Supporters of the measure contend that the fee strengthens oversight and reduces fraud. Yet immigrant-rights advocates say it could price out vulnerable migrants, especially those fleeing conflict or natural disasters.
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Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
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Thousands of children in San Antonio are affected by the country’s immigration policies, according to a new analysis by the Migration Policy Institute.
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One of the men, 53-year-old Shahrokh Rahimi, was arrested at his home in San Antonio, where he had lived for more than two decades. The other, 27-year-old Argam Nazarian, was arrested in the Los Angeles area and transferred to El Paso.
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That's according to surveys of Texas businesses by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."
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The August report by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, finds the changes have left many immigrants trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.
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"I want to cause terror," the gunman behind Wednesday's deadly attack on a Dallas ICE immigration facility allegedly wrote in a note, according to authorities.
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Yadira Córdoba is a Nicaraguan human rights activist whose son was killed during anti-government protests in 2018. She is a member of the Mothers of April—a group of Nicaraguan mothers whose children died due to state repression during the 2018 anti-government protests. Her asylum hearing in San Antonio is scheduled for October.
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Earlier this summer Carmen Herrera was detained by ICE outside of San Antonio’s immigration court. She’s a mother of five girls who are all U.S. citizens and she is also married to a U.S. citizen. After she was detained, Herrera’s nightmare began—and it’s a story shared by many in our community. Herrera’s story is told in a new documentary.
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Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, the largest single month of firings since the process began in February.