President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States. This week he issued an executive order that would eliminate it, upending more than a century of precedent. On Thursday, however, a federal judge temporarily blocked it after 22…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is heading towards a vote on confirming South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, placing her at the head of a sprawling agency that will be essential to both national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to squash illegal immigration. Republicans were determined to barrel through on Noem’s…
Washington — The Trump administration has given federal immigration authorities permission to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants the former Biden White House allowed into the U.S. and seek their deportation, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by CBS News. The far-reaching move empowers federal immigration agencies,…
Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested on Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as the White House said President Donald Trump’s promised deportation operation had started. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s administration on Thursday “arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals”, adding “hundreds” were deported by…
Trump orders troops to border Trump orders troops to the border to crack down on immigration 05:54 Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” in the United States were arrested Thursday and hundreds of others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Trump’s promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said. In…
The Department of Homeland Security has authorized law enforcement agents from across the federal government to partake in “investigating, determining the location of, and apprehending” undocumented migrants, issuing a directive aimed at operationalizing the president’s signature campaign promise on immigration, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. The directive allows federal law enforcement agents…
Trump closes immigration offices abroad Trump administration closing immigration offices in Latin America 03:42 Washington — The Trump administration is shutting down processing offices in Latin America that the Biden administration set up to give migrants legal immigration options and dissuade them from crossing the southern border illegally, according to internal government documents obtained by…
Understanding ICE raids: What agents can and cannot do – CBS News Watch CBS News Former ICE Director John Sandweg, who served in the Obama administration, explains what possible ICE raids might look like and how far agent authority really extends – especially as local jurisdictions consider non-compliance. Be the first to know Get browser…
YUMA (AZFamily) — Mexican migrants living in the U.S. now have a way to alert their families if they’ve been detained or deported. A new mobile app, ConsulApp Contigo, has been launched by the Mexican government. ConsulApp Contigo translates to “consulate with you.” It’s still being fine-tuned, but it can now be downloaded on Android and…
TEXAS — On Wednesday, President Trump issued an executive order halting migrant entry across the southern border. In the order, Trump cites the Immigration and Nationality Act and Article II of the Constitution, to justify stopping illegal aliens from crossing the U.S. southern border. President Trump further limited the use of immigration laws that could…