Judge warns against ‘piecemeal’ court rulings on immigration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge urged Congress and the president to set aside partisan differences on immigration in a ruling that allowed California to enforce some state sanctuary laws but warned that “piecemeal” court decisions were not a long-term solution to the nation’s heated immigration debate. The ruling came Thursday in a lawsuit... Read More

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Immigration

July 3, 2018

Judge to get update on abuse claims by immigrant teens

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A judge is set to hold a status conference in a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed on behalf of immigrant teens who allege they were severely abused inside a Virginia juvenile detention center. The Associated Press reported last month on sworn statements from six Latino teens who detailed abuse they said they... Read More

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Immigration

June 29, 2018

Officials: DHS requests 12,000 beds to detain families

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has formally requested space for up to 12,000 beds at a military base to detain families caught crossing the border illegally, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The request seeks 2,000 beds to be up and running in the next 45 days, and the remaining space to be... Read More

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Immigration

June 29, 2018

Brazilian boy, 9, released to mom after US judge’s order

CHICAGO (AP) — A Brazilian mother and 9-year-old son separated at the U.S.-Mexico border were together again Thursday after a federal judge in Chicago ordered the U.S. government to release the boy, in one of the first examples of an urgent petition for court intervention successfully reuniting parent and child. Facing reporters together just hours... Read More

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Immigration, Lidia Karine Souza

June 28, 2018

Immigrant mom heads to court to get her son back

CHICAGO (AP) — When Lidia Karine Souza would call her 9-year-old son — allowed just 20 minutes per week — he would beg his mom though tears to do everything in her power to get him out of U.S. government custody and back to her. The 27-year-old Brazilian mother, who is seeking asylum, has been... Read More

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Immigration, Lidia Karine Souza

June 28, 2018

5 of 7 nations hit by US travel ban are majority Muslim

The seven nations under the Trump administration’s travel ban — upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — include five majority Muslim countries, prompting dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to assert that the entry restrictions were motivated by “animus toward the Muslim faith.” The administration cites security concerns. The list includes countries with a hostile relationship with... Read More

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Immigration

June 27, 2018

17 states sue Trump administration over family separations

SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Late Tuesday, a federal judge in California issued a ruling on a separate but similar lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Dana... Read More

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Immigration

June 27, 2018

Travel ban ruling stirs dismay among immigrants, advocates

DETROIT (AP) — Maryam Bahramipanah is torn between staying with her husband, who came to Michigan from their native Iran, and returning home to see her mother, who suffered a stroke. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, she expects that she... Read More

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Immigration, Travel Ban

June 26, 2018

Lawsuit over temporary immigration status moves forward

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday lost its attempt to throw out a lawsuit challenging its decision to stop extending temporary legal status to immigrants from four countries. U.S. Judge Edward Chen ruled that courts have the authority to review the lawsuit seeking to reinstate temporary protected status for people from El... Read More

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Immigration

June 25, 2018

Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is calling for the expanded use of family detention for immigrant parents and children who are stopped along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move decried by advocates as a cruel and ineffective attempt to deter families from coming to the United States. Immigration authorities on Friday issued a... Read More

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Immigration

June 22, 2018

Official: Hundreds of kids reunited with families since May

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — About 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited since May, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday, as confusion mounted over the “zero tolerance” policy that called for the prosecution of anyone caught entering the United States illegally. It was... Read More

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Immigration

June 21, 2018

Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells. The abuse claims against the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center near Staunton, Virginia, are detailed in federal... Read More

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Immigration

June 21, 2018

In reversal, Trump orders halt to his family separation rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. border. It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration... Read More

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Border, Immigration

June 12, 2018

US launches bid to find citizenship cheaters

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. government agency that oversees immigration applications is launching an office that will focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship and seek to strip them of it. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna told The Associated Press in an interview that... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

Judge warns against ‘piecemeal’ court rulings on immigration

Judge to get update on abuse claims by immigrant teens

Officials: DHS requests 12,000 beds to detain families

Brazilian boy, 9, released to mom after US judge’s order

Immigrant mom heads to court to get her son back

5 of 7 nations hit by US travel ban are majority Muslim

17 states sue Trump administration over family separations

Travel ban ruling stirs dismay among immigrants, advocates

Lawsuit over temporary immigration status moves forward

Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention

Official: Hundreds of kids reunited with families since May

Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse

In reversal, Trump orders halt to his family separation rule

US launches bid to find citizenship cheaters

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