Davis helped pay the $50,000 bond to free activist Jose Bello.
Aug 15, 5:42 PM ET - Aug 15, 11:53 AM ET
Driver plows truck into immigration protesters
Video shows a truck driven by an alleged corrections officer attempting to drive through a crowd of protesters in Rhode Island advocating for the human rights of migrants.
Aug 15, 11:53 AM ET - Aug 14, 10:26 PM ET
Impacts of new immigration policy
Evelyn Rusli and Angela Sutherland, co-founders of Yumi, discuss their families' immigration stories, and how this new immigration policy with affect people who are on public assistance.
Aug 14, 10:26 PM ET - Aug 14, 8:02 AM ET
5 things you should know about Trump's latest legal immigration crackdown
A public charge rule announced this week will make it harder for immigrants who qualify for government benefits to become citizens.
Aug 14, 8:02 AM ET - Aug 13, 11:22 PM ET
5 things to know about Trump's latest immigration crackdown
The new rule penalizes anyone who qualifies for assistance, even if they don't use it.
Aug 13, 11:22 PM ET - Aug 13, 6:40 PM ET
How new immigration policy targets low-income communities
Julia Gelatt, a senior analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, explains how the impact of Trump's new immigration policy will affect "future immigration flows."
Aug 13, 6:40 PM ET