US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019
The nearly 70,000 migrant children who were held in government custody this year - up 42 percent from 2018 - spent more time in shelters and away from their families than in prior years.
Popular Selena tribute singer from L.A. released after being detained by immigration agents
A scare at a Texas airport for a tribute singer for the late Tejano artist, Selena. Singer Karol Posadas says she was arrested and detained for days by immigration agents.
U.S. reduces immigration enforcement during California wildfires
The U.S. government says there will be no enforcement of immigration laws during California wildfire evacuations and relief efforts unless holding back on detaining someone would pose a serious public safety threat.
Tarrant County Sheriff: Illegal immigrant repeat offenders are ‘drunks’ who ‘will run over your children’
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn is taking some heat for comments he made at the White House.
Three charged in immigration fraud case plead guilty
A man who operated an immigration consulting firm in Inglewood with his brother has been ordered to pay nearly $150,000 in restitution and to serve 270 days in jail following his guilty plea to criminal charges, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced today.
Contracts awarded for 65 miles of new border wall
Three contracts have been awarded to build about 65 miles of new border wall in Texas.
House rebukes President Trump on border wall, but he plans veto
The Democratic-controlled House is making a second attempt to overturn President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to raid military base projects such as schools and target ranges to pay for his long-promised border fence.
Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit
The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.
Trump plans to divert $8M meant for Calif. National Guard to help build border wall, Gov. Newsom says
California Governor Gavin Newsom says California will lose $8 million meant to help the National Guard assist in combating wildfires under a new Trump administration plan related to the border wall.
Pentagon approves $3.6B in funds from military projects to build 175 miles of Trump's border wall
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.
California woman battling rare illness facing deportation may get reprieve from Trump administration
Less than a week after a story came out about a 24-year-old East Bay woman battling a rare disease who received a sudden deportation notice, the Trump administration announced that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries.
Retired US Army veteran and wife fight to keep adopted daughter from deportation
A retired U.S. Army veteran and his wife are fighting to stop the deportation of their adopted daughter after he missed the deadline to make her a naturalized U.S. citizen while he was deployed in Afghanistan.
Nineteen states, including California, sue Trump administration over new migrant children detention policy
Nineteen states sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.
Border Patrol releases drone footage showing miles of ‘new wall system’ being built
Drone footage released by the Border Patrol over the weekend shows miles of a “new border wall system” going up at a location in Arizona near where illegal immigrants were seen streaming into America years ago.
Six-month-old girl in critical condition after father brings her across border illegally, officials say
A six-month-old girl is in critical condition at a Texas hospital after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents apprehended her, her father and 21 other people who illegally crossed the Rio Grande into the United States, officials said Saturday.
DHS moves to end limits on detention of migrant families, close 'loophole'
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would move to scrap a major court agreement in order to allow for migrant families to be detained as their cases are being considered, instead of having to release them after 20 days.
New rules can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps
Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect, potentially making it more difficult for some to become U.S. citizens.
Detroit man deported to Iraq in Trump's ICE sweep, dies from lack of insulin
A Detroit man who was of Arabic descent but never lived in Iraq has died there after being deported earlier this year.
680 people arrested at food plant in largest ICE raid in decade
U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday, part of a large-scale operation carried out by President Donald Trump's administration that targeted both corporations and their largely Latino employees.