On Monday, a federal judge temporarily prevented the US government from deporting immigrant parents just reunited with their kids, until a court has considered the impact on the right of the children to claim asylum. The government is attempting to meet the deadlines of a court order forcing them to reunite almost 2,550 immigrant minors […]

The Department of Health and Human Services has defended its decision to make less stringent the vetting process to reunite thousands of immigrant children with their parents quicker. The government has a deadline of 26 July to reunite as many as 2,551 immigrant minors between the ages of five and 17 with their parents, following

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has introduced a new rule that allows the deportation process to be kick-started against anyone rejected for a US visa extension and whose tenure of legal stay in the US has already expired. The Immigration Department released a policy memorandum on 28 June that enabled Notices to Appear to

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced that it had successfully completed the first round of court-ordered reunifications of families separated upon crossing the US border. It remains to be seen whether the federal judge who gave the order will believe government officials moved fast enough to obey the order. US District Judge, Dana Sabraw, imposed

Microsoft may be forced to move jobs from the US because of decisions made in Washington, according to Brad Smith, the president and chief legal officer of the company. Big technology companies have been among the main critics of the tough immigration stance adopted by the Trump administration because they rely on skilled immigrant workers

More undocumented immigrants are now placed in detention camps as a result of the zero-tolerance immigration policy pursued by the Trump administration. US taxpayers pay between $99 and $150 every day to detain just one person, with 70% of the immigrants staying in detention for at least a month, according to the immigrant rights organization,

Motel 6 has elected to settle a possible US-wide class-action lawsuit, which alleged that it violated the privacy of guests of Hispanic origin by giving guest lists to federal immigration authorities to help law enforcement. The settlement, with eight plaintiffs of Hispanic ethnicity, including one from Washington State and seven from Arizona, was disclosed on

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to adhere to the previously issued deadline to have dozens of immigrant minors reunited with their parents by the day’s end and rejected a request for more time by the Justice Department. District Judge, Dana Sabraw, was the person responsible for ordering the reunion of almost

On Monday, a federal judge in California rejected the attempt by the Trump administration to hold immigrant families in detention for longer periods, saying it was a cynical attempt to undo a longstanding legal settlement. District Judge, Dolly Gee says that the federal government had failed to present new evidence to justify the revision of

US Senator, Jeff Merkley, has continued to press the need for comprehensive immigration reform and for asylum seekers to receive humane treatment. In town halls in Boardman and Pendleton on Sunday, Merkley touted the Senate immigration bill, which failed to pass the House of Representatives in 2013, saying it would have created a pathway to

The Trump administration will reunite over 50 immigrant kids under five-years-old with their parents by the court-ordered deadline on Tuesday. The families will then be allowed to go free in the US, according to a government attorney on Monday. But, the number is only around 50% of the toddlers included in the order. Sarah Fabian,