immigration and customs enforcement

Border arrests fall to 45-year low, but deportations soar in Trump’s first year

By Elliot Spagat and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

After Trump took office, ICE arrests surged 40 percent from the same period a year earlier.

San Francisco defends sanctuary status as backlash mounts

By Paul Elias and Janie Har, Associated Press

The attacks on San Francisco and other cities with similar immigration policies began moments after a jury acquitted a Mexican man of killing a woman on a popular pier.

10-year-old immigrant with cerebral palsy released

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

.S. authorities on Friday released a 10-year-old immigrant girl with cerebral palsy who had been detained by border agents after surgery because she is in the U.S. without legal permission.

Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio goes on trial for defying court order on immigration enforcement

By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's criminal trial opened Monday over his defiance of the courts in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants, marking the most aggressive effort to hold the former lawman of metro Phoenix accountable for tactics that critics say racially…

Under sanctuary city ban, Texas officials face penalties for not complying with immigration laws

By Joshua Barajas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill in a live broadcast on Facebook.

Half targeted by ICE had traffic convictions or no record

By PBS News Hour

Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began arresting hundreds of immigrants in visible raids across the U.S. Internal documents, obtained by the Washington Post, show that half had either traffic convictions or no criminal record.

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Cities, states try to protect immigrants’ data from federal officials

By Jen Fifield, Stateline

In the face of stepped-up deportation efforts, many unauthorized immigrants worry that state and local programs that are designed to help them could instead be used by federal agents to identify and expel them from the country.

Homeland Security chief says families crossing border illegally won’t be routinely separated

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says parents and children caught crossing the Mexican border illegally won't be separated unless the "situation at the time requires it."…

Data on border searches of personal electronics sought in lawsuit against Trump administration

By Jack Gillum, Associated Press

A group of First Amendment attorneys sued the Trump administration on Monday over access to data showing how often U.S. citizens and visitors had their electronic devices searched and the contents catalogued at American border crossings.

Homeland Security releases names of local jails that won’t hold immigrants

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

The Trump administration is naming some names in its efforts to shame local jails that don't cooperate with immigration authorities. It's putting the spotlight on Travis County, Texas, home of liberal Austin.