Man who claims he’s a U.S. citizen repeatedly has been deported to Mexico. It’s complicated
Manuel Guerra Vasquez has been deported to Mexico before, but each time he returned to Texas.
Manuel Guerra Vasquez has been deported to Mexico before, but each time he returned to Texas.
Biden administration sues states over immigration laws The U.S. Department of Justice has sued two more states this month to prevent them from implementing new
Dreamers face severe delays in the renewal of their work permits, and many have lost their jobs.
The administration hopes to unveil a series of executive actions that President Biden can sign but will likely have to wait for the outcome of Mexico’s June 2 presidential election.
Eagle Pass shares three international border crossings with Piedras Negras, Mexico. About 95% of its population is Hispanic of Mexican descent. Border communities like this one now await the fate of a state law that allows police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.
A U.S. judge temporarily blocked part of a Florida law on Wednesday that imposes criminal penalties for willfully transporting people who lack legal immigration status into the state. The law, which took effect in 2023, amended the crime of human smuggling to classify such cases as felonies. Altman, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, blocked the law pending the outcome of a lawsuit by the Farmworker Association of Florida and seven people who say they have been impacted.
Oklahoma’s new anti-immigration law faces two potential lawsuits. The U.S. Department of Justice addressed a May 15 letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Gentner Drummond saying the federal government intends to file a lawsuit to stop the enforcement unless Oklahoma agrees in advance not to take such action.
A federal judge this week ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using so-called knock-and-talk tactics, a method for immigration arrests in which field officers enter a property without a judicial warrant or consent, then arrest undocumented immigrants when they come to the door.
Washington residents without permanent legal immigration status will soon be able to get professional licenses for jobs once closed to them.
The Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two separate lawsuits on Thursday aiming to block a controversial immigration law known as SF 2340 from going into effect in Iowa.