Immigrant rights protests in San Jose, Sacramento and Seattle

"We want to pressure the new administration since Day One, so they don't forget about the undocumented immigrants," said one of the organizers, Gabriel Manrique. "We've been here before, the Democrats promising immigration reform, especially when Obama was president, nothing happened. So we want to start pressuring them so it happens in the first 100 days." 

US Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham resigns

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is resigning after a watchdog agency alleged he had set a deadline that pressured statisticians to produce a report on the number of people in the U.S. illegally.

Biden aims to legalize millions of immigrants as a priority

President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.

Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to laud border wall

President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration's work on the border wall.

If Biden halts border wall, it could cost taxpayers billions, CBP chief warns

President-elect Joe Biden is promising that border wall building won't continue under his administration, but with hundreds of miles under construction, the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning that shutting down construction could cost taxpayers billions.

Biden: Reversing Trump's immigration policies will take months

Biden said he’s already started discussing issues with the Mexican president and "our friends in Latin America."

US fully restores protections for DACA applicants

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.

DHS acting head Chad Wolf didn't have authority to suspend DACA, judge says

A federal judge in New York has ruled that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis's ruling invalidates Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people from deportation.

Inmate firefighter injured battling California blaze now set to be deported to Laos

Bounchan Keola has asked for a pardon from his prison sentence, showing that he has changed for the better and that his service to the state battling wildfires should count for something.

Immigration an early target for Biden administration

Some quick and dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration.

Eric Holder suggests child abuse investigation into migrant family-separation policy

During an interview with FOX 13 political editor Craig Patrick, former Attorney General Eric Holder suggested the Trump Administration could be investigated for child abuse.

Parents of 545 children separated at border can’t be found

The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.

Border Patrol arrests nearly 50 undocumented immigrants in Phoenix

Helicopter video showed dozens of people being lined up in an alleyway and taken into white vans near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Nurse questions medical care at immigration jail in Georgia

An immigration detention center in Georgia performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records, according to a nurse quoted in a complaint filed Monday.