Immigrant-rights activists took a victory lap Friday over Fairfax County's new sanctuary policy limiting police cooperation with federal immigration agents, saying it could protect thousands of illegal immigrants from being deported. Published June 19, 2020
President Trump signaled Friday that he will once again move to cancel the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, though this time he said he'll check all the proper procedural boxes. Published June 19, 2020
The Trump administration announced Friday it has stopped issuing most types of visas to Burundi citizens, moving to punish the country for its refusal to cooperate in taking back deportees. Published June 19, 2020
Homeland Security's citizenship agency finalized a new rule Friday that will give officers more time to review work permit applications for those seeking asylum. Published June 19, 2020
Texas authorities have charged a former volunteer for LULAC, a major Hispanic civil and voting rights organization, with voter fraud after she cast two ballots in the state's March 3 primaries. Published June 19, 2020
The hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" protected by Thursday's Supreme Court ruling are living the full range of the American experience. Published June 18, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cut too many corners when it moved to revoke the Obama-era DACA program, leaving in place protections for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant "Dreamers." Published June 18, 2020
Prince William County's Jail Board failed Wednesday to renew its cooperation agreement with ICE, meaning its involvement in the 287(g) program that allows deputies at the jail to begin the deportation process will expire at the end of this month. Published June 17, 2020
As Michael Avenatti saw it, he would be battling President Trump for the White House this summer. Published June 17, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of a Senate subcommittee with oversight of constitutional rights, is sending a letter Wednesday warning Google that it may face repercussions if it follows through with punishing a conservative website over its content. Published June 17, 2020
As the coronavirus-stricken economy picks up, native-born workers are outstripping immigrants in returning to the workplace, according to a new study being released Wednesday that suggests the country's appetite for foreign labor is low. Published June 17, 2020
The Treasury Department said Tuesday it has frozen the assets of six Nigerians responsible for massive internet scams, including defrauding businesses and running romance schemes that prey on the most vulnerable Americans, bilking them of their savings. Published June 16, 2020
When President Trump ascended the dais in the House of Representatives in February to address Congress, one might be forgiven for thinking he was delivering the Black State of the Union address. Published June 15, 2020
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the administration's challenge to California's main sanctuary city law protecting immigrants who are in the country illegally, dealing a significant blow to President Trump's hopes of forcing jurisdictions to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Published June 15, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call to oust from the Capitol collection Robert E. Lee and 10 other statues she says are tainted by the Confederacy is the latest in a long line of attempts to blackball the South's most storied general. Published June 14, 2020
Libertarian presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen said Friday that President Trump and likely Democratic opponent Joseph R. Biden are both too tainted to lead the country through this moment in racial tension, and urged voters to look beyond those men to her own candidacy. Published June 12, 2020
America's reopening after the coronavirus crisis brought a surge of human and drug smuggling to the southern border in May along with a worrying rise in the most abusive smuggling tactics. Published June 12, 2020
A Chinese army officer was arrested this week as he prepared to board an airport bound for home with American research, and he admitted he had been asked to study an American lab in order to bring back information on how to replicate it in China, federal authorities said. Published June 11, 2020
The Government Accountability Office dinged Homeland Security's border agency Thursday for misspending some of the money Congress approved last year to handle thew surge of illegal immigrant families, saying spending should have gone for medical care or food, not dirt bikes or security cameras. Published June 11, 2020
The Trump administration proposed a major rewrite of the asylum system Wednesday curtailing the types of dangers that can qualify for protections and effectively barring those who fear domestic abuse or gang violence from getting asylum. Published June 10, 2020
