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

A new Gallup poll finds that more Hispanics worry about illegal immigration than whites or blacks in America. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Poll finds more Hispanics worry about illegal immigration than whites, blacks

Emily Jashinsky March 21, 2017 12:45 pm

Canada saw a significant spike in the number of asylum-seekers in January and February, putting the country on track to surpass total annual levels for the past five years, according to immigration statistics released Monday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Canada on track to see 40 percent hike in asylum-seekers by year’s end

Anna Giaritelli March 21, 2017 2:25 am

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi seemed to joke about Trump's pledge to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Iraqi prime minister keeps joking about Trump

Joel Gehrke March 20, 2017 10:58 pm

Trump assured Americans that his administration will soon break ground on a "great, great wall." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Austin, Texas, dominates list of jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with ICE

David Freddoso March 20, 2017 7:30 pm

Much of her advantage stems from the continued negative view most Latinos have of Trump. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

6-in-10 worry about illegal immigration, Hispanics fret the most

Paul Bedard March 20, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday to curb abuses of the H-1B visa program for high-skilled guest workers. He shouldn't stop there. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Critics: Trump’s ‘merit-based’ immigration system could hurt companies

Gabby Morrongiello March 20, 2017 4:01 am

A federal judge in Hawaii rejected on Sunday the Justice Department's request to clarify further the scope of its temporary restraining order against President Trump's travel ban, hindering an attempt by the administration to narrow the injunction. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Hawaii judge denies Trump administration request to alter travel ban injunction

Daniel Chaitin March 20, 2017 3:54 am

The Department of Homeland Security is requesting proposals from private contractors for designs on President Trump's promised "wall" on the southern border. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

DHS solicits proposals for ‘solid concrete border wall’

Eddie Scarry March 18, 2017 8:09 pm

The report said many of the demonstrators will be protesting Trump's policies that aim to restrict immigration. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Unions plan massive anti-Trump strike

Eddie Scarry March 18, 2017 3:58 pm

Georgia Cordova of El Paso, Texas, Center, joins other protesters as they take part in a No Ban, No Wall rally to support the rights of immigrants and oppose a border wall and support sanctuary cities, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

State lawmakers move to penalize ‘sanctuary cities’

Kelly Cohen March 18, 2017 4:50 am

A 14-year-old female student at Rockville High School in Montgomery County, Md. reported being raped on Thursday by two male students, including one who had been slated for deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Maryland girl alleges rape by two high school boys, one slated for deportation

Anna Giaritelli March 18, 2017 3:38 am

The Justice Department has begun soliciting judges who are interested in being temporarily reassigned to 12 cities around the country to hear immigration cases from immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to a report published Friday evening. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Report: DOJ plans to deploy immigration judges to a dozen US cities

Anna Giaritelli March 18, 2017 2:05 am