Border activist to be retried in case on aiding migrants

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A border activist will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges related to aiding migrants near Arizona’s border with Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday. The government dropped a conspiracy charge and will retry Scott Warren on Nov. 12 on two counts of harboring migrants, said... Read More

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Immigration

June 20, 2019

Judge: New documents warrant further look at census question

A federal judge said Wednesday that he’s inclined to reexamine whether a proposed 2020 census citizenship question violates the rights of minorities after reviewing newly discovered documents from a deceased political operative. U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland ruled that plaintiffs have produced enough evidence to warrant reopening the case, even though he already... Read More

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Immigration

June 19, 2019

Panel hears case on conditions for young migrants on border

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. government lawyer on Tuesday said a longstanding settlement agreement requiring sanitary conditions for detained immigrant children may not necessarily mean a toothbrush and soap must be provided for shorter stays. Sarah Fabian, senior litigation counsel for the Department of Justice, told a three judge-panel at the Ninth U.S. Circuit... Read More

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Illegal Immigration, Immigration

June 6, 2019

Feds: No more education, legal services for immigrant kids

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government has stopped paying for English-language courses and legal services at facilities that hold immigrant children around the country, imposing budget cuts it says are necessary at a time when record numbers of unaccompanied children are arriving at the border. The Health and Human Services department notified shelters around the... Read More

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Immigration

May 30, 2019

Trial begins for border activist who helped migrants

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A border activist being tried in a federal court for helping two migrants with water, food and lodging last year only intended “to provide basic human kindness,” his lawyer told jurors Wednesday. Defense attorney Greg Kuykendall also said in his opening statement that prosecutors must prove his client intended to break... Read More

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Border, Immigration

May 29, 2019

Arizona border activist to stand trial for helping migrants

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal trial is scheduled to begin in Tucson for a border activist charged with harboring migrants and conspiring to transport and harbor two Mexican men who were in the U.S. illegally. Scott Daniel Warren says his spiritual values compel him to help all people in distress. Prosecutors have argued the... Read More

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Border, Immigration

April 26, 2019

Judge gives US 6 months to identify children split at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government has six months to identify potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border early in President Donald Trump’s term, a judge ordered Thursday. Trump administration officials said they had a goal of six months but opposed any deadline, saying it could take... Read More

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Immigration

April 5, 2019

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

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 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

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Donald Trump, Immigration

February 14, 2019

Lawyers sue ICE over videoconference immigration hearings

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of detained immigrants and the lawyers representing them filed a federal lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accusing the agency of violating their constitutional rights by forcing them to use videoconferencing for their court appearances instead of bringing them in person. In the suit, which the seven detainees along... Read More

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Immigration

February 13, 2019

Butterfly Center asks judge to stop Texas border wall

HOUSTON (AP) — The nonprofit National Butterfly Center has asked a federal judge to stop border wall activity on its property as the Trump administration gears up to build new walls and fencing in South Texas and may soon win funding for more. In a motion filed late Monday, center director Marianna Trevino Wright says... Read More

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Immigration

February 12, 2019

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets them live and work in the United States. The lawsuit filed late Sunday in federal court in San Francisco alleges that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end so-called temporary protected status for the... Read More

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Immigration

January 31, 2019

ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Federal immigration officials are force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes during a hunger strike that’s gone on for a month inside a Texas detention facility, The Associated Press has learned. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 11 detainees at the El Paso Processing Center have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days.... Read More

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Immigration

Border activist to be retried in case on aiding migrants

Judge: New documents warrant further look at census question

Panel hears case on conditions for young migrants on border

Feds: No more education, legal services for immigrant kids

Trial begins for border activist who helped migrants

Arizona border activist to stand trial for helping migrants

Judge gives US 6 months to identify children split at border

Motel 6 agrees to pay $12 million to settle lawsuit

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

Trump vs. California immigration suit heads to appeals court

Lawyers sue ICE over videoconference immigration hearings

Butterfly Center asks judge to stop Texas border wall

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

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