Child of Chinese illegal immigrants charged with planting explosive at US military base

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security revealed that a suspect who fled to China after allegedly planting a deadly explosive device at an important military base is the child of two Chinese illegal immigrants.   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Chinese nationals Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang … Read more

Illegal immigrants will no longer get in-state tuition in Kentucky after federal ruling

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illegal immigrants will no longer receive in-state tuition at Kentucky’s public colleges after a federal judge ruled the policy violated U.S. law and permanently blocked its enforcement. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, hands a win to the Trump administration and Kentucky … Read more

Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to

The Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban woman was working at a Texas Chick-fil-A when she arrested after a minor traffic accident and told she was being sent to Ecuador. There’s the Mauritanian man living in Michigan told … Read more

Jayapal floats reparations for illegal immigrants impacted by Trump crackdown, demands prosecutions

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amid President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, one congressional Democrat is calling for reparations for foreign nationals who are affected. “We are going to have some form of reparation for the kids and the families that have been traumatized through all of this,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., … Read more

Number of immigrants in border communities plunges thanks to Trump crackdown

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

US appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond

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

DOJ guts office that helps indigent immigrants obtain affordable legal aid, sources say

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

In Maine, immigrants have built community. Federal agents’ arrival revealed unexpected bonds.

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

Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility

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

House Democrats vote against deporting immigrants who harm police dogs, horses

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