Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the first days of the Trump administration, has made hundreds of arrests of illegal immigrants across the U.S.
Here's what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders Trump signed.
Critics of the domestic violence bill, including several Democratic lawmakers and victims' advocacy groups, argue it could harm victims of abuse. They point out that it lacks exceptions for self-defense or situations where abusers accuse their victims of violence, protections currently included in existing law.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
After DHS revoked previous guidance for immigration enforcement, we VERIFY if ICE agents can now enter schools, churches and hospitals.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Donald Trump this week rescinded Biden-era guidelines that previously required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to seek their superior’s approval before arresting people at or near “sensitive locations” such as churches, hospitals or schools.
A New Jersey mayor and other leading Democrats have blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a worksite which they say resulted in undocumented residents as well as a U.S. citizen being "detained.
ICE agents are currently searching for illegal resident criminals, and not those like Oscar, above, from NY Immigration Coalition, Facebook By Dan Murphy Westchester residents will soon see more agents from the US Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE).
The police department said it has not engaged in any activity with ICE or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Chicago Public Schools officials said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were turned away after arriving at a Southwest Side elementary school Friday morning, but ICE and Homeland Security officials have denied the claims.