Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers

By CLAUDIA LAUER, WASHINGTON, (AP):- A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide —..

Provisions of visit visa eased

KATHMANDU:- The Department of Immigration (DoI) has repealed the six-point standard currently being implemented and various provisions issued at different times in a bid to control the illegal..

Hegseth orders the military to detail dozens of attorneys to the Justice Department, AP learns

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, WASHINGTON (AP):- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and..

‘8,000 percent increase in violent threats against ICE law enforcement’

LOS ANGELES:- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released new data on violent threats against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement officers. DHS claims there..

Chicago father of child fighting cancer released on bond by immigration judge

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, CHICAGO (AP):- A Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer will be released on bond and return home, an immigration judge ruled..

Democratic senators demand answers on ICE’s use of full-body restraints on deportation flights

By JIM MUSTIAN and JASON DEAREN, WASHINGTON (AP):- A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights..

JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event

By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ARIZONA, (AP):- Vice President JD Vance advocated a slowdown in legal immigration Wednesday, saying, “We have to get the overall numbers way, way down.” Vance took..

Border Patrol’s Bovino due in court for first check-in on Chicago immigration crackdown

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, CHICAGO (AP):- A senior Border Patrol official is due in court Wednesday for the first of his daily court-mandated check-ins about the Chicago area immigration enforcement..

DHS ends employment authorization Automatic extension

LOS ANGELES:- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will end the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for foreigners who file renewal..

A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, PHILADELPHIA (AP):- After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison..

Illegal immigrant Edwin Pacheco-Meja, accused of killing Coal County board member, in custody

CHICHAGO:- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the arrest of an illegal immigrant accused of murder. Two Illinois residents, Coles County Board member Michael Clayton and his..

Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices around the country..

Chicago’s children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

By CLAIRE GALOFARO, CHICAGO (AP):- The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered. “Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her. His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery..

British political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by federal authorities at California airport

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, MATTHEW LEE and REBECCA, LOS ANGELES (AP):- Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, was being held Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he was..

Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and TIFFANY STANLEY, WASHINGTON (AP):- The imposing Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for..

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