Trump’s big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions

By  LISA MASCARO, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan visited Capitol Hill just weeks after Inauguration Day, with other administration officials and a singular..

Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law

By JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, SAN FRANCISCO (AP):- A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when..

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..

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..

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..

A Tunisian musician was detained in LA after living in US for a decade. His doctor wife speaks out

By  JAIMIE DING, LOS ANGELES (AP):- Dr. Wafaa Alrashid noticed fewer of her patients were showing up for their appointments at the Los Angeles area hospital where she works as immigration raids..

Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations

By  MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ELLIOT SPAGAT, WASHINGTON (AP):- A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of..

12 members of Congress sue Trump administration to ensure access to ICE detention centers

By MARTHA BELLISLE,  (AP):- A dozen Democratic members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the..

States file lawsuit against Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data

By  KIMBERLY KINDY, Washington (AP):- A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of..

It’s a year of rapid change, except when it comes to Trump’s approval numbers, AP-NORC polling finds

By  AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and JONATHAN J. COOPER, WASHINGTON (AP):- Eric Hildenbrand has noticed prices continue to rise this year, even with President Donald Trump in the White House. He..

Mexican national married to a Marine Corps veteran seeks release from immigration custody

By  SARA CLINE, BATON ROUGE, La. (AP):-  A woman detained at a citizenship appointment in May will not be deported following a judge’s ruling this week barring her removal, but her Marine Corps..