Judge sides with couples suing feds over marriage interviews

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has banned immigration officials from arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants who are seeking legal status based on their marriages to U.S. citizens. U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by six couples accusing immigration officials of luring families to marriage... Read More

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February 10, 2020

Judge strikes blow to US immigration enforcement tactics

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has prohibited U.S. immigration authorities from relying on databases deemed faulty to ask law enforcement agencies to hold people in custody, a setback for the Trump administration that threatens to hamper how it carries out arrests. The ruling applies only to the Central District of California, where state... Read More

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Immigration

February 10, 2020

ICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested. The lawsuit filed late Friday in California asks a judge to order the child to be taken to a pediatric... Read More

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February 5, 2020

Last man charged in border agent’s death faces Arizona trial

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The last of seven defendants charged in the 2010 fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious” has been extradited to Arizona to stand trial. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga, who was arrested... Read More

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Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga

February 4, 2020

Woman in fatal bus crash pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Guatemalan woman who was deported after she was convicted in a 2008 school bus crash that killed four children in southwestern Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to illegally re-entering the United States, federal prosecutors said. Olga Marina Franco del Cid, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry after... Read More

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Olga Marina Franco del Cid

January 30, 2020

Arrests at LA church allege marriage, immigration fraud

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles Wednesday in a human trafficking investigation that led to arrests of three church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme to trick followers into becoming fundraisers and arrange sham marriages to keep them in the U.S. The local leader of... Read More

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Immigration, Kingdom of Jesus Christ Church

January 23, 2020

Migrant parents separated from kids since 2018 return to US

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nine parents who were deported as the Trump administration separated thousands of migrant families landed back into the U.S. late Wednesday to reunite with children they had not seen in a year and a half. The group arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Guatemala City in a trip arranged under... Read More

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Immigration

January 22, 2020

Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to US

BOSTON (AP) — An Iranian student attending college in Boston was denied entry to the U.S. and ordered to immediately fly back to his native country, despite a court order temporarily staying his removal, immigration lawyers and civil rights groups said Tuesday. Shahab Dehghani, a 24-year-old economics student at Northeastern University, arrived in Boston with... Read More

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Immigration, Shahab Dehghani

January 20, 2020

Illegal crossings plunge as US extends policy across border

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints. Father and son walked about 10 minutes in Arizona’s stifling June heat before surrendering to... Read More

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Immigration

January 16, 2020

Judge halts Trump’s order allowing states to block refugees

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that gave state and local officials the ability to shut the door on refugees, and ignited a fierce debate in communities about how welcoming the United States should be. U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland said in his... Read More

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January 15, 2020

Some asylum-seekers returned to Mexico get attorney access

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that some asylum-seekers who fear waiting in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings must have access to attorneys before and during a key interview to determine if they can stay in the U.S. until their claims are decided. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw of San Diego... Read More

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Asylum

January 14, 2020

Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation. The American Civil Liberties Union argued that the administration was splitting families over dubious allegations... Read More

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Immigration

January 13, 2020

Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues

The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won’t be on this spring’s census form, but that doesn’t mean the fight over it has ended in courtrooms across the country. In Maryland, civil rights groups are trying to block an order from President Donald Trump to gather citizenship data through administrative records. In New York,... Read More

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Citizenship

January 13, 2020

Suit over Border Patrol detention conditions goes to trial

PHOENIX (AP) — A years-old lawsuit challenging detention conditions in several of the Border Patrol’s Arizona stations will go to trial Monday as the agency as a whole has come under fire following several migrant deaths. The lawsuit filed in 2015 applies to eight Border Patrol facilities in Arizona where attorneys say migrants are held... Read More

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Immigration

Judge sides with couples suing feds over marriage interviews

Judge strikes blow to US immigration enforcement tactics

ICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury

Last man charged in border agent’s death faces Arizona trial

Woman in fatal bus crash pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

Arrests at LA church allege marriage, immigration fraud

Migrant parents separated from kids since 2018 return to US

Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to US

Illegal crossings plunge as US extends policy across border

Judge halts Trump’s order allowing states to block refugees

Some asylum-seekers returned to Mexico get attorney access

Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border

Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues

Suit over Border Patrol detention conditions goes to trial

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