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.

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
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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.

Wayfair workers protest over contract with migrant detention center

Employees for online furniture retailer Wayfair walked out Wednesday to protest the company’s sale of beds to migrant detention facilities that have come under fire for holding children in substandard conditions.

House passes emergency funding bill for migrant care crisis

It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease Tuesday a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border official steps down as outrage grows over children

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday he is stepping down as his agency is under siege over the discovery of dozens of children in filthy conditions at one of its stations in Texas.