Appeals court shuts down criminal contempt probe over deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants

Washington — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered an end to criminal contempt proceedings launched by a lower court judge who said the government defied his order to turn around deportation flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year. A divided panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Read more

ICE says more criminal migrants arrested on 1-year anniversary of program to support victims of migrant crime

Angel families speak out at ICE event WARNING – GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin reports on the pain the relatives of victims of violent crimes by illegal immigrants still feel as expressed at an event marking the relaunch of a family support program on NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! … Read more

Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court after truck crash in Mexico killed over 50 migrants

LAREDO, Texas — A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to a felony offense and acknowledged his involvement in an attempt to illegally smuggle migrants to the U.S. when a jampacked tractor-tailer truck crashed in Mexico in 2021, killing more than 50 migrants. Daniel Zavala Ramos, 42, faces a possible sentence of life … Read more

Tennessee Senate passes bill criminalizing migrants who defy deportation orders

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tennessee Republicans are moving to criminalize immigration violations at the state level with a bill that would make it a crime for migrants to remain in the Volunteer State after a final deportation order. The measure, which passed the Republican-controlled Senate on a 26-6 vote, would require … Read more

Trump admin unlawfully terminated legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app, judge rules

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the U.S. after using an app expanded by the Biden administration to schedule appointments with immigration officials. U.S. District Judge … Read more

Judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of migrants allowed into U.S. through Biden-era phone app

A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to restore the legal status of migrants allowed into the U.S. under a now-defunct Biden administration program for asylum-seekers who arrived at the southern border. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs voided the Trump administration’s decision to end the immigration parole status of migrants … Read more

Judge blocks Trump’s termination of parole for migrants who legally entered U.S. using Biden-era app

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that terminated temporary parole status for hundreds of thousands of migrants who were granted the benefit after they entered the United States lawfully through a Biden-era mobile app. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. … Read more

Trump admin eases asylum freeze for vetted migrants, keeps bans on ‘high-risk’ nations

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it is slackening restrictions on asylum applications set in place after an Afghan asylee allegedly murdered one West Virginia National Guardsman and gravely wounded another in Washington last fall. The November incident near Farragut Square led President Donald Trump to … Read more

As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees

Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. But while border crossings have drastically shrunk under President Donald Trump’s administration, the Jesuit priest said his mission remains centered on embodying the … Read more

Authorities find 229 migrants calling for help trapped in back of truck in Mexico

Mexican authorities found 229 migrants on Monday packed in the back of a truck traveling through the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the first such encounter in months, marking a potential uptick in migration since President Donald Trump took office. José Manuel Pozos, the state’s deputy government secretary, said that they found migrants trapped in … Read more