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Ariana Figueroa
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Immigration lawyers rush to prevent imminent deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller spoke about arrangements made to deport undocumented immigrants to Libya if their country of origin didn't accept them.

House GOP advances Trump mass deportations plan with huge funding boosts
The border security and immigration funds are part of a massive package that wraps together White House priorities including tax cuts and defense spending boosts.

Trump Authorizes U.S. Military to Begin Occupation of Federal Land Along Southern Border
Trump signs a memorandum directing agencies to begin militarizing the southern border.

Immigrants without legal status must now register and carry documents, after court order
Editor: If immigrants without legal status must now register with the state, that makes me nervous. Immigrants who never committed crimes have been detained at...

DOJ ordered to give daily updates in standoff with judge over wrongly deported Maryland man
On Friday, a judge demanded that the DOJ provide daily updates on the status of bringing a Maryland father home from CECOT in El Salvador.

Supreme Court says Trump administration must ‘facilitate’ return of wrongly deported man
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man deported by mistake.

Trump Administration Says Emails ‘Sent in Error’ Ordering Ukrainians to Leave the U.S.
WASHINGTON — Unknown numbers of Ukrainians received emails by mistake from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saying their humanitarian protected status was being revoked...

Judge Orders Return of Maryland Father Deported by Mistake to El Salvador Prison
Protesters gathered outside the courtroom demanding the return of a Maryland father who was deported by mistake to a prison in El Salvador.

Noem labels immigrants as ‘dirt bags,’ pledges support to Homeland Security staff
In a video posted to social media, Noem — clad in a vest labeled POLICE/ICE — said she was in the city “to get the...

Immigrants Under Temporary Protections on Fast Track for Deportation Under Trump Policy
Officials can try to cancel parole for immigrants who arrived in the country within the last two years, internal memo says.

Trump to Send Troops to the US Mexico Border
Trump set to send troops to the US Mexico border. I explain why President Trump designating the cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations was the wrong...

Flurry of Legal Challenges Immediately Mounted to Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
On Tuesday, 18 state attorneys general also sued over the order, in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Trump Officials Outline Planned Immigration Crackdown
Shortly after being inaugurated as the 47th president, Donald Trump is expected to sign 10 executive orders that will begin his immigration crackdown at the...

Federal appeals court declares DACA unlawful, but keeps program in place for now
Editor: A federal appeals court ruled DACA unlawful. For now the ruling only applies in the state of Texas, but there are other Republican-led states...

Immigration advocates prepare for Trump mass deportations
As President-Elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in for a second term next week, immigration advocates said Thursday they are prepared to combat...

U.S. Senate moves ahead with immigration bill expanding detention for theft, shoplifting
Today, the U.S. Senate voted to proceed with consideration of a bill that would impose new mandatory immigration detention requirements for immigrants charged with property...

Biden extends protected status for migrants from 4 countries ahead of Trump return
The Biden administration extended humanitarian protections for nationals from four countries.

Strong bipartisan support in U.S. Senate advances bill expanding immigration detention
Republican Senators were able to get support from enough Democrats to pass a bill expanding inmigration detention today.

Biden commutes sentences of nearly 1,500 people, pardons 39 in historic clemency action
Thursday, Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people and granted pardons for 39 individuals with convictions for nonviolent crimes.

House Republicans Grill USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou Over Parole Program
The chair of the full Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan of Ohio, also grilled USCIS Director Ur Jaddou about if parole programs “of this magnitude” had...