Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan kids, saying justification "crumbled"

Judge Timothy Kelly wrote that the administration's argument that it was trying to reunite a group of Guatemalan kids with family members "crumbled like a house of cards."

• Sep 18

Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria

A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil — a former Columbia University graduate student linked to pro-Palestinian protests — to be deported.

• Sep 18

U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test

The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens.

• Sep 17

A look inside the long journey for those seeking asylum in the U.S.

According to Syracuse University's immigration tracking data, there are more than 2 million active asylum cases waiting to be heard.

• Sep 15

Many Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations scrapped due to ICE raid fears

ICE raids, the federally led English-only initiative and an anti-DEI push have changed the national climate in which Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations occur -- when they do at all.

• Sep 23

Texas immigration detention facility is a "giant tent city," congresswoman says

The government has built the facility on the edge of Fort Bliss. It has a capacity of 5,000 detainees.

• Sep 11

More than 300 Koreans detained by ICE in Georgia are heading home

The ICE raid that swept up 300 South Koreans in Georgia has strained an important bilateral relationship, and highlighted a significant challenge.

• Sep 11

Community activists try to help immigrants ahead of Chicago ICE raids

As neighborhoods targeted by ICE have become noticeably quiet, community organizers say they have postponed Mexican Independence Day events to protect people.

• Sep 9

Border official who oversaw L.A. immigration raids arrives in Chicago

Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who led controversial immigration enforcement raids in southern California this summer, has arrived in Chicago.

• Sep 10

Supreme Court allows sweeping immigration stops in Los Angeles area

The Supreme Court froze a lower court order that prevented immigration authorities from stopping people without reasonable suspicion that they are in the U.S. unlawfully.

• Sep 8

South Sudan repatriates Mexican man deported from U.S. in July

The man, a Mexican identified as Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez, was among a group of eight who had been in South Sudan government custody since their deportation.

• Sep 6

Trump again appears to threaten sending troops to Chicago

President Trump has targeted Chicago and other Democrat-led cities for expanded federal intervention.

• Sep 7

Judge rules against Trump's attempt to end protections for Venezuelans, Haitians

Judge Edward Chen ruled against the Trump administration in a challenge to its effort to end the Temporary Protected Status program for roughly 1 million Venezuelan and Haitian migrants.

• Sep 5

Navy base to serve as hub for Chicago immigration crackdown, memo indicates

Homeland Security personnel and equipment began arriving at Naval Station Great Lakes earlier this week, a U.S. official familiar with the operation told CBS News.

• Sep 5

475 people detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at Hyundai site in Georgia

The operation targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai makes electric vehicles and is building an EV battery plant.

• Sep 6

Appeals court rules "Alligator Alcatraz" site can stay open

A federal appeals court has halted a lower court ruling that required Florida and the Trump administration to dismantle parts of "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades.

• Sep 5

DHS opens new immigration detention facility inside Louisiana's Angola prison

The new facility — which is located inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola — is designed to house more than 400 detainees.

• Sep 3

Defense Dept. to send up to 600 military attorneys to serve as immigration judges

The military attorneys would help with a backlog of some 3.7 million immigration cases.

• Sep 4

Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan migrant children at last minute

The case involves 10 migrants between 10- and 17-years-old who entered the U.S. without authorization and without their parents or legal guardians.

• Sep 1

Court blocks Trump from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration's plans to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans who have had permission to live and work in the U.S.

• Aug 29

Trump administration moving detainees out of "Alligator Alcatraz"

Immigration officials are moving detainees out of a controversial, state-run detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

• Aug 28

Kilmar Abrego Garcia to seek asylum in U.S.

A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he has asked a judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States.

• Aug 27

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U.S. to resume "neighborhood checks" for citizenship applications

The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting "neighborhood checks" to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship.

• Aug 26

Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against Maryland judges over immigration order

A federal judge threw out the Trump administration's challenge to a standing order issued by a U.S. district court in Maryland.

• Aug 26

Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody, facing deportation to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody Monday by immigration authorities and the Department of Homeland Security said he is being processed for deportation to Uganda.

• Aug 25

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