Politics Mar 26 WATCH: DHS Secretary Noem tours El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour that included two crowded cell blocks, the armory…
Politics Mar 11 Arrest of activist sparks questions about protections for foreign students and green card holders The arrest of a Palestinian activist who helped organize campus protests of the war in Gaza has sparked questions about whether foreign students and green card holders are protected against being deported from the U.S.
Politics Mar 10 What protections do green card holders and foreign students have in the U.S.? Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a message posted Sunday on X that the administration will be “revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”…
Politics Mar 07 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA workers The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major effort to dismantle union protections under the Trump administration.
Politics Mar 05 WATCH: Boston, Chicago, Denver and NYC mayors testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary cities’ Democratic mayors of four major cities said Wednesday that Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammered the policies for shielding criminals and threatened…
Politics Feb 03 ACLU sues Trump administration for shutting down southern border asylum access The decision outlined in one of President Donald Trump’s immigration-related executive orders is “as unlawful as it is unprecedented,” said the complaint, filed in a Washington federal court.
Politics Jan 28 ‘Nobody gets a free pass’: Immigration officers operating with new sense of mission A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.
Politics Jan 22 Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the U.S. Refugees who'd been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America's refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration.
Politics Jan 22 Migrants can now be arrested at churches and schools after Trump administration throws out policies The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.
Politics Jan 20 Challenges ahead as Trump seeks to remake border security A wide-ranging series of steps President Donald Trump has promised to beef up security at the southern border is beginning to take effect. Some of the promised steps include forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, cracking down on asylum access…