A Trump pardon of Joe Arpaio would break Justice Department guidelines

President Trump could use his pardon power for the first time next week if he announces at his Phoenix campaign rally that he'll wipe away former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's criminal record. But the pardon, if Trump decides to issue it, would be highly unorthodox and break with the Justice Department's guidelines for clemency, according to legal experts.

Border Patrol vehicle sprayed with manure after immigration argument

A Vermont man's alleged weapon of choice during an argument about immigration enforcement with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was liquid manure. Mark Johnson, who says his livelihood in agriculture has been nearly ruined by illegal immigrants working on local farms, is accused of spraying a border patrol vehicle with manure on Aug. 3 at the edge of a farm field about two miles south of the Canadian border.

Jeff Sessions compares Miami-Dade, ‘sanctuary’ Chicago homicide rates

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, flanked by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez and Tom Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, hailed the Florida county as a place that reversed its "sanctuary" policies for illegal immigrants and lowered ... more > Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a direct challenge to Chicago on Wednesday, saying the high number of homicides is no coincidence for a city that refuses to cooperate with federal deportation authorities, while Miami is cooperating - and reaping the benefits of public safety.

Dreamers face showdown over amnesty with Trump, courts

President Obama had insisted for years that he didn't have the power to grant a broad tentative deportation amnesty for Dreamers - then just ahead of the 2012 election, and facing severe criticism from Hispanic leaders, Mr. Obama discovered he did in fact have the power. Thus was born DACA, which has been in effect for five years as of Tuesday and has become perhaps the most controversial policy of the Obama era.

Democratic congressman arrested outside White House during rally for illegal immigrants

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez addresses delegates during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. Rep. Luis Gutierrez was arrested outside the White House on Tuesday during a rally demonstrating support for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Who is Joe Arpaio? 8 things to know about the former Arizona sheriff…

President Donald Trump has said that he is "seriously considering" a pardon for Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff who was recently convicted of criminal contempt for disregarding a federal judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants. In a recent interview with Fox News , Trump told reporters he may grant a pardon within the next couple, because Arpaio "doesn't deserve to be treated this way."

Donald Trump to Fox News: ‘Seriously considering’ Joe Arpaio pardon

A Fox News interview with President Donald Trump indicates that a presidential pardon may be in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's near future. Donald Trump to Fox News: 'Seriously considering' Joe Arpaio pardon A Fox News interview with President Donald Trump indicates that a presidential pardon may be in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's near future.

Healthcare workers rally to halt Oakland nurse’s deportation

Health care workers and other community members are rallying at noon Monday in front of Highland Hospital to demand that U.S. immigration officials halt the imminent deportation of registered nurse Maria Sanchez and her husband on Tuesday. The couple, who moved to the Bay Area in the early 1990s from a small town in Mexico, are undocumented immigrants.

Can both sides of the immigration debate unite for civil dialogue?

Thousands of Trump protesters gather in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles during “Free the People Immigration and Sanctuary for All” march on Saturday, February 18, 2017. One woman doesn't understand why some people think she's a racist just because she supports increased immigration enforcement.

Texas pulls back from ‘colonias’

While the economy in Texas has boomed over the past 20 years, along the border with Mexico about a half-million people live in clusters of cinder-block dwellings, home-built shacks, dilapidated trailers and small houses. Texas has more than 2,300 of these communities known as colonias, the Spanish word for "colony."

ICE: Arrests still up, deportations still down

The Trump administration continues to arrest higher numbers of undocumented immigrants, with especially higher rates of noncriminal immigrants as part of those arrests - but deportations continue to lag behind the rates of the Obama administration, according to new data. Overall, arrests ticked up nearly 40% from 2016 in the first half of this year - but arrests of noncriminal immigrants more than doubled.

86 Guatemalans Arrested atTexas Border in Single Incident

As the surge of illegal aliens continues to mount in South Texas, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector capped off a busy day by arresting one group of 86 illegal aliens and seizing more than $1 million worth of marijuana. Agents also carried out a rescue of an illegal alien lost in the brush and, unfortunately, recovered the remains of another migrant who was not as lucky.