21 Savage donates $25,000 for legal aid to help detained immigrants
ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage has given $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center after the watchdog organization helped him while he was in federal immigration custody earlier this year.
New border wall construction begins in California
The installation of 11 new miles of border wall began on Thursday in Calexico, California.
Trump plans to roll back deportation protections for families of US troops, immigration lawyers say
President Donald Trump is now looking to roll back a program that protects undocumented family members of active-duty troops from being deported, according to immigration attorneys.
Education, legal services, recreation for unaccompanied minors in shelters canceled by Trump admin
The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services is scaling back or canceling education, legal aid and recreation services for “unaccompanied alien children” due to a lack of funding, after entering into “deficiency status” earlier this week, according to an HHS official.
5th migrant child dies after detention by Border Patrol
The U.S. government says a 16-year-old teenager from Guatemala died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, becoming the fifth death of a migrant child since December.
President Trump says only 1 person is in charge of immigration: Him
President Donald Trump says there's only one person in charge of his immigration policy: Him.
US immigration to close holding area under El Paso bridge
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - U.S. immigration officials say they will close a holding area under a bridge connecting El Paso, Texas, with Juarez, Mexico, that is just a short distance from where a senior official declared an "operational crisis" at the border last week. In a statement Sunday, Customs and Border Protection says that migrants being held under the Paso Del Norte International...
Greenville skydiving company takes heat for English-only policy
A North Texas skydiving company is defending its requirements that say skydivers must be able to speak English and cannot be in the country illegally.
Rockwall County joins program to combat illegal immigration
Rockwall County was honored this week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.