NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Population growth in U.S. cities has slowed and some of the steepest drops are in communities along the southern border as immigration fell during the opening months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to new Census Bureau estimates. The bureau said the average growth rate for … Read more
The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking … Read more
The Justice Department has quietly gutted a more than 60-year-old program created to ensure that low-income and indigent immigrants can receive competent and affordable legal representation, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News. The Recognition and Accreditation program, which is part of the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, accredits … Read more
As federal immigration agents spread across Portland, Maine, during Operation Catch of the Day, which began Jan. 20, Nina, like many other immigrants here, stayed home. Her daughter didn’t go to school, and Nina didn’t go to work, even though she knew she’d lose pay. But the risk of being detained by Immigration and Customs … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — Protestant and Catholic clergy are asking a federal judge to order that they be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration’s enforcement surge in Minnesota. U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell will hear Friday from attorneys for Minnesota branches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly all Democrats opposed legislation Thursday targeting noncitizens who harm law enforcement animals. Lawmakers voted 228-190 largely along party lines to approve the measure, with just 15 Democratic lawmakers voting “yes.” All Republicans who voted supported the legislation. The Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals … Read more
BOSTON — A U.S. court ruling in Massachusetts Friday temporarily paused the looming termination of Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Somalia. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs’ ruling said there would be “weighty” consequences if Somalia’s TPS designation is allowed to expire Tuesday. Advocates filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to pause … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After an illegal immigrant was discovered to have been voting for more than a decade in Philadelphia, immigration experts are warning that the “system can fail” and that loss of voter confidence represents the true “serious threat” to American democracy. In an interview with Fox News Digital, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced the Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act, a bicameral bill aimed at preventing individuals who are in the United States illegally from possessing firearms or ammunition while employed as law enforcement officers. The legislation would prohibit illegal immigrants … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would crack down on illegal immigrants or unqualified people living in public housing, closing a loophole established amid major departmental reforms under President Bill Clinton in 1996. Current HUD rules allow “mixed-status” households to use public housing under … Read more