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More than 25 people have been arrested in overnight raids across the UK and Europe as part of an international investigation into an alleged people smuggling ring. Addresses in England, Bulgaria and Belgium - suspected of being linked to an organised criminal network - were targeted shortly after 5am on Thursday in a coordinated operation.
In this April 28, 2011 file photo, Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and student at Kennesaw State University, speaks during a media interview at her lawyer's office in Atlanta. Federal immigration authorities have for the second time this year revoked the protection from deportation granted to Colotl.
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer convicted of accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for employment authorization documents has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Arnaldo Echevarria, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, was sentenced Tuesday after he was convicted in March of bribery, making false statements and harboring an undocumented immigrant.
In a statement on Tuesday, Military Spokesman Tamer el Refaie said this falls within the framework of the Armed Forces' non-stop efforts meant to secure state borders. He added that four four-wheel drive vehicles were seized carrying 3 million narcotic pills and 120 kilograms of hashish.
Trial is underway in San Francisco for a Mexican national accused of murder in the death of Kate Steinle. The 2015 shooting sparked a national debate over crime and illegal immigration.
As a response to President Donald Trump about the problems and dangers to American citizens that sanctuary cities presented, the Democratic leadership, endorsed by Gov. Jerry Brown, passed a new law making California itself a sanctuary state. Prior to this new law, there were some 35 cities across California that were identified as sanctuary cities, although several of those cities subsequently disputed that label.
A U.S. appeals court on Friday prevented an illegal immigrant teenager detained by the government from immediately obtaining an abortion, although it left open the possibility she could undergo the procedure within days. A U.S. appeals court on Friday prevented an illegal immigrant teenager detained by the government from immediately obtaining an abortion, although it left open the possibility she could undergo the procedure within days.
A federal judge said Wednesday that she was "astounded" the U.S. government is blocking a detained Central American teenager from terminating her pregnancy, during a fiery court hearing that showcased Trump administration efforts to restrict abortion and illegal immigration. After a brief hearing that included a testy exchange with government lawyers, Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the government to move "promptly and without delay" to transport the 17-year-old girl or allow her to be transported by others to the nearest abortion provider.
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A Fresno woman pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to conspiring to sell fake identification documents for immigrants, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert reported. Maria Victoria Perez-Vasquez, 32, was part of a scheme with five others to sell fake ID documents, including Social Security cards and registration receipt cards for undocumented immigrants, between June 2015 and June 2016.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Oct. 13, 2017. WASHINGTON - Frustrated with his inability to spur Congress to act on much of his agenda, President Trump is increasingly using his executive powers in a risky bid to gain leverage with lawmakers on an array of unfulfilled campaign promises.
It's time to build the wall - and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 690,000 DACA "Dreamers" from being deported from the United States. It's a fair deal that could be scuttled only by intense and self-serving partisanship from the White House and the Republican and Democratic congressional leadership.
Since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, the daily lives of undocumented immigrants in this country have become nerve wracking. The hateful rhetoric espoused by Trump during his campaign for presidency, which weaponized anti-immigrant sentiments as a tool to rile up nativist elements within the American electorate, has morphed into harsh anti-immigrant policies at the federal, state, and local level.
When Consuelo Rosales broke her knee in 2015, she had no backup plan. She had no health insurance, and her job was as physically demanding as they come: working in ag fields.
"This action protects public safety and ensures hard-working people who contribute to our state are respected," Gov. Jerry Brown said as he signed a package of bills aimed at protecting at least 2 million undocumented residents from being detained and, perhaps, expelled. It's California's most dramatic "resistance" to President Donald Trump, at least so far, and seems destined to provoke his administration, particularly Attorney General Jeff Sessions, into a confrontation.
Illegal immigrants who survived the Grenfell Tower fire will be given a clear path to obtaining permanent residency in Britain, the government said today. It had been difficult to get an exact picture of who was in the tower at the time, as many of the flats were sublet and some of the tenants did not have leave to remain in the UK.
A director who has taken opera from the concert hall to the streets of Los Angeles and an organizer who helped put a human face on the plight of young undocumented immigrants are among this year's MacArthur fellows and recipients of the so-called "genius" grants. The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday announced the 23 fellows, who each receive $625,000 over five years to spend any way they choose.
The assessment was issued by a former senior official, who also suggested the Home Office would struggle to meet the challenge of Brexit without a boost to resources. David Wood, an ex-director general of immigration enforcement, told the Commons home affairs committee there are "enormous difficulties" in removing overseas nationals who are in the country unlawfully.
Millions of middle class Americans, mostly in rural areas, are feeling cornered by the overwhelming forces of globalization. Their employment was displaced by automation, international competition and corporations' transfer of jobs to other nations with lesser production costs and more flexible laws.
President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump's list of demands included overhauling the country's green-card system, a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country, and building his promised wall along the southern border.