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..

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..

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