Florida signs $245 million in contracts for ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here’s a look by the numbers

By KATE PAYNE, TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP):- Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the..

Lawsuit challenges restrictions on Head Start for kids in the US illegally

By ANNIE MA, WASHINGTON (AP):- A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on social services for immigrants..

The UK says it will sanction those who enable migrant journeys across the English Channel

LONDON (AP):- Members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants across the English Channel in flimsy boats will face U.K. financial sanctions under measures announced Monday by the British..

As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

By AMANDA SEITZ and JACQUELYN MARTIN, WESLACO, Texas (AP):- These days, Juanita says a prayer every time she steps off the driveway of her modest rural home. The 41-year-old mother, who..

Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

By MARTHA BELLISLE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN, SEATTLE (AP):- After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited..

Libya deports 700 Sudanese migrants in crackdown on trafficking

By SAMY MAGDY, CAIRO (AP):- Eastern Libyan authorities have sent hundreds of Sudanese back to their war-torn home country, officials said Saturday, in a crackdown on migrants seeking to flee..

3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status

By TRÂN NGUYỄN and DEVI SHASTRI, SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP):- For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her..

Immigration arrest outside Oregon preschool rattles parents

By CLAIRE RUSH, BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP):- Parents at a preschool in a Portland suburb are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school during morning drop-off hours,..

Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, ERIC TUCKER and MEGAN JANETSKY, CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):- Venezuela on Friday released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of..

Two MS-13 Members in Massachusetts Sentenced for Racketeering

BOSTON:- Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were recently sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in a previously unsolved murder. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services..

Venezuela releases 10 jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, ERIC TUCKER and MEGAN JANETSKY, CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) :- Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans on Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by..

Germany deports 81 Afghan men to their homeland in 2nd flight since the Taliban’s return

By GEIR MOULSON, BERLIN (AP):- Germany deported dozens of Afghan men to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban returned to power and the first since a new..

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

By GERALD IMRAY, CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):- Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country..

Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

By VALERIE GONZALEZ, NEW YORK, (AP):- Attorneys representing migrant children who were abused, neglected or abandoned by a parent asked a federal court on Thursday to restore their deportation..

Wife of embattled Louisiana police chief charged in immigration visa fraud scheme also arrested

By SARA CLINE and JIM MUSTIAN, BATON ROUGE, La. (AP):- The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who earlier this week was charged for his alleged role in a mass immigration visa fraud scheme, has also..

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