Migrants showed up for court hearings, then ended up in ICE custody – CBS News Watch CBS News Omar Villafranca reports on a controversial deportation policy where migrants are being hauled away from courthouses. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source […]
What to know about ruling to lift Trump pause on certain immigration applications
What to know about ruling to lift Trump pause on certain immigration applications – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift a pause it imposed on various immigration applications, saying it was not in the public interest for hundreds of thousands of immigrants to lose their legal status […]
Federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico to the U.S.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge’s order at the time. But the […]
What’s next for New Jersey congresswoman charged after skirmish outside ICE facility
What’s next for New Jersey congresswoman charged after skirmish outside ICE facility – CBS News Watch CBS News Federal prosecutors have charged Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey with felony assault after a skirmish outside a Newark ICE facility where the city’s mayor was arrested earlier this month. Scott MacFarlane has more. Be the first […]
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released from ICE detention
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student who had been detained by immigration authorities when he went to his U.S. citizenship interview, has been released after a federal judge’s order in Vermont on Wednesday. Mahdawi, who has a green card, was taken into custody on April 14. His immigration case remains open, and there will be another […]
Undocumented immigrant faces $1.82 million fine for failing to leave U.S. after 2005 removal order, documents show
An undocumented immigrant who resides in Florida is facing a more than $1.82 million fine for failing to leave the country after receiving a removal order 20 years ago, CBS News has learned. According to the notice sent May 9 by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s civil fines department and provided to CBS News, the […]
Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, already facing deportation, charged with smuggling frog embryos into U.S.
Boston — A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher, who was already facing deportation back to Russia, was charged Wednesday with trying to smuggle frog embryos into the country. Kseniia Petrova , 30, was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her February arrest. She continues to await a judge’s decision […]
Arrests by masked federal agents are
Arrests by masked federal agents are “slippery slope,” former DHS attorney warns – CBS News Watch CBS News The practice of federal agents wearing masks to shield their identity during arrests is becoming more common. But some critics say it undermines legal protections. Scott MacFarlane has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications […]
Georgia teen arrested by ICE faces deportation, despite dismissed traffic charges:
Dalton, Georgia — A 19-year-old Mexican-born Georgia woman who has lived in the U.S. since she was 4 continues to face deportation, despite the dismissal of the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest her. In her first interview since being detained by ICE, Ximena Arias Cristobal told CBS News said […]
Rare look inside new ICE detention center where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested
CBS News got a rare look inside a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week. Baraka was charged with trespassing and was taken into custody during his visit to the ICE detention center on Friday. He was later released and said he did not […]