Aug 30 Federal judge halts Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of detained migrants By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States. Continue reading
Aug 29 Asylum-seekers can remain in UK hotel after government wins appeal to keep it open By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Britain's Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a ban on asylum-seekers from being housed at a hotel northeast of London that has been the site of protests for weeks and has become a political flashpoint across the country. Continue reading
Aug 20 Appeals court allows DHS to end protected status for migrants from Central America and Nepal By Janie Har, Associated Press A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. Continue reading
Aug 13 Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26 By Colleen Barry, Giada Zampano, Associated Press A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 6:48 Jesuit priest describes seeing ICE agents target migrants at immigration court By William Brangham, Maea Lenei Buhre, Sam Lane The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration system. In recent months, ICE agents have been arresting migrants outside courtrooms and courthouses. William Brangham spoke with Father Brian Strassberger, a Jesuit Priest who serves migrants on both… Continue watching
Jul 31 Judge extends protected status Trump administration had ended for 60,000 migrants By Janie Har, Associated Press A federal judge in California extended on Thursday temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem determined that conditions in their home country no longer warranted protections. Continue reading
Apr 20 Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration and deportations By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans. Continue reading
Apr 19 Vatican notes 'exchange of opinions' with Vance over migrants and prisoners By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Vance, a Catholic convert, met with the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, in the Apostolic Palace. There was no indication he met with Pope Francis, who has sharply cut back official duties during… Continue reading
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 08 Homeland Security revokes legal status for migrants who entered U.S. using CBP One app By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately. Continue reading