AP Explains: Questions and answers on new US asylum ban
A major immigration policy shift took effect Tuesday to deny asylum to anyone who shows up on the Mexican border after traveling through another country.
62 border employees under internal investigation amid posts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 62 current and eight former Border Patrol employees are under internal investigation following revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked lawmakers and migrants.
1st grader starts lemonade stand to help detained migrant families
The politics are hotly debated, but the emotion associated with seeing children in detention facilities is pretty much universal.
Trump moves to effectively end asylum at Southern border
The Trump administration said Monday it will end asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down immigration.
How do immigration authorities make arrests?
After postponing an immigration-enforcement operation late last month, the Trump administration plans to go ahead with the raids as soon as this weekend. The sweep is expected to be similar to others that authorities have done regularly since 2003 and often netted hundreds of arrests.
Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps, many offer sanctuary
Religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action as nationwide immigration enforcement sweeps loomed.
Immigration sweeps in major cities expected to begin
The Trump administration's nationwide crackdown on immigrants is expected to begin this weekend, targeting migrant families in cities across the country.
Police kill man allegedly attacking immigration prison in Washington
A man armed with a rifle and throwing incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning died after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said.
ICE, FBI use state driver's license photos for facial-recognition scans
ICE uses facial-recognition technology to sift through state DMV databases without those residents' consent or knowledge and can locate undocumented immigrants.
California becomes 1st state to offer health benefits to immigrants in country illegally
California has become the first state to offer taxpayer-funded health benefits to young adults living in the country illegally.
Activists worry about potential abuse of face scans for ICE
Civil rights activists complained Monday of the potential for widespread abuse following confirmation that at least three states have scanned millions of driver's license photos on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement without the drivers' knowledge or consent.
Pope: Migrants are people, not just a social issue
Pope Francis has prayed for migrants in a special Mass, saying they are people and not just a social issue.
Justice Department presses for census citizenship question
The Justice Department says it will press its search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is "very seriously" considering an executive order to get the question on the form.
President Trump says he’s mulling executive order on Census citizenship question
President Donald Trump said Friday he is "very seriously" considering an executive order to try to force the inclusion of a citizenship question as part of the 2020 Census.
Trump administration issues notices of $500K fines for immigrants in US illegally
Immigrants living in the United States illegally and who were issued removal orders by the Trump administration could be fined half a million dollars for failing to leave the country.
2020 Census to be printed without citizenship question
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query.
Undocumented immigrants face thousands in fines for not leaving US, reports say
Undocumented immigrants who received removal orders or agreed to leave the country voluntarily face thousands in fines because they failed to leave the country, according to multiple reports.
Images show migrants pleading for help in ‘dangerous’ overcrowded Texas DHS detention facilities
A “management alert” with images of detained migrants pleading for help in South Texas was released Tuesday from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General.
43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in US border custody
A 43-year-old El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later died at a hospital, officials said Saturday.
Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question
The Supreme Court is forbidding President Donald Trump's administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census for now.