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A 43-year-old man from Georgia died June 4 at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana, marking the second death at the facility in less than two months. The facility had been cited in a recent inspection for…
3 MIN READSenior Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, have seized on the killing of a British teenager to attack Europe’s immigration policies and accuse allied governments of lacking…
3 MIN READThe Taxpayer Inspector General reported Monday that the IRS provided addresses for nearly 47,000 people to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a data-sharing agreement, but that the matching process was inconsistent and…
3 MIN READTrump administration border czar Tom Homan said Monday he has reviewed a plan to deploy a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to New York City, threatening to send 'more ICE agents than you've ever seen' in what he…
3 MIN READAn estimated 206 Afrikaner refugees have resettled in Ohio under the Trump administration's program for white South Africans, but they have encountered major obstacles from state driving laws that require $500 and up to nine months to…
3 MIN READA 17-year-old Maryland high school student walked across the stage at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on May 28 to receive his diploma — a milestone his father, Marco, watched via livestream from Mexico after being arrested by…
3 MIN READThe U.S. State Department's official account posted Thursday that 'two-tiered policing' in the UK is a 'glaring symptom of civilizational decline,' according to The Guardian. Vice President JD Vance on Friday linked the fatal stabbing of…
3 MIN READNew Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is facing intensifying backlash from immigrant-rights advocates and protesters who say her administration dispatched state police in riot gear to suppress demonstrations at the Delaney Hall immigration…
4 MIN READActing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director David Venturella has issued a memo ordering the agency to stop reporting and investigating deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release, rescinding a Biden-era…
3 MIN READA federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday struck down a series of Trump administration immigration policies, ruling that the government must resume processing asylum applications and green card petitions from citizens of 39 countries.
3 MIN READDetainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center said guards denied them food and clean water for several days this week unless they signed documents written in English that they did not understand, according to an…
3 MIN READFederal and state authorities raided a South Carolina metal casting plant on Wednesday, detaining 48 workers on alleged immigration violations and arresting two company managers on charges of knowingly hiring immigrants in the U.S.…
3 MIN READThe Senate early Friday approved nearly $70 billion in additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, virtually without conditions, providing President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign with an essentially uninterrupted…
4 MIN READSenate Republicans voted Tuesday to proceed with debate on a $72 billion reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement agencies through fiscal year 2029, resuming the effort after a delay sparked by concerns over a Trump…
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The Justice Department has opened 34 denaturalization cases and revoked the citizenship of 11 naturalized Americans since January, a significant increase from prior practice that senators debated during a Wednesday hearing. Republicans on…
4 MIN READIn the small, diverse community of Winooski, Vermont, a school district of about 800 students has refused to comply with Trump administration policies on immigration enforcement and diversity programs — a stand that drew death threats,…
3 MIN READAn immigration judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 21 ordered the deportation of a 19-year-old Honduran man who was fatally shot in November 2024, ruling that he failed to appear for his hearing. The judge rejected documentation of…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that the U.S. is still negotiating with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghan allies stranded in Qatar, while he defended the Trump administration's decision to…
3 MIN READA woman in a refugee camp in the Central African Republic gave birth on the roadside, alone and without medical care, after conflict and poverty prevented her from reaching a health facility. Her story is part of a broader crisis in…
3 MIN READNearly 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have described spoiled food, inadequate medical care, and physical abuse in accounts smuggled to journalists, as a labor and hunger strike…
3 MIN READThe European Union has agreed to a major overhaul of its migration policy that would increase deportations of people without legal status and allow member nations to build detention centers in countries outside the bloc, in a deal rights…
3 MIN READAn international court in The Hague has ruled the United Kingdom does not have to pay Rwanda any of the more than £100m the Rwandan government sought over the collapsed asylum deal. The Permanent Court of Arbitration rejected Rwanda's…
3 MIN READMore than 120 civil society groups are issuing a travel warning to the 10 million potential visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, cautioning them about the risk of detention, deportation, and arbitrary denial of entry as U.S.…
3 MIN READRep. Maxine Dexter said she was denied access to speak with pregnant minors at an Office of Refugee Resettlement facility in San Benito, Texas, during a late April visit, raising questions about the whereabouts of transferred children and…
3 MIN READRising waters in Lake Turkana, the world's largest permanent desert lake, have submerged homes, schools, and burial grounds across northern Kenya, displacing thousands of residents and severely disrupting the region's fragile fishing…
4 MIN READFamily visitation was partly restored at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday after being suspended during a week of protests prompted by a detainee hunger and labor strike. New Jersey Governor…
3 MIN READThe U.S. State Department has launched a review that could lead to the closure of an unspecified number of Mexico’s 53 consulates in the United States, alarming immigrant communities and legal advocates who rely on the diplomatic posts for…
3 MIN READProtesters and federal immigration officers clashed Thursday outside Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where advocates say detainees have launched a hunger strike over poor living conditions. Families of those held at…
