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In a leafy Detroit suburb last March, federal authorities raided a one-story brick house. Their target: Rudy Carcamo-Carranza, a 23-year-old restaurant worker from El Salvador with two deportation orders, a DUI, and a hit-and-run.
In the matter of immigration, mark this conservative columnist down as strongly pro-deportation. The United States has too many people who don't work hard, don't believe in God, don't contribute much to society and don't appreciate the greatness of the American system.
It's a hot, sticky April morning in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, just 10 miles from the Mexican border, and I'm driving with Dora Proa, a reproductive health community educator for a local organization called ACCESS Esperanza. We've just passed a field of scrub trees and grazing cattle, and entered a neighborhood that will go unnamed.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it would continue the Obama administration's policy allowing Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to country as young children, to remain in the United States. The decision continues, at least temporarily, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
The arrests of four people at a desert-aid camp for migrants Thursday could deter some from seeking help as a scorching heat wave approaches. Migrant arrests at Arizona aid camp raise worries of more deaths in the desert The arrests of four people at a desert-aid camp for migrants Thursday could deter some from seeking help as a scorching heat wave approaches.
State lawmakers shared family stories Thursday about immigration and education to urge their peers to support a long-offered bill making undocumented students eligible to pay lower in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts. Six bills before the Higher Education Committee would extend in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who graduated from Massachusetts high schools, attended high school in the state for at least three years and meet other requirements.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia. Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions' involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia investigation well before Sessions recused himself in March.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia. Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions' involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia investigation well before Sessions recused himself in March.
The Trump administration's stepped up enforcement against illegal immigrants is having an impact on many largely Hispanic communities across the U.S,, including in one small rural town in southeastern Pennsylvania that is a source of labor for the surrounding farms and orchards.
A new California law allows people who are no longer in jail to challenge old convictions, a move that could offer deportation relief to immigrants as President Donald Trump's administration targets those with prior crimes. The law - known as "Criminal procedure: postconviction relief" - allows people who have claims of innocence, or people whose attorneys failed to warn them about the immigration consequences of a plea deal, a way of challenging those convictions.
New illegal immigration numbers reveal Trump's incredible impact on the border - One of President Donald Trump's central campaign promises was to shut down the flow of immigrants illegally crossing into the United States, especially from Mexico. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.
You know what you call a 59% drop in illegals across the southern border? A good start. Thank you Mr. President and Border Patrola keep up the good work.
An immigrant advocacy group in West Michigan says they are seeing a major uptick in people applying to become permanent U.S. citizens, and claims the Trump administration is the reason why. Latin Americans United for Progress, or LAUP, which organized a citizenship workshop in Holland on Saturday, offers classes every year - they're nothing new.
Legislation on Beacon Hill effectively making Massachusetts a "sanctuary state" would protect local and state law enforcement officers from being dragged into federal immigration issues where they risk being compromised. However, the word "sanctuary" is a loaded one that is a misnomer in this case, a misnomer that should not but may contribute to sinking this worthy effort.
In September 2014, Gilberto Velasquez, a 38-year-old house painter from El Salvador, received life-changing news: The US government had decided to shelve its deportation action against him. The move was part of a policy change initiated by then-President Barack Obama in 2011 to pull back from deporting immigrants who had formed deep ties in the United States and whom the government considered no threat to public safety.
The town's Human Rights Commission is expected to discuss the possibility of studying the status of undocumented immigrants being held at the Franklin County jail.
Charges have been upgraded against a man who told police he was an illegal immigrant after being arrested Thursday following an accident in the area of Route 20 and Mill Street. Jose Acevedo, 43, of 188 Chandler St., Worcester, was initially charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say. People who are not legal residents of the U.S. are not eligible to take part in what is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A self-identified "American Nationalist" group based in Torrance is spearheading an effort to defund sanctuary cities in California. Its first target is an incorporated area of southeast L.A. with one of the largest percentage of Latino residents in the county, many of whom are immigrants.