US to raise naturalization application fees by $500
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a dramatic increase in fees for several immigration and work applications, including naturalization and asylum applications.
Supreme Court denies request to halt construction of the border wall
A number of groups, including the ACLU and Sierra Club, had asked the high court to get involved again after the justices last year cleared the way for the administration to use military funds for construction while the case played out in the courts.
Suburban Chicago woman pleads guilty to labor trafficking
A suburban Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to a federal labor charge for helping several people from Guatemala enter the U.S. and then forbidding them from leaving her home until they paid off their debt to her.
Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications
The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.
US Border Patrol thwarts alleged human smuggling attempt at US-Mexico border
Customs and Border Protection officers rescued a Mexican national from the undercarriage of a vehicle attempting to enter the United States.
Lightfoot: ICE 'vigilantes' not welcome in Chicago
Just two months from its inception, the ICE Chicago Citizens Academy is facing criticism from activists.
ICE: International exchange students taking all online courses due to COVID-19 can’t remain in US
Students who are participating in the SEVP but are taking a full course load of only online classes, will no longer be permitted to remain within in the United States, according to ICE.
Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall
A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico.
Justices rule for Trump administration in deportation case
The justices ruled in the case of man who said he fled persecution as a member of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority, but failed to persuade immigration officials that he faced harm if he returned to Sri Lanka. The man was arrested soon after he slipped across the U.S. border from Mexico.
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
The president said Friday he will renew his administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first try.
Asst. professor weighs in on Supreme Court DACA decision
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end DACA on Wednesday. Assistant Professor René Flores joined Good Day to weigh in on the ruling.
Supreme Court blocks President Trump from ending DACA
The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). John Marshall Law professor Steven Schwinn joined Good Day to weigh in on the ruling.
Supreme Court rejects President Trump’s bid to end DACA
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.
Chicago group seeks detained immigrants’ release in COVID-19 pandemic
Alfredo Chavez Garcia spent months agonizing about his health and the future of his six children while at a southern Illinois immigrant detention center where more than half of the detainees now have COVID-19.
Border Patrol agent, 26, found dead along New Mexico trail
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on duty in a remote part of New Mexico was found dead last week, federal authorities confirmed Saturday.
Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract awarded for border wall
Trump has promised to build 450 miles of wall along the border with Mexico by the end of the year. So far, the government has awarded millions of dollars in contracts for construction of 30-foot-tall barriers, along with new lighting, technology, and infrastructure. The Trump administration says it has already built 187 miles of wall. Some of it is new, but most is replacing old, much shorter barriers that officials say were not sufficient.
74-year-old man dies by suicide in ICE custody in California
ICE notified the South Korean consulate and requested that they notify Ahn’s next of kin.
California's undocumented immigrant fund now up and running
The total of $125 million is to be shared among 150,000 people in a state where there are an estimated 3 million undocumented immigrants.
Fake or diluted cleaning supplies, coronavirus test kits and medicine flood US borders
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers across the country have intercepted hundreds of items including fake COVID-19 test kits, phony hand sanitizer and diluted disinfectants.
Chicago court nixes Trump policy of tying grant money to immigration enforcement
A sharply worded ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday said the Trump administration policy of threatening to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities to force them to comply with its more stringent immigration policies violates separation-of-powers provisions enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.