3 MIN READDemocratic members of Congress who toured the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday described dire conditions inside the facility, asserting that detainees are participating in a hunger strike and…
3 MIN READA federal appeals court is giving former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him, extending a legal battle that has drawn attention over free speech and…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration announced late last week that most foreigners in the United States seeking permanent residency will have to depart and apply for a green card from their home country, a policy shift that immigration attorneys said…
3 MIN READA federal appeals court has put its ruling on hold, giving former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, extra time to challenge the Trump administration’s effort to deport him. Khalil was detained last year…
3 MIN READMillions of Muslims began the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with more than 1.5 million pilgrims arriving from outside the country, according to Hajj passport forces. The start of the multi-day rite comes amid regional…
3 MIN READFour immigration judges at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, began denying bond to detained immigrants years before the Trump administration adopted the same approach nationwide — a practice now facing a likely…
3 MIN READFormer Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court declined to rehear a ruling that put the government one step closer to deporting him. The American Civil…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration announced that many foreigners in the U.S. seeking a green card will have to leave and apply from their home countries, with USCIS officers deciding whether an applicant qualifies for “extraordinary circumstances.”…
3 MIN READSan Francisco’s main immigration court shut its doors on May 1 after a sweeping purge of its judges, leaving the city without a primary venue for asylum hearings. The court, which once had 21 judges when President Donald Trump took office,…
3 MIN READWASHINGTON — The Trump administration said foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will generally have to leave and apply in their home country, in a change announced Friday by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The agency…
4 MIN READChile has begun building a new border “shield” on parts of its frontier with Peru and Bolivia, a project the new far-right President José Antonio Kast has framed as a hardline response to migration. In northern Chile, crews are digging…
3 MIN READA federal judge in Tennessee dismissed human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025 despite a ruling that should have blocked it. The judge found evidence of “vindictive…
3 MIN READA federal judge dismissed a human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying prosecutors pursued the charges to punish him for challenging a mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year. The judge found the government’s case…
3 MIN READChicago’s top federal prosecutor dropped remaining charges against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year’s immigration crackdown, after a judge scrutinized allegations of grand jury misconduct. U.S.…
3 MIN READPhoenix voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 are weighing whether to stick with him as immigration enforcement and the cost of living reshape their views. An Associated Press reporting trip in south Phoenix found some Trump supporters…
4 MIN READThe Trump administration announced Friday that most foreign nationals with legal status in the U.S. who want to become lawful permanent residents must leave the country and apply from their home nations, ending a practice in place for more…
3 MIN READThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that foreigners who are temporarily in the United States and wish to become lawful permanent residents must return to their home country to file a green‑card application,…
4 MIN READChicago’s top federal prosecutor dropped the remaining charges against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year’s immigration crackdown, after a judge scrutinized allegations of grand jury misconduct by the…
3 MIN READSan Francisco’s main federal immigration court shut down May 1 after most of its judges were fired, retired or resigned during a White House purge, an Associated Press report said. The remaining two judges will handle cases from a…
4 MIN READPHOENIX — Sandra Ramirez voted for Donald Trump in 2024, breaking from her Democrat-voting family. Eighteen months later, watching immigration officers target people for the color of their skin and feeling the weight of rising prices, she…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order directing banks and regulators to look for signs that some customers may lack legal status. The order is part of the administration’s broader push to clamp down on people living in the…
3 MIN READAn Iranian family detained in U.S. immigration facilities is seeking release after the government moved to deport them, saying their green cards were revoked because of ties to Masoumeh Ebtekar, known during the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage…
3 MIN READA new AP-NORC poll finds that Republicans' approval of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy has dropped to about 6 in 10, down from roughly 8 in 10 in February before the war with Iran began, while Republican support for the…
3 MIN READAn Iranian family living in the United States for a decade is demanding release from immigration detention after being arrested because of their relation to Masoumeh Ebtekar, a central figure in the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in…
4 MIN READA federal judge barred ICE agents from routinely arresting people attending immigration court proceedings in New York City, ruling that appearing for a hearing should not carry the risk of detention. A day after the order, a 21-year-old…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order directing banks and regulators to look for signs that customers without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining credit. The order, announced Tuesday, frames the move as a way to…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration said it will admit up to 17,500 Afrikaners, a group of white South Africans descended mainly from Dutch settlers, as refugees through the U.S. fiscal year ending in September. In an emergency notice to Congress,…
4 MIN READBarham Salih, the newly appointed head of the U.N. refugee agency, visited Ukraine's front-line cities in February and called for a diplomatic solution to the war, warning that military options have reached their limit as humanitarian…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration will admit up to 17,500 Afrikaner refugees into the United States by the end of September, expanding an earlier plan and citing an emergency situation in South Africa, the State Department told Congress on Monday.
