Teen uses remote-controlled car to smuggle meth over border
U.S. Border Patrol agents in California arrested a 16-year-old who they say was using a remote-controlled car to transport methamphetamine across the border from Mexico.
Trump administration seeks to drastically raise cost of various citizenship applications
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a substantial price hike in the cost of citizenship, prompting some application fees to go up as much as 83 percent.
White House to set up cameras to livestream border wall construction: report
President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and other White House officials are planning to set up web cameras to livestream construction along the border wall, according to a report.
Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow President Trump to end DACA
Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigrants to work in the U.S., free from the threat of deportation.
US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019
The nearly 70,000 migrant children who were held in government custody this year - up 42 percent from 2018 - spent more time in shelters and away from their families than in prior years.
ICE blasts Montgomery County after release of alleged child molester
Immigration officers are blasting Montgomery County after the release of an alleged child molester.
Trump signs off on plan to cap refugees at 18,000 in 2020
President Trump has signed off on a plan that continues a dramatic drop in the number of refugees taken in by the U.S. to no more than 18,000 in 2020.
Acting ICE director: Chicago politicians must 'wake up,' realize sanctuary policy is 'public safety risk'
Following President Trump’s criticisms of Chicago’s sanctuary city policy, acting ICE Director Matthew Albence backed the president on Tuesday, saying that immigration is, “unfortunately,” an issue where politics is continually being placed over public safety.
Schools in Illinois, Florida, Arizona and Colorado hiring teachers from Philippines to fight staff shortages
It was a cold Monday morning at C.V. Koogler Middle School in Aztec. Students stumbled into Shannon Albores' history class and take off their rumpled jackets. After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, they greeted their teacher by saying in unison, `magandang umaga!'-- which is Filipino for `good morning.'
Owners of Streamwood company charged with harboring, hiring undocumented workers
The operators of a sheet metal fabrication company are facing felony charges for allegedly harboring and hiring undocumented workers at their facility in northwest suburban Streamwood.
Suburban relatives charged in undocumented workers case
Four relatives are charged with employing at least 18 undocumented workers at their suburban Chicago sheet-metal company.
Judge in Chicago latest to block Trump green cards policy
A federal judge in Chicago had joined three others nationwide in temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's policy to deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps and other government benefits.
Arizona may reverse law requiring English-only education
Nearly two decades after getting Arizona voters' approval, a law mandating an English-only education for non-native speakers may get repealed in 2020.
Tarrant County Sheriff: Illegal immigrant repeat offenders are ‘drunks’ who ‘will run over your children’
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn is taking some heat for comments he made at the White House.
Army veteran deported after drug conviction now a US citizen
An Army veteran deported to Mexico after serving time in prison for a drug conviction became a U.S. citizen on Friday.
NYC to issue fines of up to $250K for use of term 'illegal alien'
The NYC Commission on Human Rights recently announced new guidelines for enforcing the Human Rights Law.
Contracts awarded for 65 miles of new border wall
Three contracts have been awarded to build about 65 miles of new border wall in Texas.
Judge blocks Trump administration's plan to fast-track deportations
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's move to vastly extend authority of immigration officers to deport people without allowing them to appear before judges, the third legal setback for its immigration agenda in one day.
Mayor joins demonstration against recent ICE raids in Chicago
The new Field Office Director of Chicago's U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement office is speaking out against "Sanctuary Cities" -- like Chicago.
Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit
The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.