The chief of staff at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken a voluntary paid leave pending a review of allegations in a lawsuit claiming she created a discriminatory work…
Even as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services begins accepting applications Wednesday for the new “deferred action” program promising a temporary two-year enforcement reprieve for some illegal immigrants, exactly how…
Most illegal aliens detained by the Department of Homeland Security should not be held in jails or jail-like settings, according to new civil immigration detention standards adopted Monday by the…
A bar examiners committee and the state attorney general have recommended that Sergio C. Garcia be admitted to the California bar, even though he is an undocumented immigrant.
In an unusual outright rejection of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decision about a naturalization petition, a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., last month said, in a 90-page opinion,…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., testified in a class action suit on Tuesday that his department doesn’t arrest people “because of the color of their skin.”
Immigration lawyers have been bombarded with calls from excited clients, following an announcement last week that the U.S. would be changing its deportation policy to allow many undocumented individuals under…
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