Cynthia Nixon Proposes ICE Ban And Free College For Illegal Immigrants

New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon unveiled Wednesday an ambitious and expensive education plan packed with spending on programs long desired by progressives, including free college tuition for illegal immigrants. The platform , which bears the pithy hashtag slogan #SchoolsNotJails, calls for spending $7.37 billion on a wide range of K-12 and higher education initiatives.

The ‘Black Panther’ actor who is an undocumented ‘Dreamer’

In reality, the Ivorian actor is living in limbo in the United States as an undocumented immigrant. The 36-year-old Bamba, who most recently appeared in "Black Panther," is one of 700,000 "Dreamers" -- immigrants brought illegally to America as children who were protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Rep. Mia Love is bucking GOP leadership over immigrant – Dreamers,’…

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has no ill will toward Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, for trying to sidestep him and other GOP leaders to force a House vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation. "Mia has an independent streak," Ryan said Tuesday.

Belizean man given four life sentences in the US for murdering family members

A Belizean man was sentenced to four terms of life imprisonment more than a month after a jury found him guilty of four counts of second-degree murder. Brian Omar Hyde, 22, an undocumented immigrant, was found guilty in April of murdering four members of his family, including his 37-year-old aunt, Dorla Pitts; his 17-year-old cousin, Starlette Pitts; and 19-year-old Michael Kelly.

Michigan Truth Squad: Michigan Republican Tonya Schuitmaker attacks foe on DACA

A DACA recipient and sanctuary city activist is at the center of a GOP immigration attack ad in the Republican race for Michigan attorney general. With less than three months until its Lansing convention, the two Republican candidates for Michigan attorney general are pitching their message to a small, impassioned audience: the estimated 2,000 delegates who will choose between House Speaker Tom Leonard and state Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker.

Woman, 27, drowns in Prague sewer after floods hit while she was…

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How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement

When immigration officers raided a rural Pennsylvania poultry transport company early last year, a lawyer for five undocumented men arrested saw plenty of evidence their rights had been violated. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers had no warrant to drive past the company's "No Trespassing" signs and block the exits with their vans, or to demand documentation on the workers' legal status.

Anthony Bourdain: Serving Up Inclusion

Bourdain, 61, was found dead on Friday in France, where he'd been working on an episode of his show Parts Unknown which explores culinary traditions around the world. John Bazemore/AP hide caption Bourdain, 61, was found dead on Friday in France, where he'd been working on an episode of his show Parts Unknown which explores culinary traditions around the world.

Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Quarterly Alien…

President Trump's Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to collect relevant data and provide quarterly reports on data collection efforts. On June 7, 2018 DOJ and DHS released the FY 2018 1st Quarter Alien Incarceration Report, complying with this order.

Critics blast Trump, Sessions for sending border detainees to prison

In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference in San Diego near the border with Tijuana, Mexico. A judge allowed a lawsuit challenging U.S. immigration authorities for separating parents from their children to go forward on Wednesday, June 6, but said he would decide later whether or not to order a nationwide halt.

How immigration officers can get away with racial profiling

When immigration officers raided a rural Pennsylvania poultry transport company early last year, a lawyer for five undocumented men arrested saw plenty of evidence their rights had been violated. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers had no warrant to drive past the company's "No Trespassing" signs and block the exits with their vans, or to demand documentation on the workers' legal status.

Judge Says Yes To Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Family Separation Policy

Andrea Elena Castro, daughter of Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, holds a U.S. flag during a Rally For Our Children event on May 31 to protest the "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has led to the separation of families. A federal judge in California is allowing a lawsuit against the Trump administration's practice of separating migrant families at the border to proceed.

Detention centers fill up; border detainees sent to prisons

More than 1,600 people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, including parents who have been separated from their children, are being transferred to federal prisons, U.S. immigration authorities confirmed Thursday. They said they're running out of room at their own facilities amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Critics blast Trump for sending border detainees to prison

President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration has already led to overrun detention facilities, long lines of asylum seekers camping out at the U.S.-Mexico border and a decision to separate young children from their parents indefinitely. Now, the administration is sending more than 1,600 immigrants - including some of those parents - to federal prisons amid a lack of space in other jails.

UN urges US to stop separating immigrant familiesWhile the Trump…

In this June 18, 2014, file photo, young boys sleep in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville and Nogales, Ariz.