US immigration
Texas Ice facility shooting: what we know so far about deadly attack | Texas
A gunman fired at a Dallas immigration field office on Wednesday, killing one detainee and critically wounding two more, before killing himself in what authorities called an indiscriminate attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Here’s what we know about the attack so far: One detainee has been killed, with two others in critical […]
Democrats urge Trump border czar investigation over bribery allegation | Trump administration
Democrats have urged treasury watchdogs to investigate reports that Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accepted a $50,000 bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent in return for political favours. In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money, according to unnamed sources […]
Hiring of military lawyers as immigration judges alarms law experts | Trump administration
The Trump administration has started recruiting hundreds of military lawyers to sit as immigration judges, presiding over what are often life-and-death federal decisions for immigrants in the US, as experts warn the White House strategy is high-risk and arguably unlawful. The judgeships are temporary, but renewable, and the government’s goal is to fill an acute […]
Trump again asks supreme court to end protections for Venezuelans in US | US immigration
The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Friday to intervene for the second time in a case involving its bid to end deportation protections the former president, Joe Biden, granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States. The justice department filed an emergency application asking the justices to lift a […]
New York lawmakers arrested for blocking Ice access to federal building | New York
New York lawmakers, immigrants’ rights activists and religious leaders were arrested on Thursday at protests both inside and outside the complex in lower Manhattan where federal officials have been routinely detaining immigrants amid the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda. At least 70 demonstrators staged a direct-action protest to block access to and from the underground garage […]