Immigration sweep nets more than 2,000
A Mexican man and alleged member of the Sureños criminal street gang living in Arvada, Colorado and a Jamaican man in Atlanta who was convicted of assaulting a law enforcement…Click to Continue »
View ArticleDetained mothers launch hunger strike
About 40 mothers being held at an immigration detention camp in Karnes, Texas, have launched a hunger strike to protest the detainment of their children as the families await immigration…Click to...
View ArticleHunger strike by immigrant mothers at Texas facility prompts probe
Federal civil rights officials will meet Monday with two immigrant mothers who’ve been leading a hunger strike at a family detention camp in Karnes, Texas.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAsylum for homeschooling enters immigration debate
Tucked into legislation that would make it tougher for children fleeing violence in Central America to gain asylum in the U.S. is a little-known provision that would open up a…Click to Continue »
View ArticleAs Caribbean immigration rises, Miami’s black population becomes more...
One in three black residents in Miami is now an immigrant, a reflection of a nationwide trend that shows immigrants making up a rising share of the country’s black population,Click to Continue »
View ArticleMcCaskill: Rubio ‘folded like a cheap shotgun’ on immigration
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill slammed presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, saying the Florida senator “folded like a cheap shotgun” on immigration.Click to Continue »
View Article‘The beginning of the end’ for Obama’s migrant family...
A federal court looks to be on the verge of delivering a significant blow to the Obama administration policy of detaining mothers and children who say they’re fleeing violence in…Click to Continue »
View ArticleWhy only one detention center for migrant kids might survive judge’s...
In a nondescript brick facility in rural Pennsylvania, several dozen migrant children and their mothers live inside, unable to leave, they say, while awaiting the outcome of their requests for…Click...
View ArticleJeb Bush tells conservative journal it’s wrong on immigration
Jeb Bush defended his support for a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants before a conservative audience Thursday, saying his critics are simply wrong.Click to Continue »
View ArticleJudges skeptical of challenge to Obama’s deportation reprieve
A controversial Arizona sheriff’s challenge to the Obama administration’s immigration policy of deferring deportations seemed to divide a key appellate court Monday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLocal, federal law enforcement officials look for immigration changes
Law enforcement officers from around the country meet at the White House to discuss immigration concerns.Click to Continue »
View ArticleJustice Dept.: If migrant kids leave detention, moms would stay behind
Federal officials are threatening to split up mothers and children if they’re forced to dismantle three family detention centers holding nearly 1,000 migrant women and children, most of whom...
View ArticleICE pledges to improve conditions for detained migrant children, moms
The Obama administration announces a series of what it says are improvements to make life better for nearly 1,000 women and children who are being held in three detention centers…Click to Continue »
View ArticleHow can feds end family detention, when more migrants are on their way?
It’s peak season for illegal immigration and the United States is bracing for another wave of migrant mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America. The Obama administration is...
View ArticleJudge silences legal negotiations on migrant family detention
A U.S. district judge issues the order after McClatchy published details of her tentative ruling that the Obama administration’s policy of detaining immigrant mothers and children violated parts of...
View ArticleNegotiations extended on family detention
Lawyers negotiating the future of the Obama administration's family detention program agreed late Friday to extend talks until June 12.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWoman and her children mark a year in immigration lockup
Claudia celebrated her daughters 5th birthday under the watchful eye of guards and gave up on answering her 13-year-old sons pleas to get us out of here.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAppeals court keeps Obama immigration program locked up
The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means President Barack Obama’s executive action deferring deportation of certain immigrants will remain locked up in court for the…Click to...
View ArticlePregnant women among the locked up in migrant family detention
Residents and advocates say nearly a half-dozen mothers from Guatemala and El Salvador have been locked up as part of the Obama administration’s aggressive response to last year’s surge of…Click to...
View ArticleDetained teenage mom who cut her wrist pens suicide note
“I write this letter so you know how it feels to be in this damn place for eight months,” writes Lilian Oliva Bardales.Click to Continue »
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