Alyse and Elmer Sanchez were thrilled when they survived their green card interview, a crucial step in obtaining lawful status in the United States. The officer agreed that their marriage is legitimate. Moments later, Elmer was in shackles, pending deportation to his native Honduras, leaving her alone with their two little boys.
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Pro-immigrant groups applauded a federal judge Monday for blocking a policy shift that the Trump administration said would allow it to deport hundreds of thousands of people arrested without sufficient residency papers.
Read moreTwo weeks after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tighten asylum restrictions, immigration lawyers pleaded with a federal judge Wednesday to stop the deportation of a Honduran woman and her 12-year-old son.
Read moreA federal judge in Washington shut down arguments from the government Friday that a new Homeland Security rule that fast-tracks deporting undocumented immigrants has not yet been implemented because immigration officers are still in training.
Read moreReversing, a California appeals court found that the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services did not exercise due diligence trying to locate a father who had been deported to Mexico, with whom his adult children had Facebook contact.
Read moreA dramatic late-night call from an Australian judge to a plane bound for Sri Lanka has temporarily spared a family of four — including two Aussie-born toddlers — from deportation and fueled a political firestorm Down Under.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that noncitizens are entitled to attorney representation during removal proceedings, and ordered an immigration judge to re-hear a Mexican national’s deportation case because it was unclear whether he willingly gave up his right to counsel.
Read moreA Homeland Security rule that fast-tracks removal of undocumented immigrants is facing a new legal challenge from civil rights groups who say the Trump administration’s plan to ratchet up deportations is reckless and will create a “show me your papers” regime.
Read moreFederal prosecutors going back to 1942 took state determinations into account when deciding if criminal convictions against noncitizens should bear on their immigration status.
Read moreA federal judge heard debate Friday on whether less than two dozen of over 400 parents deported without their children under the since-abandoned “zero tolerance” immigration policy can return to the United States to seek asylum.
Read moreOn the cusp of raids set to sweep up thousands of immigrant families on Sunday, resistance to the planned mass arrests have been popping out all over. Even among Immigration and Customs Enforcement rank and file, agents are reportedly voicing unease about arresting babies and young children.
Read moreA 33-year-old father of two U.S.-born citizen children was allowed to return to the United States on Monday, two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the Trump administration.
Read moreAs the Supreme Court closes outs its calendar for the summer, it added multiple cases Monday where federal agencies grappled with time limits in patent reviews and deportation cases.
Read moreDirecting immigration agents to stop arresting people in Massachusetts courts, a federal judge sided with prosecutors Thursday who say the threat of deportation should not deter people from participating in the justice system.
Read moreUndocumented immigrants are barred from possessing guns, but how about an immigrant who doesn’t appreciate that flunking out of school on a student visa made his status illegal?
Read moreWith border arrests up nearly three times what they were last year, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday night that he plans to have millions deported next week.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a Mexican man who was arrested during an immigration sting at a Los Angeles manufacturing plant should not be deported, a rebuke that may influence how immigration authorities target factories and offices.
Read moreA Justice Department attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Thursday that although existing immigration laws may not outline when the federal government can remove protections for immigrants in deportation proceedings, the government still has broad discretion to do so.
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