A town supported cracking down on illegal immigrants. But then they came for Carlos

An undated family photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hernandez of herself and her husband Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco, who was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Elizabeth Hernandez, whose husband, Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with her sons, from left: Gianluca, 6, Kharloz, 8, and Maximus, 2, at their home in West Frankfort, Ill., Feb. 25, 2017.

Sheriff: Undocumented immigrant’s arrest example of “much larger national problem”

Kershaw County Sheriff James Matthews says the recent arrest of a man who has been deported three times because of his immigration status is "just a local example of a much larger problem that needs to be fixed." Matthews says a deputy arrested a man who was reported to be driving recklessly Saturday night.

Trump’s Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew

After President Donald Trump said that deporting undocumented immigrants was "a military operation," Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, speaking in Mexico, clarified that there would be "no use of military force in immigration operations." After Trump, standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upended decades of U.S. policy by saying he was open to a one-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East, U.N. envoy Nikki Haley asserted that the United States "absolutely" supports a two-state solution.

DN editorial: How to protest president’s policies on immigration

LAST WEEK, the Department of Homeland Security presented an outline for a major change in immigration enforcement and detention that has the potential to harm everyone, including U.S. citizens. The new policies put most of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country at risk for arrest and deportation, no matter how law-abiding or hard-working, no matter if they are parents of young children who are citizens or elderly infirm people who have been in this country-and paid taxes here - for decades.

The Trump Administration Just Took a Major Step Toward Mass Deportations

Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has expressed "worry and irritation" about US President Donald Trump's trade and immigration policies during a visit by two top White House representatives. Mexico Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray on Wednesday said his government is completely opposed to this week's new immigration policy from Trump's Homeland Security Department to allow US agencies to more aggressively deport "removable aliens".

Undocumented immigrant arrested after double stabbing, kidnapping

An undocumented immigrant previously deported for felony convictions was arrested Friday as a suspect in a double stabbing and kidnapping, authorities said. Oscar Hernandez took off with his 6-year-old daughter, Aylin, around 3 a.m. Friday after fatally stabbing Aylin's mother and wounding another female victim, according to police in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Trump-style revolt brewing in Canada, says think-tank head

The leader of a Canadian national think tank says the same socioeconomic troubles that led to the Donald Trump presidency in the United States also exist in Canada, and could lead to a similar populist uprising north of the border. Problems linked to unemployment, immigration and urban elitism are emerging in Canada, said Brian Lee Crowley, the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a right-wing think-tank named after two early Canadian Prime Ministers.

Sanctuary New York City releases violent criminal alien

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were able to arrest a member of a dangerous narco-terrorist organization, known as MS-13, despite his release from custody by New York City. ICE had submitted a detainer in the case of Estivan Rafael Marques Velasquez, which is a request to the local authorities to hold an illegal alien long enough for immigration authorities to take into custody.

Upset at Trump, Mexico voices a worry and irritationa to U.S. envoys

Mexico on Thursday expressed "worry and irritation" about U.S. policies to two of President Donald Trump's top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration's hard line on immigration, trade and security. Comments by Trump about a "military operation" to deport criminals added to the tense atmosphere, and prompted a clarification from Homeland Security chief John Kelly, one of the U.S. officials visiting Mexico City.

Pence, Bannon appeal for conservatives to unite behind Trump

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials urged conservative activists on Thursday to set aside differences and unite behind President Donald Trump's agenda stressing tough trade and immigration policies. Addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in suburban Maryland, outside Washington, Pence rallied the large group of Republicans who helped elect Trump on Nov. 8. "My friends, this is our time.

Santa Cruz accuses ICE agents of ‘betrayal’

Officials in the sanctuary city of Santa Cruz, California, are angry over reports that during a series of joint raids that netted suspected gang members, ICE also detained people because of their immigration status. Santa Cruz police said they only participated in the raids after being assured by senior officials with the Department of Homeland Security that no one would be taken into custody for being an undocumented immigrant.

Not all foreigners are criminals, says Zuma

President Jacob Zuma on Friday called for restraint ahead of the planned march against foreign nationals which is being organised by a group calling itself the Mamelodi Concerned Residents. "The situation has become more serious in light of current threats of violence and acts of intimidation and destruction of property directed at non-nationals living in South Africa," said Zuma in a statement issued by the Presidency.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy attends an opioid abuse conference in Boston, MA on June 7, 2016.

Neil Vigdor, political reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media, asks White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about immigration policy during the daily press briefing. Vigdor was selected as part of an initiative allows reporters outside Washington, D.C., to participate via Skype.

Tillerson, Mexican foreign minister discuss immigration, drug and arms trafficking

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center left, shakes hands with Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray as U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, and Mexico's Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong look on, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Mexico City, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Mexico's mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown are looming over a Thursday meeting between Tillerson, Homeland Security Secretary John Kell MEXICO CITY - Top U.S. and Mexican government officials struck a conciliatory tone Thursday after meeting inside Mexico's foreign ministry a day after tensions again flared between the two nations over Trump administration immigration policies.