• 'The Trade' offers nuanced, intimate picture of the complexity of immigration

    'The Trade' offers nuanced, intimate picture of the complexity of immigration

    Mar 26, 2020 10:14 PM EDT

    Immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border is among the most politically divisive issues of our time -- and often presented as black and white. But the second season of filmmaker Matthew Heineman's documentary series "The Trade" offers a complex, intimate and human picture of migrants, traffickers and the U ...

  • Judges, lawyers push to close immigration courts amid virus

    Judges, lawyers push to close immigration courts amid virus

    Mar 26, 2020 07:42 PM EDT

    ... them at risk of exposing each other to the virus, Barrera said. Attorneys also are struggling to meet with their adult clients to build cases. Immigration lawyers in Arizona have been told that detention centers require visitors to wear a surgical mask, eye wear and medical gloves, which are hard ...

  • Immigration courts are still open as coronavirus cases grow

    Immigration courts are still open as coronavirus cases grow

    Mar 20, 2020 02:31 AM EDT

    The guidance, from the White House and health professionals, has been to maintain at least 6 feet between each person. But that’s almost impossible to enforce, Ostrow said. “The immigration courts need to close. Period,” said Jeremy McKinney, second vice president of American Immigration Lawyers Association, on a call ...

  • Visits halted in federal prisons, immigration centers over virus

    Visits halted in federal prisons, immigration centers over virus

    Mar 14, 2020 12:16 AM EDT

    But unlike prisons, where inmates are sent by judges, ICE has discretion on when to release immigrants as their deportation cases wind through court, and advocates called for vulnerable populations to be released, including pregnant women, those over 60, and people with compromised immune systems. "Although immigration detainees are in ...

  • Court blocks Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' immigration policy

    Court blocks Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' immigration policy

    Feb 28, 2020 06:19 PM EDT

    A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Friday in a 2-1 vote to put on hold the policy that furthered President Donald Trump’s asylum crackdown. Nearly 60,000 people have been sent back since the policy began.

  • Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant

    Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant

    Feb 21, 2020 11:10 PM EDT

    SEATTLE (AP) — Greyhound, the nation's largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks. The company's announcement came one week after The Associated Press reported on a leaked Border Patrol memo confirming that ...

  • UK employers fear new immigration rules will create labor shortages

    UK employers fear new immigration rules will create labor shortages

    Feb 19, 2020 04:31 PM EDT

    ... unmoved by their concerns. "It is about time businesses started to invest in people in this country," Home Secretary Priti Patel said Wednesday. Will UK immigration fall? How will that affect the UK economy? The government claims the new rules will reduce net immigration from its current level of more ...

  • In Nevada, Klobuchar’s shifts on immigration issues come under scrutiny

    In Nevada, Klobuchar’s shifts on immigration issues come under scrutiny

    Feb 14, 2020 11:14 PM EDT

    Hector Sanchez Barba, CEO and Executive Director of Mi Familia Vota, a civic engagement organization that backs social and economic justice, called the English-language vote "a huge red flag for our community." WATCH: Klobuchar says she has redefined the word ‘grit’ But Cecilia Munoz, who has worked on immigration ...

  • Judge orders immigration detention hotline restored

    Judge orders immigration detention hotline restored

    Feb 13, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

    ... in a statement. It was not immediately clear when the line would be restored. A message sent to ICE seeking comment was not immediately returned. Immigration and Customs Enforcement previously said the nonprofit had misused the hotline by using three-way calling to let immigration detainees speak with family. The ...

  • Homeland Security suspends travel programs for New Yorkers because of immigration law

    Homeland Security suspends travel programs for New Yorkers because of immigration law

    Feb 06, 2020 04:27 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it would no longer let New York residents enroll in its “trusted traveler” programs because of a new state law that blocked federal immigration officials from accessing motor vehicle records. In a three-page letter, DHS said ...