Immigration

Dozens of violations of detention standards found at major immigration camp in Texas

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A recent inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Detention Oversight performed a congressionally mandated inspection over three days in February at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, … Read more

Elected leaders and clergy seek release of Wisconsin mosque president detained by immigration agents

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The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations Thursday from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his criticism of Israel. Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by nearly a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Read more

Trump elevates immigration fight at Supreme Court, turning up heat on Democrats ahead of midterms

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump‘s presence at the Supreme Court this week may not sway the justices, who appeared skeptical of the president’s push to curb birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But Trump’s historic appearance — no sitting president has attended oral arguments at the high court before — … Read more

Federal government appealing order releasing 5-year-old from immigration custody

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The federal government may try to send 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos back to detention. The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in federal court in Texas, challenging a January ruling that freed the 5-year-old Minnesota resident and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from an immigration detention facility. The father and son were taken … Read more

Alito invokes Scalia analogy in birthright citizenship fight over illegal immigration

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Samuel Alito invoked an analogy from late Justice Antonin Scalia Wednesday as the Supreme Court weighed whether birthright citizenship extended to children of illegal immigrants. Alito said Scalia had illustrated how to apply textualism to modern circumstances, a point he raised during high-stakes oral arguments over … Read more

DC court rulings stall Trump agenda across immigration, policing, Fed — raising stakes on executive power

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda is hitting repeated roadblocks in Washington, D.C., federal court, where judges have halted major policies — fueling a growing clash over whether the judiciary is checking executive power or overstepping into it. The rulings have halted key parts of Trump’s agenda on … Read more

Johnson accuses Democrats of taking government hostage over ‘crazy’ immigration agenda

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Speaker Mike Johnson chastised congressional Democrats on Friday, saying Republicans will not be part of any effort to reopen America’s borders and stop the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants.  Johnson held a two-hour conference call with House Republicans on Friday, saying they were all “united” in … Read more

60 Minutes Overtime: The border and immigration

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60 Minutes and 60 Minutes Overtime have reported on the immigration and border policy of the Trump administration leading up to and during President Trump’s second term in office. Here are some of those stories.  While running for re-election in October 2024, President Donald Trump pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants. His plan was … Read more

Federal judge extends order requiring access to lawyers for Minnesota immigration detainees

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MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge on Thursday extended her order requiring that federal authorities give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are arrested and before they are transferred out of state. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued a preliminary injunction requiring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must ensure that people … Read more

Justice Department tells judge it incorrectly used ICE memo to justify immigration court arrests

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The Justice Department this week conceded to a federal judge in New York it had been incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to partially justify arrests at immigration courthouses, calling the oversight a “material mistaken statement of fact.” Justice Department lawyers disclosed in a letter on Tuesday that a May 2025 ICE memo … Read more