In contrast to the statements on immigration policy from former President, Barack Obama, his administration was responsible for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants who had committed no other criminal offenses. According to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW), this included many parents of American citizens, resulting in communities and families being torn […]

City officials say that staff at Queens school, New York, turned away an immigration agent searching for a fourth grader. The incident came to light via a tweet from Eric Phillips, the press secretary for Mayor de Blasio. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services agent had no warrant, and a school safety official and an

Hundreds of immigrants in the state of California were promised US citizenship by Elk Grove resident, Helaman Hansen if they paid him to assist them with getting adopted. Hansen was put on trial for fraud and encouraging illegal immigration for the sake of financial gain. Hansen’s citizenship via adoption scheme was first learned of by

With the future of the H-1B US visa program still in doubt, a company specializing in the facilitation of investments is targeting wealthy Indians with the ‘Golden Visa’. It promises a quicker way for immigrants to gain US citizenship, otherwise known as the E-B5 US visa. The US Immigration Fund (USIF) launched Indian operations this

On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the largest anti-gang operation ever undertaken in the US. The operation ran for up to six weeks, with more than 1300 people arrested across the country. Immigrants were not the focus of the operation, despite it being led by ICE. Of those arrested, 384 were undocumented immigrants,

The Los Angeles Unified School Board, responsible for running the second-biggest school system in the US, has increased its commitment to protecting students and families who are undocumented immigrants from federal officials within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). With towns and cities all around the US taking steps to protect immigrants from immigration authorities, the

Authorities in the US are reducing the length of time in which they will postpone the deportation of undocumented immigrants who are waiting for decisions on individual cases in ‘private bills’ from Congress. Thomas Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), wrote to lawmakers last week, to tell them that the agency

With the Trump administration still considering whether to extend humanitarian protections to thousands of immigrants from Haiti, officials have also been looking for information related to the number of Haitian immigrants responsible for committing criminal offenses. The Associated Press has obtained internal emails showing that a high-ranking immigration official wished to receive both crime data

More immigrants, held in detention for long periods by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, have been going to the courts to be released from custody, even as they wait to hear whether they will be allowed to legally remain in the US. As many as 763 civil immigration lawsuits have been filed in nationwide disputes,

The Governor of Texas has made into a law a new measure banning sanctuary cities in his state. This follows months of cracking down on undocumented immigrants, spearheaded by President Donald Trump. The law bars cities from calling themselves sanctuary cities and allows any immigrants detained by police to have their immigration status officially checked.

Undocumented immigrants placed in detention by US authorities are given such flawed medical care that it has played a part in as many as seven deaths. This is according to reports from two human rights groups, released on Monday. The findings from Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW),