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..

No survivors found after search of An-24 crash site in Russia’s Far East

BLAGOVESHCHENSK, (TASS):- The An-24 aircraft that crashed in Russia’s Amur Region caught fire during its descent, and no survivors were spotted during an aerial inspection of the site, the regional..

Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and HALLIE GOLDEN,  WASHINGTON (AP):- A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright..

Trump administration plans to end lottery for 85,000 worker visas

NEWYORK: - The Trump administration plans to publish proposed rules that would end or significantly change the annual 85,000 H-1B worker visa lottery. Towards the end of Donald Trump's first term,..