Jun 25 Watch 5:35 Analyzing the Supreme Court decisions on immigration, gun control and Monsanto By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz The Supreme Court handed down major decisions on Thursday, including rulings that clear the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for many Haitians and Syrians. The justices also ruled that Monsanto cannot be held liable in lawsuits… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 6:02 How the Supreme Court immigration rulings could impact asylum in the U.S. By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson To discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's immigration rulings, Amna Nawaz spoke with Doris Meissner. She served as a top official at the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Reagan and led it under President Clinton. She’s now a… Continue watching
Jun 25 Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center has closed, governor says By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Gov. Ron DeSantis said the center at an isolated airstrip in the Everglades was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention centers could be secured and federal officials now have that capacity. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to revive restrictive immigration policy By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end legal protections for Haitians and Syrians By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The 6-3 decision overturns lower court orders and allows the Department of Homeland Security to swiftly end temporary protected status, a program that protects a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries. Continue reading
Jun 25 WATCH: Mullin testifies before House committee on DHS oversight By Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was on Capitol Hill facing questions from the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 24 Judge says Trump administration can't make immigration arrests at courthouses By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press It is the second setback for courthouse arrests since May when a judge in New York barred them at immigration courts in that city. Continue reading
Jun 24 Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention By Heather Hollingsworth, Ryan Foley, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, dropping a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention… Continue reading
Jun 23 Federal appeals court allows Trump to resume expanded use of speedy deportations By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The ruling was a big victory for the Republican administration, which views the expansion of so-called expedited removal as a key tool for carrying out its mass deportation policy. Continue reading
Jun 23 8 convicted of terrorism charges in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prison By Jamie Stengle, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press One demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer during a protest outside a Texas immigration center July 4 has been sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. Continue reading