Immigration Update
Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children
By VALERIE GONZALEZ, NEW YORK, (AP):- Attorneys representing migrant children who were abused, neglected or abandoned by a parent asked…
Wife of embattled Louisiana police chief charged in immigration visa fraud scheme also arrested
By SARA CLINE and JIM MUSTIAN, BATON ROUGE, La. (AP):- The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who earlier this week…
Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT, McALLEN, Texas (AP):- In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it…
Trump’s approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds
By STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS, WASHINGTON (AP):- Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them…
Federal judge says she would block Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide
GREENBELT, Md. (AP):- A federal judge in Maryland could soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting…
US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini
By GERALD IMRAY and MICHELLE GUMEDE, CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):- The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric”…
Florida attorney general identifies wrongful charges under halted immigration law
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people…
Former US Marine Corps reservist charged in Texas immigration detention center shooting
By HALLIE GOLDEN, (AP):- A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection…
Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing
By ELLIOT SPAGAT, SAN DIEGO (AP):- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has moved to detain far more people than before by…
Judge says Trump administration can’t use travel ban to keep 80 refugees out of the US
By REBECCA BOONE and SUDHIN THANAWALA, (AP):- A federal judge barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers…
Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion
By R.J. RICO, ATLANTA (AP):- Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and…
Two Nepali students killed in car accident in Louisiana
Louisiana:- Two Nepali students have died in a car accident in the US state of Louisiana. Rajan Yadav, 22, and Rozin…
Brazilian National in Massachusetts Sentenced for Selling Green Cards
BOSTON:– US Citizenship and Immigration Services, (USCIS) assisted in the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Brazilian national…
Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California
Camarillo, (AFP):- A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal…
Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown
By MATT SEDENSKY, NEW YORK (AP):- Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack…
