Apr 17 Watch 8:40 Los Angeles schools leader explains why he refused to let DHS agents see students By Laura Barrón-López, Jackson Hudgins Officers with the Department of Homeland Security recently attempted to enter elementary schools in Los Angeles but were not allowed in. Agents claim to have been conducting a welfare check, not an immigration enforcement action. School administrators say DHS lied… Continue watching
Apr 17 Immigration judge denies bond for detained Tufts student from Turkey, her lawyers say By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security presented one document to support their opposition to Rumeysa Ozturk's bond request: a one-paragraph State Department memo revoking her student visa, her lawyers said in the new court filing. Continue reading
Apr 17 ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who’s seeking asylum, family says By Michael Casey, RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press A lawyer for the family says agents weren't looking for Juan Francisco Mendez when they grabbed him Monday in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as he drove to a dental appointment. Continue reading
Apr 15 Trump reiterates desire to expand deportation plans to include U.S. citizens By Associated Press Trump said in a video posted on social media by Bukele that he wanted to send “homegrowns” to be incarcerated in El Salvador, and added that “you’ve got to build five more places."… Continue reading
Apr 14 Federal judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student’s case By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Rumeysa Ozturk was taken by immigration officials as she was walking in a Boston suburb on March 25. Continue reading
Apr 14 Trump is meeting a key foreign ally in his migrant crackdown. What does El Salvador’s Bukele want? By Seung Min Kim, Marcos Aleman, Associated Press Since March, the small Central American nation has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants. Continue reading
Apr 13 Where Trump’s deportations are sending migrants By Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken steps to carry out what he has previously said will be “the largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history. Experts say recipient countries are likely feeling… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 11:39 Immigration judge rules Trump administration can deport Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Doug Adams, Taylor Bowie A Louisiana immigration judge ruled that the Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia grad student detained last month for his role in campus protests against the war in Gaza. Khalil has not been charged with a crime and… Continue watching
Apr 11 Trump administration permitted by judge to require registration of everyone in the U.S. illegally By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government and carry documentation, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country. The… Continue reading
Apr 11 Immigration judge rules that Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported By Sara Cline, Kate Brumback, Associated Press Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations out of the U.S. Continue reading