San Diego sheriff agrees to share immigration information

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will share records of people who were criminally arrested with immigration authorities, becoming the first local law enforcement agency in five states to comply with unusual demands for information, authorities said Friday. In recent weeks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued ‘administrative subpoenas’ —... Read More

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Immigration

February 20, 2020

US judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol

PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. judge in Arizona sided Wednesday with migrants who have long-complained about inhumane and unsanitary conditions in some U.S. Border Patrol facilities in the state. The ruling came weeks after the conclusion of a seven-day trial in which attorneys for migrants who sued in 2015 argued that the agency holds immigrants... Read More

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Immigration

February 19, 2020

Immigration agency subpoenas Oregon county over 2 inmates

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement subpoenaed a sheriff’s office in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday for information about two Mexican citizens wanted for deportation, a move that is part of a broader escalation of the conflict between federal officials and local government agencies over so-called sanctuary policies. ICE, the... Read More

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Immigration

February 13, 2020

Judge orders immigration detention hotline restored

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore a free hotline that let detained immigrants report concerns about custody conditions until shortly after it was featured on the TV show “Orange Is the New Black.” U.S. District Court Judge André Birotte Jr. on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction ordering... Read More

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Immigration

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

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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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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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 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

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

January 9, 2020

Montana justices hear arguments about immigration detainers

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The ACLU of Montana is asking the state Supreme Court to rule state law does not allow local law enforcement officers to arrest people for alleged civil violations of federal immigration law. The court did not immediately rule after hearing arguments Wednesday. The ACLU filed a lawsuit against Lincoln County in... Read More

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Immigration

December 18, 2019

Washington state sues over courthouse immigration arrests

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state sued the Trump administration Tuesday seeking to stop its practice of arresting people at courthouses for immigration violations, saying it interferes with the state’s authority to run its judicial system and endangers public safety. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle says that when Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read More

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Immigration

December 16, 2019

Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A law that will allow New Yorkers to get driver’s licenses without having to prove they are in the country legally weathered a second court challenge Friday, days before its enactment. A federal district judge ruled against Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, saying he lacked the legal capacity to bring the... Read More

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Immigration

San Diego sheriff agrees to share immigration information

US judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol

Immigration agency subpoenas Oregon county over 2 inmates

Judge orders immigration detention hotline restored

Judge strikes blow to US immigration enforcement tactics

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 refuses to second-guess family separations at border

Suit over Border Patrol detention conditions goes to trial

Montana justices hear arguments about immigration detainers

Washington state sues over courthouse immigration arrests

Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

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