immigrants

DOJ opens investigation into Soros-backed DA accused of shielding illegal immigrants from consequences

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Justice launched a civil rights investigation Wednesday into an embattled Virginia prosecutor over allegations his office has given preferential treatment to criminal illegal immigrants, escalating scrutiny of Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano. The department is examining whether Descano’s office violated federal … Read more

Why appeals courts are splitting over releasing immigrants on bond

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For nearly 30 years, people arrested by immigration enforcement officials inside the United States could typically live freely as they waited for the results of their immigration cases. Under the Trump administration, officials have tried to keep them locked up as part of its major deportation campaign. The legality of that approach is now hotly … Read more

Immigrants pulled out of their naturalization ceremonies are now suing

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In Boston’s Faneuil Hall, a site tied to the American Revolution, immigrants were pulled out of line during a naturalization ceremony last December, moments before taking the oath that would have christened them as U.S. citizens. In the months since, they’ve waited to hear about rescheduling.  Those immigrants are done waiting.  A group of 14 … Read more

GOP frontrunner in key gubernatorial race forced to answer about hiring illegal immigrants: ‘I don’t know’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rick Jackson, the Republican frontrunner in Georgia’s race for governor, said he didn’t know if there were any illegal immigrants doing landscaping for him at his mansion when pressed during the race’s only debate ahead of the GOP primary next month. “You claim to be the tough … Read more

Supreme Court weighs Trump attempt to remove protections for thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants

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WASHINGTON — Tackling one prong of the Trump administration’s hard-line policies, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh its effort to remove legal protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the United States. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. If the administration wins the … Read more

Haitians, Syrians aren’t the only immigrants watching US Supreme Court arguments on temporary status

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When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 from El Salvador. Many Salvadorans have lived in the United States for 25 years under Temporary Protected … Read more

Deportation fears make immigrants easy targets for scams

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In the 30 years she’s lived in New York, Odalys González Silvera said she’d seen everything. But she wasn’t prepared for what happened to her recently. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “Although I sought advice and researched a number of things, unfortunately I fell victim … Read more

Work inside a small DOJ office that helps indigent immigrants get legal aid stalls after personnel shuffle

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The Justice Department program that accredits nonprofit organizations to help provide legal aid to low-income immigrants has failed to approve a single new application since March— after its attorneys were quietly reassigned to other offices, sources with direct knowledge of the program told CBS News. A month ago, the small group of senior attorneys who … Read more

House advances bill to shield Haitian immigrants in defiance of Trump

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The House voted Wednesday to advance a measure that would reinstate temporary protections for Haitians living in the U.S., with six Republicans voting alongside Democrats to oppose a key component of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The measure, brought forward … Read more

GOP Rep Randy Fine declares that deporting all illegal immigrants is the top way to make the US affordable

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., asserted in a post on X that deporting all illegal immigrants would be the best way to make the U.S. affordable. “The number one thing we can do to make America affordable is to deport EVERY illegal immigrant,” he wrote in the Wednesday … Read more