Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California

By DEEPA BHARATH, SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP):-  Outside a Southern California immigration court, the Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez sat beside a nervous Peruvian national as he waited for a judge to call..

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision

GREENBELT, Md. (AP):- A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or..

USCIS Assists in Investigation Leading to Removal of Fugitive Criminal Predator

WASHINGTON:- US Citizenship and Immigration Services, (USCIS) provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove Romulus Mihai, an illegally..

Trump administration asks high court to lift restrictions on Southern California immigration stops

By  LINDSAY WHITEHURST, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to halt a court order restricting immigration stops that swept up at least two U.S...

UK authorities detain 1st group of migrants under plan to thwart small boats crossing from France

LONDON (AP):  British border authorities have detained the first group of migrants under a pilot plan that will send some who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France. The..

What to know as Trump’s immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students

By  JIM VERTUNO, AUSTIN, Texas (AP):- Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal resident status are losing access to in-state tuition prices as part of President Donald Trump’s..

Judge considers whether Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center violates environmental law

By  DAVID FISCHER and MIKE SCHNEIDER, MIAMI (AP):- A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether to stop construction of an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the..

About 300 migrants start walking north in southern Mexico, but goal is not US border

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP):- About 300 migrants walked out of this southern Mexican city Wednesday, hoping to move north, even as the activist who helped organize them remained in police custody over..

Justice Department releases new list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions

By  TIM SULLIVAN, (AP):- The Justice Department identified some three dozen states, cities and counties as so-called sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday, two months after the federal government..

Mexican authorities arrest outspoken activist ahead of a planned migrant caravan

By  EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA, TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP):- Authorities arrested an outspoken activist and immigration advocate in southern Mexico on Tuesday, a day before a group of..

Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed

By  IGNATIUS SSUUNA and GERALD IMRAY, KIGALI, Rwanda (AP):- Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump..

By  MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- Federal and state officials in Florida must produce agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people or..

The UN says 68 African migrants were killed when a boat capsized off Yemen

By  SAMY MAGDY, CAIRO (AP):- A boat capsized Sunday in waters off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the U.N.’s migration agency said. The tragedy was the..

USCIS Updating Policy to Protect Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON:- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual in alignment with Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, which directs..

The UN says 68 African migrants were killed when a boat capsized off Yemen

By  SAMY MAGDY, CAIRO (AP):-  A boat capsized Sunday in waters off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the U.N.’s migration agency said. The tragedy was..