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In limbo, some families in the US with H-1B visas begin to make other plans
The federal government is resolute that it will end a program that gives spouses of H-1B visa holders authorization to work. They just haven't said when.
This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence
The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms
Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline
Why a former DHS secretary thinks DACA should continue
DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
Julio Ramos just started medical school, but unless Congress passes laws to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, it’s unclear if he can finish his training. Or pay back the student loans he’s already taken out.
He’s been deported twice. This third time, his family is leaving the US with him.
Here’s what one family will do to stay together. We’re following their story.
A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security has called for more immigration detention facilities to open along the US-Mexico border. And negotiations between a private prison company and the government have already begun in the Rio Grande Valley.
Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
They were in the US legally due to a statute offered to people from countries in crisis. Now, their crisis is deemed over, but it's not easy to return home.
White House budget slashes program to fight violent extremism at home
Communities keeping an eye out for people at risk of radicalization — that's helpful to counterterrorism efforts around the world. This week, President Trump proposed cutting the US version of the program.
A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement
Immigration officials are halting publishing a weekly report that names cities that don’t comply with requests to hold people beyond their release dates. They had published three reports — all with significant errors.
This is the data we no longer get about immigration enforcement under the Trump administration
There’s one thing that immigration experts on all political sides have in common: More data is better.
How this undocumented immigrant brought to the US as a child is getting ready for Trump's immigration agenda
When news that Daniel Ramirez Medina was detained in Seattle became public this week, a shiver went up the spines of hundreds of thousands of people. Juan Escalante says the fear is really — but it's time to prepare.
#19. @realDonaldTrump: You plan to hire 10,000 more immigration officers. Are you also expanding immigration courts? #100Days100Qs
The US spends some $20 billion per year on immigration enforcement. The budget for immigration courts is about $420 million.
#4. @realDonaldTrump: As you increase immigration enforcement, will you make public information about detention & deportation? #100Days100Qs
Trump has signed executive orders for the Department of Homeland Security, including an admonition to increase transparency.