1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (966+ words) Even congregations uninvolved in the court cases say they’re still feeling the repercussions of the weekslong surge in immigration operations last winter. Protesters confronted federal law enforcement daily, and the killing of two protesters sparked global outcry. Immigration agents are…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (537+ words) About 200,000 people from El Salvador have lived in the U.S. since 2001 under TPS, which allows people already in the country to remain with work permits for renewable periods of up to 18 months, if the secretary of homeland security determines conditions are…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (598+ words) WASHINGTON — A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency’s training program for new recruits is “deficient, defective and broken.” The Department of Homeland Security is rapidly scaling…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1159+ words) When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals. “If I can become president,” said Jackson, who grew up poor and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to stand trial for assault and falsely reporting a crime in the wounding of a man…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (480+ words) Since President Donald Trump’s return to power, more than 60 people have died at the hands of or in the custody of immigration authorities, most recently two Latino immigrants in one week: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastián Durán…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (744+ words) By WILL WEISSERT and REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press The president said he was signing two executive actions on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States, while another focused on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (625+ words) APPLETON, Minn. — The Prairie Correctional Facility in west central Minnesota has been sold to the federal government for nearly $500 million. The sale to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was announced Wednesday by owner CoreCivic, one day after touting the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (765+ words) By REBECCA SANTANA, VALERIE GONZALEZ, CYBELE MAYNES-OSTERMAN and RYAN J. FOLEY Michael Lukens, who heads the Amica Center, called the idea that the administration had given the sole-source contract to the Texas firm “upsetting and shocking.” “It really does forebode a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (164+ words) The idle Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, will be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a news release confirmed. Speculation about ICE using the facility began last summer. The facility houses 1,600 beds. CoreCivic, a company that owns several immigration…...