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A National Guardsman walks along a border fence near the International Bridge where thousand of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have formed a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas

US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants as Haiti calls for moratorium

Top of The World

The US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants camping out in Texas near the US-Mexico border. Also, a Rwandan court convicts Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the 2004 Hollywood movie “Hotel Rwanda.” And, a shooting at a university in Russia leaves six people dead, and at least 24 others wounded.

Newly arriving Jewish refugee from the Nazi Holocaust wave from the ship "S.S. Awarea" as it pulls into Haifa port on April 6, 1948.

Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws

Immigration
Photo of a photo of family in front of wall with penguins painted on it

The Mexican government says it will help people who are deported, but they often are left to make it on their own

Immigration
Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, who runs the Bristol County Jail

How a few notations by a school resource officer caused a teen to wind up in a high-security detention facility

Conflict
bensalem police

Police in Trump-supporting towns aid immigration officials in crackdown

Conflict
Family of six sitting closely together on a sofa

The courts called him a terrorist, but one judge and several politicians want him to be able to stay in the US

Global Politics

Depending on whom you ask, Malachy McAllister is either an Irish terrorist or a persecuted asylum seeker. Either way, he’s been facing deportation for 10 years.

A group of women react as they talk about family members seized on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a rally outside the Mother of God Catholic Chaldean church in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., June 12, 2017.

Iraqis are rounded up and deported from the US. What’s behind it all?

Global Politics

Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have taken in dozens of Iraqis across the country. Some of them committed crimes when they were young and have served time. The crackdown has left Iraqi communities in fear and panic.

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

Justice

There’s one thing that immigration experts on all political sides have in common: More data is better.

A security guard looks out of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York, U.S. on August 15, 2012.

Immigration lawyers: Trump crackdown tactics will see fierce legal challenges

Justice

The tactics outlined in Homeland Security memos include deporting undocumented immigrants to Mexico regardless of their nationality, and seeking expedited removal of these immigrants — meaning no court hearings, no due process.

ICE officers detain a suspect as they conduct a targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles.

How communities react to immigration restrictions? ‘People are buying tickets back home.’

Economics

The Department of Homeland Security this week announced the Trump administration’s immigration plan, which includes increasing deportations.