Oct 16 Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says By Christine Fernando, Associated Press Federal Judge Sara Ellis says she was a "little startled" after seeing TV images of clashes between agents and the public during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won't call House back for shutdown negotiations By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Johnson says he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government. Continue reading
Oct 10 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys discuss ICE's continued efforts to deport him to Africa By Michael Kunzelman, Travis Loller, Associated Press The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, and hasn’t given up on moving him to Eswatini or Ghana even though both have rejected the idea, an immigration… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 6:55 'My husband is not a threat': ICE detains man married to U.S. citizen By William Brangham, Ian Couzens Even as the Trump administration continues to insist that its immigration policies are just targeting the worst of the worst, many other immigrants in America are being detained as well. William Brangham spoke with Leslie Gonzales, whose husband was arrested… Continue watching
Oct 08 El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of U.S. crackdown By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press On Wednesday, Seitz shared a video with the Pope, highlighting the migrants' struggles. The Pope expressed support for the Catholic leaders aiding these communities. Continue reading
Oct 06 ICE spends millions on ads to recruit police for mass deportation efforts By Thomas Beaumont, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement. Continue reading
Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for… Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 7:29 Laotian refugee living in U.S. since childhood faces threat of deportation By Stephanie Sy, Ian Couzens As President Trump intensifies his sweeping crackdown on immigration, more longtime residents, people who have lived in this country for years, are being caught up in the effort. Deportation flights to Laos have resumed for the first time in years. Continue watching
Oct 02 Immigration judge rejects Kilmar Abrego Garcia's asylum bid, but he can appeal By Travis Loller, Associated Press Abrego Garcia has 30 days to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 8:50 How a bitter strike and immigrant labor transformed Hormel's hometown By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster No single industry in the American economy relies more on immigrant labor than livestock and meat production. The shift began a half-century ago as the influence of labor unions, and wages, declined. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how this… Continue watching