Federal immigration agents arrested 261 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to official U.S. government statistics that were shared with Congress and obtained by CBS News. The statistics indicate the vast majority of DACA recipients taken into federal immigration … Read more
A senior Department of Homeland Security official said on a call with state election officials Wednesday that immigration agents will not show up at polling places this year, according to three call participants. “Any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation. There will be no ICE presence at … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a progressive “Squad” member, is taking heat for an “unhinged” take comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to members of the Ku Klux Klan. In an interview, Pressley accused federal immigration enforcement officers of unleashing a “campaign of terror” that she said … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to shield a major private prison company from a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees in Colorado were forced to work for little or no pay. In a unanimous procedural ruling, the justices rejected an appeal from the Florida-based GEO Group, which sought … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., wore a round button to the State of the Union address that read “F— ICE,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She also wore a message that read, “STAND WITH SURVIVORS RELEASE THE FILES,” in an apparent reference to materials pertaining to … Read more
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. The arrangement in Escondido, a city of about 150,000 … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several Democratic lawmakers are hosting State of the Union guests who have come under scrutiny from the Department of Homeland Security, including suspected illegal immigrants, DREAMers and citizens arrested for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement. A Fox News correspondent received the list when inquiring with the agency … Read more
Washington — The Senate is taking a procedural vote Tuesday on funding for the Department of Homeland Security on the 11th day of the partial government shutdown. But an end to the impasse still appears out of reach as lawmakers returned to Washington following a weeklong recess without a deal to reform federal immigration agencies. … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days. Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach a group of young protesters … Read more
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructor is criticizing the agency, claiming that efforts to rapidly increase its ranks will cause new recruits to be put on the street without the proper training to do the job. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the latest on what that whistleblower told lawmakers during testimony on … Read more