Immigration Reform
The latest news, analysis and debates on immigration reform and policy.
ICE finds over 475 illegal workers at Hyundai plant in Georgia
When federal law enforcement raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia this week, some migrants ran into a sewage pond to try to escape, with one man trying to flip the boat that agents were using to fish them out of the water.
Feds bust migrant smuggling ring that charged Cubans up to $40,000 to sneak into U.S.
Federal prosecutors said they have busted a lucrative and massive migrant smuggling ring that brought thousands of Cubans to the U.S. while instructing them how to deceive border guards to get in and fake asylum claims to win more permanent status.
ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered U.S. alone
President Donald Trump’s administration has started requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to show up for interviews where immigration officers may question them, according to a policy memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Trump seizes victory in border wall fight with new funding
President Trump appears to have finally triumphed in the border wall battle, taking an issue that had been a major political battleground and turning it into a no-brainer winner for a majority of voters — and Congress.
Judge extends ban on deporting Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia won another reprieve from deportation Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that he can’t be booted from the country for at least another five weeks.
Biden migrants linked to New York crime surge, study shows
The illegal immigrants who streamed into New York City over the past four years led to an increase in crime near the hotels where they were housed, according to a new academic study that lends some credence to President Trump’s claims of a Biden migrant crime surge.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia rearrested by ICE, but judge blocks immediate deportation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement rearrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday in preparation for a potential deportation to Uganda, but a federal judge ordered the government not to remove him, for now.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda
ICE rearrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday morning, setting him up for a speedy deportation — but his lawyers quickly sued in what appears to be an attempt to stop his ouster.
Abrego Garcia, free again, faces new Monday arrest deadline
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, released from jail Friday, now faces a new Monday deadline to check in with ICE, where the government has told him he could face a quick deportation to Uganda — a country to which his lawyers say he has no ties.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.
DHS quickly appeals judge’s order to halt work at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge Thursday night ordered a halt to work at “Alligator Alcatraz” and banned the federal government from sending any new detainees to the immigrant detention facility that Florida erected to help President Trump.
Trump administration reviews visas of 55 million people for potential deportable violations
The State Department said Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
Court allows Trump to end deportation amnesty for Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal
A federal appeals court said Wednesday that Homeland Security can move ahead with plans to end long-running deportation amnesties, known as Temporary Protected Status, for about 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.
Abrego Garcia seeks dismissal of criminal charges, citing ‘vindictive prosecution’
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge in Tennessee to dismiss human trafficking charges against him as “vindictive prosecution” by the Trump administration over the illegal immigrant securing orders releasing him from jail and preventing ICE from rearresting him.
First on TWT: Homeland Security to penalize immigrants for ‘anti-American’ behavior, social media
The Department of Homeland Security is applying President Trump’s America First policy to immigration benefits, announcing new rules Tuesday to instruct officers to use migrants’ “anti-American” behavior to block them from upgrading their legal status.
Crackdown on border cuts court backlog: Trump eliminates de facto amnesty
President Trump took the adage about finding yourself in a hole and stopping digging to heart — at least when it comes to illegal immigration, where his almost miraculous improvements at the southern border have resulted in the first sustained decrease in the immigration court backlog in nearly two decades.
ICE now deporting more than 1,400 illegal immigrants a day
The Department of Homeland Security has set a new record for detaining illegal immigrants with more than 59,000 in ICE custody, according to new agency numbers released this week.
