A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Monday that the government expected to reunite at least 54 immigrant children under the age of 5 with their parents by a court-imposed deadline on Tuesday.
Jul 9, 2018 4:18 PM CDT
The Department of Justice does not permit cameras or other recording devices inside immigration courtrooms.
Jul 9, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
The federal government will use DNA tests to quickly match up parents and children in immigration custody,
CBS,
Reuters,
CNN and
the BBC reported Thursday.
Jul 6, 2018 12:03 PM CDT
Since 2010, Robert Fickman has been
helping to organize Fourth of July readings of the Declaration of Independence around the state of Texas.
Jul 6, 2018 7:05 AM CDT
The American Civil Liberties Union says that President Donald Trump's administration is telling immigrant families that they can be reunited only if they choose to be deported together,
NBC,
Yahoo News and
Slate reported this week.
Jul 5, 2018 5:07 PM CDT
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily barred blanket detentions of people seeking asylum based on a credible fear of persecution in their home countries.
Jul 3, 2018 12:55 PM CDT
Martin Gauto, a senior attorney for Clinic (the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.) in Los Angeles, has represented hundreds of immigrant children who were apprehended at the U.S. border after fleeing abusive situations in countries such as Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Jul 1, 2018 1:00 AM CDT
Martin Gauto: “I love what I do. It’s challenging and rewarding, and it has provided a lot of humbling experiences. It gets more challenging every day. But it’s a fight that I’m up for.” Photograph by Earnie Grafton.
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Most immigrants facing deportation wouldn’t climb onto a table during their court hearings. But then again, most 3-year-olds don’t go to court without parents or lawyers.
Jun 29, 2018 7:10 AM CDT
The former chief counsel for the Seattle office of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for stealing the identities of immigrants in removal proceedings to take out loans and credit cards.
Jun 29, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago has narrowed a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration’s policy withholding grants from alleged “sanctuary cities.”
Jun 28, 2018 4:45 PM CDT
Two immigration lawyers who tried to follow their 3-year-old client into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Kansas City, Missouri, early Tuesday were blocked and pushed by an ICE agent.
Jun 28, 2018 11:53 AM CDT
A federal judge in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that bars the separation of immigrant families and requires reunification of separated families.
Jun 27, 2018 11:04 AM CDT
It’s not just the crying that concerned ABA President Hilarie Bass when she met with mothers detained at South Texas’ Port Isabel Detention Center. But there was crying.
Jun 27, 2018 7:15 AM CDT
Since the outpouring of public interest in the separation of families at the border, the ABA’s Working Group on Unaccompanied Minors has seen a marked increase in requests to do pro bono work for minor immigrants.
Jun 27, 2018 7:15 AM CDT
An Atlanta lawyer who believes detention centers for immigrant children should be called “Trump Hotels” has purchased the TrumpHotels.org domain and set up a spoof website.
Jun 27, 2018 7:10 AM CDT