March 7, 2019 9th Circuit rules asylum applicant has right to go before judge, setting up Supreme Court showdown In a major break from another key appellate court, the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that a Sri Lankan man who failed his initial asylum screening has the constitutional right to go before a judge -- threatening to further clog the immigration court system with tens of thousands of similar claims, and setting up a virtually certain Supreme Court showdown.
November 8, 2018 What is DACA and what does the Trump administration want to do with it? The Trump administration is dismantling an Obama-era program that, in part, allows for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to remain in the country.
July 9, 2018 Judge denies US claim on 2 of 3 California immigration laws A federal judge has dismissed the federal government's claim that U.S. law trumps two California laws intended to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally.
July 2, 2018 Nonprofit operator of shelters for immigrant kids facing more questions In the last decade, a Texas-based nonprofit that runs the nation’s largest network of shelters for migrant children saw the annual amount of money it got through federal contracts soar from $31 million to $459 million.
June 27, 2018 Nonprofit operator of shelters for immigrant kids reveals bomb threats, staff harassment The headquarters of a Texas nonprofit that runs the nation's largest shelters for migrant children has been evacuated twice in the last two weeks because of bomb threats, a spokesman told ӣƵ.
June 22, 2018 Latino non-profit faces questions over big money, involvement in immigrant kids' housing For decades, the Latino-run nonprofit charity was the belle of the ball.
June 1, 2018 Debate over family separations intensifies after disputed 'missing' kids reports The debate over what to do about children stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border who were attempting – alone or with a parent – to cross illegally reached a fever pitch over the weekend.
April 10, 2018 At least 200 Central American caravan migrants to seek asylum in US: report The organizers of Central American migrant “caravan” traveling through Mexico said Monday at least 200 migrants will seek asylum in the U.S. A coordinator of a transnational organization called Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Rodrigo Abeja, said there are twice as many migrants than previously anticipated who will try to claim asylum in the U.S., Reuters reported.
April 4, 2018 Is a caravan of immigrants heading to the US border? What to know about the annual event As more than 1,000 migrants travel through Mexico, President Trump has continued to warn that the caravan of people should be stopped before entering the U.S. The caravan, an annual event, is made up mostly of migrants from Honduras and Central America.
April 3, 2018 New York leads multistate lawsuit against Trump administration's 2020 census citizenship question New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit Tuesday to block the Trump administration from including a question on citizenship in the 2020 census, amid escalating rhetoric from Democrats and immigration activists on the question.