• Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions

    Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions

    May 26, 2026 09:26 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers. The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed the case to proceed and raised questions about whether ...

  • GOP immigration enforcement bill stalls amid backlash to $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund

    GOP immigration enforcement bill stalls amid backlash to $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund

    May 21, 2026 11:39 PM EDT

    ... ballroom.'” Left in the bill is the money for ICE and Border Patrol, which Democrats have blocked for months in protest of the administration's immigration enforcement crackdown. Democrats demanded changes for the agencies, but negotiations with the White House yielded little progress. So Republicans are using the complicated budget ...

  • WATCH: Democrats rally at Capitol against GOP's immigration enforcement funding bill

    WATCH: Democrats rally at Capitol against GOP's immigration enforcement funding bill

    May 21, 2026 08:55 PM EDT

    House and Senate Democrats gathered on the Capitol steps Thursday in opposition to Republicans’ funding bill for immigration enforcement. Watch the event in the video player above. Democrats tried to draw a sharp contrast by highlighting how the White House proposed including $1 billion for security for the White House ...

  • Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown

    Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown

    May 18, 2026 06:22 PM EDT

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota. The officer, Christian Castro, is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely ...

  • Pope Leo names priest who criticized Trump's immigration crackdown as West Virginia bishop

    Pope Leo names priest who criticized Trump's immigration crackdown as West Virginia bishop

    May 01, 2026 08:56 PM EDT

    ... and natural resources, he said many people in one of the nation’s poorest states “continue to endure hardship, marginalization and inequality.” Lauded for his immigration advocacy Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington praised Menjivar-Ayala’s advocacy for migrants during his tenure in the capital, saying in a statement that ...

  • Fired immigration judge gives inside look at Trump’s deportation agenda

    Fired immigration judge gives inside look at Trump’s deportation agenda

    Apr 30, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    Ali Rogin: Another change to immigration policy under this Trump administration is the ability to hold migrants without bond, meaning that they're held for much longer periods in detention centers, which are often overcrowded, unsanitary. How is that affecting the experience of migrants who are seeking to get their ...

  • Study finds Trump administration cut legal immigration far more than illegal crossings

    Study finds Trump administration cut legal immigration far more than illegal crossings

    Apr 14, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... great thing for the country. But it's really quite different from what President Trump sold his entire campaign around as being focused on illegal immigration and being in favor of legal immigration. Liz Landers: What are the potential economic impacts of this drop in legal immigration too in terms ...

  • 3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges

    3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges

    Apr 06, 2026 06:08 PM EDT

    ... to see him, too. But after her five months in detention, he started noticing changes: She had nightmares and was easily upset. “She was never like that” before, her father said. The pair now live in Chicago with the girl's grandparents while her case moves through the immigration court.

  • Trump’s Supreme Court attendance highlights his focus on immigration

    Trump’s Supreme Court attendance highlights his focus on immigration

    Apr 01, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    It was an unprecedented scene at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. The case will decide Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, one of the most controversial policies of his second term. Liz Landers reports on the president's unusual trip down Pennsylvania Avenue.

  • Federal immigration agents deployed to Atlanta airport during partial shutdown

    Federal immigration agents deployed to Atlanta airport during partial shutdown

    Mar 23, 2026 02:11 PM EDT

    ... Secret Service and Coast Guard, have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month. Some fear the move to deploy federal immigration agents will only escalate tensions. Trump said Sunday he would order federal immigration agents to airports to assist TSA by guarding exit lanes or ...