Tag Archives: Immigration

Federal immigration raids in Chicago have escalated into chaotic scenes of helicopters, chemical agents and mass detentions, sparking outrage from Illinois officials and civil rights advocates who say the Trump administration’s tactics resemble a “military invasion” of U.S. neighborhoods. Residents awoke last week to federal agents rappelling from helicopters onto …

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order imposing a $100,000 application fee on H-1B visas, in one of his administration’s most sweeping efforts yet to restrict legal immigration and push companies to hire more American workers. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the policy would “ensure we …

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to federalize the Washington, D.C., police force again if the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) refuses to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The warning came just days after Trump’s 30-day emergency takeover of the city expired. In August, the president placed the …

A federal judge on Friday blocked a major Trump administration initiative to expand fast-track deportations nationwide, ruling that the policy violates the constitutional rights of migrants who have lived in the United States for years. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of President Joe Biden, issued the ruling in …

The Department of Homeland Security has begun transferring detainees out of Florida’s controversial state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ordered parts of the facility dismantled. In a statement Wednesday, DHS said detainees were being moved to other centers across the country in response …

Federal immigration officials plan to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, his attorneys said Saturday, after the Maryland man rejected an offer to instead relocate to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty to human smuggling charges. The decision marks the latest turn in a years-long legal and political battle …

A federal judge late Friday ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold federal funding from Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and more than 30 other cities and counties over their policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge William Orrick, sitting in San Francisco, extended a preliminary injunction that …

The Pentagon confirmed Friday that up to 1,700 National Guard troops will be activated across 19 states in the coming weeks to assist the Department of Homeland Security as President Donald Trump pushes forward with his nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration and crime. Documents obtained by FOX News show deployments …

Washington, D.C., Police Chief Pamela Smith is once again the city’s top law enforcement official after the Trump administration abruptly rescinded a sweeping order that had stripped her of authority less than 24 hours earlier. The reversal came Friday as part of an agreement between the Department of Justice and …

Local leaders and advocates Thursday said that President Donald Trump’s decision to seize the District of Columbia’s 3,400-member police force and deploy 800 National Guard members is a continuation of his administration’s immigration crackdown. Since the president’s decision Monday to invoke the district’s Home Rule Act, checkpoints are being set up …

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a temporary restraining order barring immigration agents from detaining individuals based solely on their language, job, or presence in certain public areas, in a major rebuke to tactics used in Trump administration immigration raids across Los Angeles. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of …

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill cleared early Thursday has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown, helping fulfill the president’s 2024 campaign promise of mass deportations of people without permanent legal status. The measure, passed by the House 218-214, would fulfill several of …

In an extraordinary legal move, the Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in the state of Maryland, challenging a court order that temporarily blocks the deportation of immigrants who file habeas corpus petitions seeking to challenge their removal. At the center of the dispute is …

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with a controversial deportation policy that enables the government to remove migrants to third countries where they have no prior connection, even when they fear torture or death. In a brief, unsigned order, the conservative-majority court put on …

A confidential memo obtained by NBC News reveals that the Trump administration has quietly instructed immigration judges to dismiss pending immigration cases without standard procedural delays, allowing ICE to immediately arrest and detain individuals — often without giving them a chance to make their case for asylum. Dated May 30, …