At least nine people have died following an attempt at immigrant smuggling that went drastically wrong, according to authorities. The immigrants were crammed into the rear of a tractor trailer that was left outside a Walmart store in sweltering heat at the height of summer in Texas. Officials say that an additional 20 immigrants rescued […]

On Thursday, Jeh Johnson, the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, credited President Donald Trump for the sharp reduction of illegal immigration to the US on the southwestern border. Johnson said that the power of Trump’s rhetoric was enough to deter undocumented immigrants from trying to make it to the US. Johnson says

On Thursday, two US Senators introduced a new bipartisan bill, that could give amnesty to undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Illinois Democrat Senator, Dick Durbin, and South Carolina Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, have co-sponsored the 2017 Dream Act. It would give permanent amnesty to around a million young immigrants, often referred

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to include grandparents and other relatives in his controversial travel ban. But Trump achieved a partial win, with the government being given more leeway to enforce a different ban on immigrant refugees, which was part of an executive order issued by the President on

On Tuesday, Thomas Homan, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said that he would send a flood of immigration agents to arrest undocumented criminal immigrants living in sanctuary cities. Interior operations in the US are now more of a focus as illegal southern border crossings continue to decline. In an interview with

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments that the current phase of the dispute over the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump should be first heard in lower appeals courts from those challenging the orders. This includes lawyers for the US state of Hawaii. Late last week, administration lawyers attempted to get clarification from

The purchases by foreigners of residential real estate in the US has increased to its highest level in both the dollar volume and the number of homes being sold. $153 billion in US real estate was closed by foreign buyers between April 2016 and March this year. This is a jump of 49 percent from

An agreement that could have stopped the detention of immigrants on behalf of the US government by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department has been put on hold. This follows the decision by a federal judge to allow the Department of Justice to decide whether it wishes to intervene in the situation. The Indiana chapter of

The federal government is allowing an extra 15,000 US visas for temporary seasonal workers to aid American businesses at risk of irreparable damage due to a labor shortage. This was according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on Monday. John Kelly, the Secretary of the DHS, discovered after consultation with Alexander Acosta, the Labor

Several counties in Texas have found a way to profit from collaborating with officials from the federal government regarding the tracking and detaining of undocumented immigrants. Eight counties have decided to become part of a federal program enabling sheriff’s deputies to be certified as immigration officers. Four of these will allow federal agents to keep

The Trump administration will scrutinize the public benefit usage and criminal histories of hundreds of immigrants temporarily living on protected status in the US before deciding whether to extend their stay in the country once conditions have improved in their home nations. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that the data is being looked