3 MIN READImmigrant families protested Saturday at a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father are being held after their detention in Minnesota this week. Dozens of families gathered at the South Texas Family…
3 MIN READPolice in Trinidad and Tobago said they are investigating after 56 bodies—50 of them infants—were found dumped at a cemetery in Cumuto on Saturday. The discovery comes as authorities extend a state of emergency due to surging gang violence…
3 MIN READEight Republican governors have announced partnerships to establish Turning Point USA chapters in every public high school in their states, an effort they describe as countering the suppression of conservative voices in education. The push…
3 MIN READIn late April, jury selection concluded in Harvey Weinstein's third rape trial in New York. A jury of seven men and five women was chosen to decide whether the 73-year-old former Hollywood producer raped a woman at a Manhattan hotel in…
3 MIN READA wave of cartel drone and gunfire attacks on small Náhuatl towns in Guerrero state forced hundreds of Indigenous residents to flee their homes last week, leaving the elderly, wounded, and displaced sheltering under a basketball court…
3 MIN READThe wife of a U.S. Army sergeant has been released from federal immigration custody after spending about a month in detention, the Department of Homeland Security said. Deisy Rivera Ortega was detained after an April 14 appointment with…
3 MIN READBRUSSELS — Forty-six member states of the Council of Europe adopted a political declaration Friday that reinterprets the European Convention on Human Rights in migration cases, opening the door to third-country deportation centers while…
3 MIN READBombs and drone-fired explosives have forced residents of Tula in Mexico’s Guerrero state to flee, with many family members describing ruined homes, lingering fear and few resources to rebuild. The Associated Press visited people displaced…
3 MIN READDozens of European nations have agreed on a new interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights in migration cases, including how the treaty applies to “return hubs” or other deportation arrangements in third countries. The…
3 MIN READA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Colombian woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo, ruling that her deportation there was likely illegal after the Congolese government refused to accept her because it…
3 MIN READSix migrants from Honduras and Mexico, including a 14-year-old boy, died in a sweltering shipping container on a freight train in Texas, authorities said Thursday. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a seventh victim likely also died…
3 MIN READTAPACHULA, Mexico — On Christmas Eve 2024, a young Cuban woman called her mother to say she had put on a life jacket and was boarding a boat that would carry her and 39 other migrants from a southern Mexican port toward the United States.…
4 MIN READPORT ISABEL, Texas — A housing authority in Port Isabel sent a letter in February warning residents that the Trump administration would require proof of legal status within 30 days or face eviction, prompting a rapid exodus from public…
3 MIN READA teen was among six people from Honduras and Mexico found dead in a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, authorities said May 14. Police said the group was believed to be part of a human smuggling effort and…
3 MIN READFamilies in Mexico’s Chiapas state have been scouring ports and roadside businesses for clues after 40 migrants vanished in late December 2024 while traveling a sea route used by smugglers toward the United States. The search has centered…
3 MIN READA federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back a Colombian woman who was deported to Congo even after the Congolese government said it could not accept her because of medical needs. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled…
3 MIN READPalestinian authorities said Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian man as he tried to climb the concrete barrier separating the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem, near the West Bank town of Al-Ram. The man was identified by…
3 MIN READIsraeli police shot and killed a 44-year-old Palestinian father of four as he attempted to climb the concrete barrier separating the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian authorities. The man's…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration said Wednesday it will waive a visa bond requirement of up to $15,000 for foreign ticket holders from five World Cup-qualifying African nations, a rare relaxation of immigration restrictions as the country prepares…
5 MIN READThe number of people deported from the United States to El Salvador nearly doubled in the first quarter of 2026, according to migration authority figures obtained by The Associated Press, as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned…
3 MIN READFlorida environmental groups say the expected closure of an immigration detention center in the Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," is no accident as a lawsuit over the facility's existence returns to the same federal judge who…
3 MIN READDominican opposition figures on Wednesday sharply criticized a newly signed agreement between the United States and the Dominican Republic that would allow the Caribbean nation to temporarily host third-country deportees before their…
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