Immigration

The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown University scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule.

Federal immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India who was teaching at the Washington institution on a student visa, his attorney said Wednesday. Masked agents arrested the graduate student, Badar Khan Suri, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, attorney Hassan Ahmad said. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland...

“The Government maintains that there is no justification to order the provision of additional information,” the agency said in a court filing.

A family that was deported to Mexico is requesting an investigation into abuses they say they faced in U.S. detention.

Over the weekend, hundreds of Venezuelans — reportedly tied to gangs — were flown out of the country after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. But some are questioning if the move is constitutional. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has the details and reactions from residents in the Philadelphia area. 

The court fight focuses on the Trump administration’s use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

The Alien Enemies Act is a rarely used 1798 law which allows the president to imprison and deport non-citizens in time of war. Here’s what you need to know.

A doctor and professor was deported after she returned from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a court petition filed on her behalf, NBC News reported.

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday evening blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there...

El Salvador is agreeing to accept from the United States about 300 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang for one year.

Donald Trump has widely signaled he would invoke the 1798 Act, last used to justify the internment of Japanese-American civilians during World War 2.

Mahmoud Khalil was taken into custody by immigration authorities last weekend, prompting outrage.

Visa processing times in Vermont have gone from one month to three. In California, it previously took two to four months, but now, it’s eight.

The mother of four U.S. citizen children, including a 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer, is pleading for her family’s return to the United States, NBC News reported.

The family of Emine Emanet was waiting for her outside of the Elizabeth Detention Center when she was released from ICE custody on Wednesday. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the story. 

A New Jersey restaurant owner who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month was released from custody and reunited with her family. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle was there for the reunion. 

A New Jersey restaurant owner who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month was released from custody and reunited with her family.

The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are at capacity, housing about 47,600 individuals.