Trump administration threatens undocumented immigrants who fail to join registry with jail time, fines

Trump administration threatens undocumented immigrants who fail to join registry with jail time, fines

The Trump administration is threatening to punish some immigrants in the U.S. illegally with criminal penalties, including jail time and fines, if they fail to sign up for a government registry, as it ramps up its far-reaching immigration crackdown.  The move, announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, applies to immigrants over the age…

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States push fines and jail time for officials who defy immigration crackdown

States push fines and jail time for officials who defy immigration crackdown

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican state lawmakers seeking to aid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration are threatening local officials who resist with lawsuits, fines and even potential jail time. Lawmakers in more than 20 states this year have filed legislation targeting so-called sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, according to an…

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Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts

Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts

Washington — Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is being reassigned amid internal frustrations over the agency’s progress in carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation goals, administration officials told CBS News on Friday. In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Vitello’s reassignment, saying he “is no…

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Wisconsin dairy farms face uncertainty amid immigration crackdown

Wisconsin dairy farms face uncertainty amid immigration crackdown

Wisconsin dairy farms face uncertainty amid immigration crackdown – CBS News Watch CBS News According to the Department of Agriculture, more than 40% of the country’s farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Camilo Montoya-Galvez traveled to a dairy farm in Wisconsin to report on the tension between cheap labor and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Be…

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Tension between sanctuary cities and federal immigration crackdown

Tension between sanctuary cities and federal immigration crackdown

Tension between sanctuary cities and federal immigration crackdown – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s immigration crackdown has resulted in more than 8,000 arrests in operations spanning nearly two dozen cities in just the first two weeks since returning to the office. But cooperation between immigration officers and local law enforcement in so-called “sanctuary…

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