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Judge rules against DHS detention of Palestinian student targeted in Columbia anti-Israel protests

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration wrongly targeted Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, for an immigration arrest and said his detention on the current charges is likely not legal.

June 11, 2025

Trump surrogate hopes MAGA mania can infect Miami

Emilio Gonzalez may seem, to some, like an odd choice to preach the MAGA gospel.

June 11, 2025

ICE commander says California isn’t doing enough as judge weighs Trump’s troop deployment

The top ICE official in Los Angeles told a federal judge on Wednesday that California law enforcement hasn't been able to stem the violence and threats against federal agents and officers, as the Justice Department defended President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard.

June 11, 2025

Illegal immigrant charged with Molotov cocktail attack in L.A. protests

Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged an illegal immigrant who allegedly tossed a Molotov cocktail firebomb at officers during the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

June 11, 2025

New Jersey congresswoman indicted on charges from confrontation with ICE

The Justice Department said Rep. LaMonica McIver was formally indicted Tuesday on three charges stemming from her clash with immigration officers after she and several colleagues tried last month to force their way into an ICE facility in New Jersey.

June 11, 2025

Appeals court says Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs can move forward

A federal appeals court said Tuesday that President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs can remain in effect while the legal battle over them rages, delivering an important victory to the White House that says the tariffs are needed to force better terms with America's trading partners.

June 10, 2025

Newsom declares ‘democracy’ at stake in battle with Trump over Los Angeles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, reaching to become the face of Democratic opposition to President Trump, declared "democracy is under assault" in an address Tuesday night, and demanding that the president cancel the thousands of troops he's placed on the streets of Los Angeles.

June 10, 2025

Judge’s ruling gives green light to Trump cuts at African Development Foundation

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump had properly fired the board of the U.S. African Development Foundation, giving the White House room to carry out planned cuts to the agency.

June 10, 2025

Judge rejects Newsom’s bid to immediately eject Trump’s troops from Los Angeles

A federal judge allowed President Trump at least two more days of free action to deploy troops to Los Angeles, putting off California's request for an immediate restraining order Tuesday as the city prepared for another round of clashes between anti-deportation protesters and law enforcement.

June 10, 2025

House votes to revoke D.C.’s noncitizen voting law

House Republicans led the charge Tuesday to overturn the District of Columbia's law that allows noncitizens -- including illegal immigrants -- to cast ballots in local elections, calling the city's experiment in expanding voting rights a "dangerous" dilution of citizens' power.

June 10, 2025

Trump’s big bill aims to break Mexico’s dependence on U.S. cash

The green, white and red flags waving during the Los Angeles protests have shown how deeply Mexicans have embedded themselves in the U.S. -- and President Claudia Sheinbaum's reaction to the protests underscored how much her government has become dependent upon the money those Mexicans are sending home.

June 10, 2025

Newsom seeks emergency court order to stop Trump’s troop deployment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed an emergency demand with a federal court Tuesday asking for a temporary restraining order to stop President Trump's troop deployment to Los Angeles, where federal immigration raids have prompted street clashes.

June 10, 2025

Cotton proposes bill imposing mandatory federal minimums for rioters and deportation for noncitizens

Sen. Tom Cotton announced legislation Tuesday that would impose a mandatory federal criminal sentence for people convicted of violent rioting and require fast deportation of those who aren't American citizens.

June 10, 2025

GOP senator calls for 15% tax on remittances that immigrants send home

Sen. Eric Schmitt proposed a 15% tax on money that immigrants send to their homeland as he vowed Tuesday to stop America from being the "world's piggy bank."

June 10, 2025

Biden’s Afghan airlift allowed 82 terrorism suspects into U.S.

The chaotic airlift to evacuate Afghans amid the fall of Kabul in 2021 allowed at least 82 people who have been on the terrorism watchlist to get into the U.S., an inspector general said Tuesday.

June 10, 2025

Judge rules Trump’s ‘Alien Enemies’ deportations illegal

A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportation of Venezuelan gang suspects is "unlawful," and forbade the administration from citing that law to oust immigrants under the judge's jurisdiction.

June 9, 2025

Judge dings Trump administration over rules designed to protect illegal immigrant children

A federal judge issued an injunction Monday against new rules the Trump administration adopted to try to keep illegal-immigrant minors from being placed with unsafe sponsors, saying it was too hasty a move that abruptly changed the playing field for children already in the pipeline.

June 9, 2025

Misinformation fuels anti-ICE protests in L.A., nationwide

Underlying the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles are some basic misunderstandings about immigration law, such as who can be arrested, and where and when it can happen.

June 9, 2025

Social media poster who fueled ICE threats deletes account after he gets threatened

The person behind the LAScanner account that "doxxed" ICE activities in Los Angeles has deactivated the account after saying that he was doxxed himself.

June 9, 2025

Oklahoma to retry man whose death penalty conviction was tossed by Supreme Court

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday he will pursue a new murder trial against Richard Glossip, whose murder conviction was tossed by the Supreme Court in February.

June 9, 2025