Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT, McALLEN, Texas (AP):- In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time...

Trump’s approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds

By STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS, WASHINGTON (AP):- Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new..

Federal judge says she would block Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide

GREENBELT, Md. (AP):- A federal judge in Maryland could soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, if an..

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

By GERALD IMRAY and MICHELLE GUMEDE, CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):- The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an..

Florida attorney general identifies wrongful charges under halted immigration law

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal..

Former US Marine Corps reservist charged in Texas immigration detention center shooting

By HALLIE GOLDEN, (AP):- A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an attack at a Texas immigration detention center in which a..

Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, SAN DIEGO (AP):- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has moved to detain far more people than before by tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country..

Judge says Trump administration can’t use travel ban to keep 80 refugees out of the US

By REBECCA BOONE and SUDHIN THANAWALA, (AP):- A federal judge barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers from some countries to keep 80 already-vetted refugees from entering the..

Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion

By R.J. RICO, ATLANTA (AP):- Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and other information on their..

Two Nepali students killed in car accident in Louisiana

Louisiana:- Two Nepali students have died in a car accident in the US state of Louisiana. Rajan Yadav, 22, and Rozin Oli, 20, both studying at Louisiana Tech University, died in a car..

Brazilian National in Massachusetts Sentenced for Selling Green Cards

BOSTON:- US Citizenship and Immigration Services, (USCIS) assisted in the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Brazilian national for unlawfully reentering the United States after..

Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California

Camarillo, (AFP):- A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday. Raids on agricultural..

Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown

By MATT SEDENSKY, NEW YORK (AP):- Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers:..

Police detain 8 people after anti-migrant clashes in Spanish town

MADRID (AP):- Eight people have been detained by police in Spain in relation to violent clashes that erupted between far-right groups, local residents and migrants in a southeastern town over the..

California farmworker who fell from greenhouse roof during chaotic ICE raid dies

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, SAN FRANCISCO (AP):- A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died Saturday of his injuries. Jaime..

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