Immigration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference on March 1, 2024.

Texas defeats Houston’s play to stop helping ICE, align with ‘sanctuary’ cities

Anna Giaritelli · April 25, 2026 7:00 am

Migrants lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Appeals court rules Trump asylum ban at southern border is illegal

FILE - This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Immigration groups that want mass deportations blame Big Business for delay

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents outside federal immigration court.

ICE barred from entering homes without judicial warrants and court arrests drop: Report

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before Congress.

Only one person has received Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa, Lutnick says

"We are pleased by today's ruling from Judge Jones and pleased that he issued this temporary restraining order on a nationwide basis so other non-profit organizations can continue their work without the threat of being sanctioned," executive director Jorge Barón (pictured) said in a statement. (AP)

Federal judge allows immigrants rights group to continue legal work

Kelly Cohen May 17, 2017 9:37 pm

Patel is the eighth ICE detainee to die in custody since the start of the fiscal year in October. (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)

Second ICE detainee dies in custody this week

Kelly Cohen May 17, 2017 9:04 pm

Arrests of illegal immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has jumped 38 percent in the 100 days since President Trump signed his controversial immigration enforcement executive orders, ICE said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gene Blevins)

Immigration arrests climb 38 percent under Trump

Kelly Cohen May 17, 2017 3:49 pm

Young people wave colored flags reading "Peace" as they form a symbolic human wall along the Rio Grande, which marks the border between Mexico and the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Responding to plans by President Donald Trump to build a wall along the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than a thousand people lined the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez Friday, holding hands and carrying flowers.(AP Photo/Christian Torres)

1,100 times more illegals in US than Mexico, 11 million vs. 10,000

Paul Bedard May 17, 2017 3:29 pm

According to ICE, the Panamanian national who committed suicide Monday had been in solitary confinement for 19 days before taking his life. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

Seven people in ICE custody have died since October

Kelly Cohen May 16, 2017 6:57 pm

People have been waiting an average of 670 days for a hearing, according to the data, which was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and analyzed by the TRAC Immigration Project. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Immigration court backlog hits record high in April

Kelly Cohen May 15, 2017 8:46 pm

"We're not in favor of psychoanalysis or trying to get into the president's head," Katyal said. "You don't, your honor, need to be Sigmund Freud in order to affirm the district court. You just simply must ask as the Supreme Court has told you, what would an objective observer think with these sorts of statements?" (AP Photo)

Judges don’t need to be Freud to understand Trump’s reason for travel ban, Hawaii argues

Ryan Lovelace May 15, 2017 7:32 pm

Mexican 2018 presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, leader of the National Regeneration Movement, MORENA, speaks during a rally at the Revolution Monument, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Christian Palma, File)

Leading Mexican presidential candidate targets Trump

Paul Bedard May 15, 2017 11:33 am

In fiscal 2013-14, the nation’s 50 richest PTAs raised and spent $43 million for the nation’s most affluent schools.

Parents contributing to the divide between rich and poor schools

Washington Examiner Staff May 15, 2017 4:01 am

The case promises to pack a bigger punch than any of the preceding arguments thus far. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Appeals court to hear case against Trump’s travel ban, with bigger punch

Ryan Lovelace May 15, 2017 4:01 am

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan, left, and Homeland Security Investigations deputy executive associate director Derek Benner, right, arrive to speak at a news conference in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017, to announce the results of a national operation targeting gang members and associates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Feds carry out largest-ever national gang raid

Anna Giaritelli May 11, 2017 9:24 pm

In a recent nationwide arrest of gang members, ICE said three were DACA recipients.

Biggest ICE gang raid ever: 1,378 arrests, 21 murder charges, 3 ‘Dreamers’

Paul Bedard May 11, 2017 9:14 pm