Two recent policy changes at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will limit immigrants’ ability to come to or stay in the United States legally.
Jul 17, 2018 4:20 PM CDT
The U.S. Army has reversed its discharge of a Brazilian-born recruit after his ouster garnered widespread media coverage.
Jul 17, 2018 3:26 PM CDT
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw granted a motion for a temporary restraining order by the ACLU after the group cited concerns that the government would quickly deport the families without oversight or due process.
Jul 16, 2018 5:25 PM CDT
The Trump administration is releasing hundreds of reunited immigrant families with ankle monitors, and has at least temporarily stopped criminal prosecutions of immigrants who enter the country with their children.
Jul 11, 2018 9:07 AM CDT
President Donald Trump was dealt a setback Monday when a federal judge refused to modify a 1997 consent decree to allow parents who entered the United States illegally to remain with their children indefinitely in unlicensed facilities while immigration proceedings are pending.
Jul 10, 2018 1:03 PM CDT
Judge Brett Kavanaugh explained his judicial philosophy when he accepted President Donald Trump’s nomination Monday evening to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jul 10, 2018 9:10 AM CDT
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