• Trump suggests linking immigration reform to stronger gun checks, but offers no details

    Trump suggests linking immigration reform to stronger gun checks, but offers no details

    Aug 05, 2019 01:18 PM EDT

    ... online shortly beforehand. Detectives sought to determine if it was written by the man who was arrested. The border city has figured prominently in the immigration debate and is home to 680,000 people, most of them Latino. On Twitter Monday, Trump seemed to deflect from scrutiny over the manifesto ...

  • 56,000 cases put on fast-track in US immigration courts

    56,000 cases put on fast-track in US immigration courts

    Aug 03, 2019 08:51 PM EDT

    ... them. It wasn't immediately clear how the immigration courts could hear the fast-tracked cases so quickly. But the U.S. has hired more immigration judges in recent years to try to reduce the backlog. In Los Angeles, some immigration judges who used to hear cases of immigrants held ...

  • Immigration battles play out in Congress, courts and communities

    Immigration battles play out in Congress, courts and communities

    Jul 26, 2019 10:40 PM EDT

    ... administration directive remains in effect. Under the so-called remain in Mexico policy, asylum seekers are required to wait outside the U.S. before their immigration court hearings. More than 20,000 migrants have been sent back across the border. Under pressure from the U.S., Mexico has sent nearly ...

  • U.S. immigration operation targeting thousands nets 35 arrests

    U.S. immigration operation targeting thousands nets 35 arrests

    Jul 23, 2019 06:04 PM EDT

    ... were suspended in New Orleans because of the hurricane there. And immigrant rights activists nationwide had the rare advantage of knowing when to expect increased immigration enforcement, and they pushed "know-your-rights" campaigns hard. Any hint of ICE activity, including false alarms, brought out dozens of activists to investigate ...

  • Clergy offer support to those vulnerable to immigration raids

    Clergy offer support to those vulnerable to immigration raids

    Jul 18, 2019 07:11 PM EDT

    ... deeply troubled" by the family separations at the border. The religion allows local lay leaders to provide "life-sustaining" help to church members regardless of immigration status, while encouraging people to get legal help to resolve their immigration situation, said church spokesman Eric Hawkins. Members of the faith, widely known ...

  • Threat of immigration raids incites fears across U.S.

    Threat of immigration raids incites fears across U.S.

    Jul 14, 2019 10:05 PM EDT

    ... coming and coming at it with the violence.  Ivette Feliciano: The New Sanctuary Coalition also pairs hundreds of undocumented immigrants with volunteers who accompany and advocate for them in immigration proceedings and it plans to continue organizing protests like this one in the coming days as immigration raids continue.  

  • Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

    Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

    Jul 14, 2019 07:30 PM EDT

    https://youtu.be/Ro117MdBmEI Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, wrote a letter to Archdiocese priests this month saying, “Threats of broad enforcement actions by ICE are meant to terrorize communities.” He urged priests in the Archdiocese — which serves over 2 million Catholics — not to let any immigration officials ...

  • U.S. plans to begin immigration raids soon. Here's what we know

    U.S. plans to begin immigration raids soon. Here's what we know

    Jul 11, 2019 04:03 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting people who are in the United States illegally is expected to begin this weekend after it was postponed last month by President Donald Trump, according to two administration officials and immigrant activists. The operation, which is sparking outrage and concern among immigrant ...

  • WATCH: House committee authorizes subpoenas tied to Mueller report, immigration

    WATCH: House committee authorizes subpoenas tied to Mueller report, immigration

    Jul 11, 2019 04:02 PM EDT

    ... at a news conference that she wishes they had more time with Mueller, but "I'm glad we have the time that we have." On immigration, Democratic lawmakers have sought answers from the administration since more than 2,700 children were separated from their parents at the border last year ...

  • WATCH: Pence touts legal immigration system at July 4 naturalization ceremony

    WATCH: Pence touts legal immigration system at July 4 naturalization ceremony

    Jul 04, 2019 06:50 PM EDT

    ... Pence congratulated the immigrants, who came from 29 countries, and said they set an example of how the U.S. has the most generous legal immigration system “in the history of the world.” "We all know that our current system of immigration faces real challenges, but to those of you ...