• Booker unveils immigration plan that relies on executive orders

    Booker unveils immigration plan that relies on executive orders

    Jul 02, 2019 12:13 PM EDT

    ... nations, the Trump administration's use of quotas in immigration courts and multiple other policy changes that Trump has used to reshape the nation's immigration policy. Booker released his plan the day that liberal activists planned nationwide demonstrations calling for the closure of immigration detention facilities that some advocates ...

  • WATCH: Border crossings are dropping, top immigration official says

    WATCH: Border crossings are dropping, top immigration official says

    Jun 28, 2019 07:46 PM EDT

    The acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan said he expected 25% fewer migrants to cross the border this month.

  • How political instability is making U.S. immigration situation worse

    How political instability is making U.S. immigration situation worse

    Jun 25, 2019 10:50 PM EDT

    ... now have an acting homeland security secretary. We have an acting head of Customs and Border Protection. We have a vacancy in acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We have an acting head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. So that sort of instability doesn't lead to ...

  • Trump postpones nationwide immigration enforcement sweep

    Trump postpones nationwide immigration enforcement sweep

    Jun 22, 2019 08:30 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was postponing a nationwide immigration sweep to deport people living in the U.S. illegally, including families, saying he would give lawmakers time to work out border solutions. The move came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had called Trump on Friday asking ...

  • A look at how immigration authorities make arrests

    A look at how immigration authorities make arrests

    Jun 22, 2019 03:45 PM EDT

    ... about the whereabouts of the person they want to arrest. Authorities typically obtain an administrative warrant giving them permission to detain a person for violating immigration law. ICE agents can arrest people they discover to be in the U.S. illegally while searching for people on their target list. People ...

  • Judge halts immigration arrests at Massachusetts courts

    Judge halts immigration arrests at Massachusetts courts

    Jun 20, 2019 08:01 PM EDT

    BOSTON (AP) — A judge has barred federal authorities from arresting people at Massachusetts courthouses for civil immigration violations while a lawsuit challenging the practice plays out. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued the decision Thursday in the lawsuit brought against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April by ...

  • Mexico steps up immigration enforcement amid U.S. pressure

    Mexico steps up immigration enforcement amid U.S. pressure

    Jun 17, 2019 01:48 PM EDT

    At one checkpoint, immigration agent José Ángel Ramírez welcomed the help of the National Guard. "We don't have a way to stop so many and the traffickers pass everywhere," said Ramírez, who was accompanied by a dozen National Guard officers. Nearby, five Hondurans found traveling without papers were sitting ...

  • Trump plans to name former immigration official Tom Homan as border czar

    Trump plans to name former immigration official Tom Homan as border czar

    Jun 14, 2019 01:52 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's planning to name a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a border czar who'll report directly to him. Trump tells "Fox & Friends" that Tom Homan will "probably" work from the White House but will spend a lot of ...

  • Premature baby and teenage mother held in immigration detention facility

    Premature baby and teenage mother held in immigration detention facility

    Jun 14, 2019 01:19 PM EDT

    Immigrant advocates say baby should not have been kept in the overcrowded McAllen, Texas processing facility and should have instead been in a neonatal unit.

  • What Ken Cuccinelli brings to Trump's hardline push on immigration

    What Ken Cuccinelli brings to Trump's hardline push on immigration

    Jun 12, 2019 09:38 PM EDT

    ... director. In a statement announcing his appointment to USCIS, Cuccinelli emphasized the need to “protect the integrity” of what he called “the most generous legal immigration system in the world.” “I look forward to working with the men and women of USCIS to ensure our legal immigration system operates effectively ...