Immigration

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.

After an hours-long hearing in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, a judge issued a new order and gave U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio a week to explain why certain information in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case falls under the state secrets privilege. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Another hearing was held in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A Georgetown University researcher is on his way home after a federal judge ordered he be released from a detention facility in Texas. His attorney and colleague held a Q&A session for supporters to give an update on the case. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A district judge ordered the Trump administration not to deport two Maryland moms recently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The women are part of a class action lawsuit just filed by several immigrant advocacy groups, who say the women were held longer than allowed in Baltimore holding cells under what they called “inhumane conditions.” The women...

A district judge ordered the Trump administration not to deport two Maryland moms recently detained by ICE. The women are part of a class action lawsuit just filed by several immigrant advocacy groups, who say the women were held longer than allowed in Baltimore holding cells under what they called “inhumane conditions.” News4 Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins reports.

More agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are being tasked to perform immigration enforcement duties nationwide, including in Southern California.

Avelo Airlines, a budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities, began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants.

With American flags in hand, white South African families were shuffled in front of cameras as they took some of their first steps on U.S. soil. “I want you all to know that you are really welcome here,” said Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. Landau and Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar met the group of 59…

Federal immigration agents were seen breaking an SUV’s window, throwing a man inside to the ground and handcuffing him on Sunday, Mother’s Day, after the man and his family left church in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Nearly 50 white South Africans, to whom President Donald Trump is offering refugee status, landed at Dulles Airport this afternoon.
Trump ordered refugee status for this group to be fast-tracked, claiming they’re victims of racial persecution. The South African government rejects that. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

After ICE agents visited dozens of D.C.-area restaurants last week, agents went to one restaurant’s corporate offices on Monday to get documents on workers. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

A supporters group for Nashville’s MLS team canceled game-day activities following recent U.S. I.C.E. operations in Tennessee.

The family, now in Mexico, is garnering support from some members of Congress as they prepare to apply for humanitarian parole, hoping the 11-year-old can resume her treatment in the U.S.

Reports of plans to send migrants to Libya drew backlash from immigration and humanitarian advocates. 

Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation

The Department of Homeland Security visited more than 100 businesses in the D.C. area to conduct what they called “worksite enforcement operations,” leaving bar and restaurant staff rattled.

There’s growing confusion and concern in local communities over reports of ICE agents entering businesses across the D.C. The Department of Homeland Security now confirms it’s stopped at more than 100 businesses in the D.C. area, serving notices of inspections. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A routine law enforcement operation in D.C.’s Forest Hills neighborhood on Wednesday sparked rumors that ICE officers had detained nannies on a nearby playground in front of children. But ICE was not there — and the story started with local police making an unrelated arrest.

The rumors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement made arrests at a playground in D.C. were only rumors, sparked by a D.C. Police arrest at a nearby apartment.