Apr 28 Watch 3:09 White House touts aggressive immigration crackdown in Trump's first 100 days By Lisa Desjardins, Elizabeth Summers, Winston Wilde On the eve of President Trump’s first 100 days in office, the White House put the spotlight on his tough stance on immigration. But new poll numbers out this week also give the administration a tough pill to swallow, showing… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 4:47 Children who are U.S. citizens deported along with foreign-born mothers, attorneys say By Laura Barrón-López, Ian Couzens, Shrai Popat Nearing 100 days in office, the Trump administration continues to push further on its immigration crackdown by deporting families and targeting sanctuary cities. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports on three deported American citizens. Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 8:39 Breaking down the first 100 days of Trump's 2nd term and the effects of his agenda By Laura Barrón-López, Doug Adams As President Trump's first 100 days in the White House nears, the breakneck speed and chaotic rollout of the administration's agenda have already marked the start of his second presidency. Laura Barrón-López reports. Continue watching
Apr 27 ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families' lawyers say By Marc Levy, Associated Press Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their… Continue reading
Apr 25 FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration agents, agency director Patel says By Alanna Durkin, Associated Press FBI Director Kash Patel says his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan "intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse."… Continue reading
Apr 25 Many Americans say Trump has gone too far on immigration but remains his strongest issue, AP-NORC poll finds By Linley Sanders, Associated Press The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows just under half of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, which is nearly 10 percentage points higher than his approval rating on the economy and foreign trade. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 7:12 Russian-born Harvard researcher describes detention at ICE facility and deportation fears By Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, has been detained by ICE since February. She was arrested as she returned to Boston with frog embryo samples. The government says she knowingly failed to declare them. Petrova's visa was… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 5:57 American citizens wrongly detained in Trump administration's immigration crackdown By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ali Schmitz A federal judge accused the Trump administration of trying to obstruct the truth about the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Judge Paula Xinis said the administration’s refusal to answer questions “reflects a willful and bad faith refusal to comply… Continue watching
Apr 22 Colorado judge extends ban on deportations in state stemming from Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Sweeney is one of several federal judges who placed temporary holds on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 after the high court earlier ruled the administration could proceed with removals under the provision, but only if it gave… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 6:02 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Trump from deporting more Venezuelan migrants By John Yang In an unusual late-night order, the Supreme Court temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants being held in Texas using an 18th century law called the Alien Enemies Act. The order came in response to an emergency petition… Continue watching