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

Ten years of debate about sovereignty and open borders has made many Americans question the government's commitment to immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

It’s the little things

Robert Ehrlich April 29, 2017 4:04 am

A protester holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Trump's acknowledgment this week that he has considered breaking up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life into a Republican proposal that has languished in Congress for years. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Six things to know about breaking up the 9th Circuit

Sarah Bedford April 28, 2017 3:59 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended President Trump's criticism of federal judges, and said the real threat to an independent judiciary is the increased politicization of the judicial branch. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Jeff Sessions defends Trump’s criticism of judges

Kyle Feldscher April 28, 2017 12:24 pm

Texas can now also criminally charge police chiefs and other city officials should they not help enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House votes to ban ‘sanctuary cities’

Kelly Cohen April 27, 2017 5:11 pm

Deported Dreamer Juan Manuel Montes claims he was minding his own business on a street in Calexico, Calif., the night of Feb. 17 when Border Patrol agents approached him and took him into custody. (Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center via AP)

Byron York: DHS policy raises question about deported Dreamer story

Byron York April 27, 2017 2:27 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Wednesday that the Department of Justice will appeal a ruling by a federal court that struck down President Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

AG Sessions: Justice Department will appeal sanctuary city ruling

Kelly Cohen April 27, 2017 2:14 am

"It is not enough to simply oppose this wall in theory," the bill's sponsor said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

California mulls blacklisting contractors that work on Trump’s border wall

Anna Giaritelli April 26, 2017 10:35 pm

Over the past month, ICE has arrested 644 illegal aliens through similar operations in nearly a dozen states. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Feds nab another 76 criminal immigrants in Florida, Puerto Rico

Anna Giaritelli April 26, 2017 9:15 pm

The Trump administration has very little to say at this point as the review of the Paris climate change agreement continues. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Exclusive interview: Trump ‘absolutely’ looking at breaking up 9th Circuit

Sarah Bedford April 26, 2017 9:00 pm

"We are giving people who are victimized by illegal aliens, for the first time, a voice of their own," Kelly said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DHS opens office to help victims of illegal immigrant crime

Kelly Cohen April 26, 2017 4:06 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., is OK with President Trump taking over Congress' power over monetary policy if it means punishing sanctuary cities for not assisting federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chris Collins is OK with ceding congressional powers to Trump to end sanctuary cities

Kyle Feldscher April 26, 2017 2:44 pm

"I think there is a global humanitarian crisis that’s happening and we have to come together and we have to solve it," Ivanka Trump said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Ivanka Trump on refugees: We have to come together and solve global humanitarian crisis

Meghana Kurup April 26, 2017 1:51 pm