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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.

In limbo, some families in the US with H-1B visas begin to make other plans
Agent in uniform stands on bridge looking over green river

This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence

This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence
WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.

The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms

The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms
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Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline

Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline
Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security, in 2011.

Why a former DHS secretary thinks DACA should continue

Why a former DHS secretary thinks DACA should continue
Man holding up ID card for medical school

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.

DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
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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.

He’s been deported twice. This third time, his family is leaving the US with him.
Workers raise a fence in front of white kevlar tents

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.

A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas
Men walk by a mural that reads "Get the hell of Liberia, Ebola! And don't come back" in Monrovia, Liberia, April 1, 2016.

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.

Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
An armed police officer patrols on a platform at Milton Keynes station after the terror threat level was raised to critical following a suicide bombing in Manchester.

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.

White House budget slashes program to fight violent extremism at home
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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.

A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the right, joined White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer for the daily press briefing on Monday, March 27.

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.

This is the data we no longer get about immigration enforcement under the Trump administration
Two men with vests that read "POLICE ICE" lead away a man in handcuffs

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.

How this undocumented immigrant brought to the US as a child is getting ready for Trump's immigration agenda
Women and children disembark from a bus marked with the insignia of the ICE

#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.

#19. @realDonaldTrump: You plan to hire 10,000 more immigration officers. Are you also expanding immigration courts? #100Days100Qs
Men on horses in Border Patrol uniforms, seen from back at dusk

#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.

#4. @realDonaldTrump: As you increase immigration enforcement, will you make public information about detention & deportation? #100Days100Qs