The battles between so-called sanctuary cities and the Trump administration are increasingly moving to state courts, where lawyers for immigrants have started to convince judges that state laws prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agents. Continue reading
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Trump Administration Asks Top Court to Restore Asylum Order
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to let his order barring asylum for immigrants who enter the United States illegally take effect even as litigation over the matter proceeds. Continue reading
Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses
Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit halls of justice without fearing they will be detained. Continue reading
Acting attorney general defends Trump immigration crackdown
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is defending the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies and decrying federal judges attempting to block many of them. Continue reading
US judge tosses bulk of suit against Trump immigration move
A federal judge in San Francisco says the Trump administration provided adequate justification for its decision to end a program that reunited hundreds of immigrants from Central America with family members in the U.S. Continue reading
Trump says caravan migrants are turning back. Mexico says most are still at the border
On Twitter and during a live televised meeting in the Oval Office, Trump said migrants in the so-called caravan he’d been warning about for weeks were either returning to their home countries or staying in Mexico. Continue reading
‘Icebox’ offers chilling tale of young asylum seeker’s journey
Originally published by CNN Beyond timely, “Icebox” is a wrenching, harrowing movie about one Honduran boy’s quest for asylum, and the conditions he faces after being apprehended in the United States. Acquired by HBO, the spare project from first-time writer-director Daniel Sawka weds the stark feel and look of a documentary with the emotional wallop … Continue reading
Trump’s controversial “public charge” proposal that could change the face of legal immigration, explained
A proposed DHS regulation that could seriously restrict low-income immigrants has received over 150,000 comments.
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Nearly 60 detained in New England immigration raids
Dozens of people suspected of living in the country illegally were apprehended in a series of sweeps in New England this week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday. Continue reading
Guatemalan Father Denied Visa for Daughter’s Funeral
Salem said her client had requested another visa interview but did not heard back from US Embassy officials in Guatemala.State Department spokeswoman Marlo Cross-Durant said details of individual visa cases are confidential.”All visa applications are adjudicated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and other applicable laws,” her statement said. Continue reading