Motel 6 agrees to pay $12 million to settle lawsuit

SEATTLE (AP) — The national chain Motel 6 agreed Thursday to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state claiming names of hotel guests were improperly provided to immigration officials for two years, the state attorney general said. The information led to targeted investigations by U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who... Read More

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Immigration, Motel 6

April 4, 2019

Spanish-language reporter detained by ICE seeks release

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A detained Spanish-language reporter facing deportation after he was arrested while covering an immigration rally in Tennessee is seeking release from custody. Lawyers for Manuel Duran said Thursday that they have filed a petition seeking his release from the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama. He was transferred there after being... Read More

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Manuel Duran

March 22, 2019

Trump policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico faces judge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge in San Francisco will scrutinize the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico during a court hearing Friday to help him decide whether to block the practice. Civil rights groups have asked Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco to put the asylum policy on hold while... Read More

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Asylum

March 21, 2019

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scheduling glitches led an immigration judge to deny the Trump administration’s request to order four Central American migrants deported because they failed to show for initial hearings Wednesday in the U.S. while being forced to wait in Mexico. The judge’s refusal was a setback for the administration’s highly touted initiative to... Read More

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Asylum

March 21, 2019

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A detective says a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four Nevada murders told police he robbed and killed his elderly victims during a 10-day rampage in January because he needed money to buy methamphetamine. The detective told the grand jury, which indicted Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman in Reno last week, the 20-year-old who... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

March 20, 2019

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 20-year-old Salvadoran immigrant in the U.S. illegally has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed four people in Nevada in January. Wilber Martinez-Guzman entered the pleas to four counts of open murder at his arraignment in Washoe County District Court on Tuesday. He also pleaded not guilty pleas to... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

March 20, 2019

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several asylum seekers who are being forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration court told a judge Tuesday that they are afraid to return to Mexico as they await their next hearing — a development that introduces a new wrinkle to a major U.S. policy shift.... Read More

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Asylum, Immigration

March 18, 2019

Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Monday over the constitutionality of a struck-down Kansas law that required people to provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship before they could register to vote. In a case with national implications for voting rights, Kansas faces an uphill battle to resurrect the law... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 18, 2019

Asylum seeker abandons US plans in face of new policy

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Juan Carlos Perla says he spent his first night in the U.S. in a cold immigration cell with 21 others at the nation’s busiest border crossing. Fluorescent lights were always on in the basement holding area. Space was so tight that he laid his sleeping mat next to a toilet. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 13, 2019

Trump vs. California immigration suit heads to appeals court

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration will try to persuade a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to block California laws aimed at protecting immigrants, seeking a win in one of numerous lawsuits between the White House and the Democratic-dominated state. At issue in the hearing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is... Read More

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Donald Trump, Immigration

March 11, 2019

Judge extends authority to more families separated at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the border earlier during the Trump administration. Dana Sabraw ruled that his authority applies to parents who were separated at the border... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 8, 2019

Border agency watchdog looking into caravan database

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. government kept a database on journalists, activists, organizers and “instigators” during an investigation into last year’s migrant caravan, infuriating civil liberties and media groups who called it a blatant violation of free speech rights. U.S. Customs and Border Protection compiled information on dozens of people that included passport and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 7, 2019

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the Trump administration can ask people if they are citizens on the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau is quietly seeking comprehensive information about the legal status of millions of immigrants. Under a proposed plan, the Department of Homeland Security would provide the Census Bureau with a broad swath... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 6, 2019

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — A French man sentenced to one month in prison with hard labor for flying a drone in Myanmar completed his term Wednesday, but remained in detention because his deportation order was delayed. Arthur Desclaux, 27, was arrested on Feb. 7 for flying the drone near the parliament building in the capital,... Read More

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Arthur Desclaux

Motel 6 agrees to pay $12 million to settle lawsuit

Spanish-language reporter detained by ICE seeks release

Trump policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico faces judge

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law

Asylum seeker abandons US plans in face of new policy

Trump vs. California immigration suit heads to appeals court

Judge extends authority to more families separated at border

Border agency watchdog looking into caravan database

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

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