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...

A North Texas woman has helped more than 2,000 permanent residents prepare for the U.S. Naturalization exam on their path to citizenship.

A North Texas woman retired from the world of medicine and grant writing to teach permanent residents about the history of the U.S. and prepare them for an interview of a lifetime. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera explains how she helps thousands prepare for the U.S. citizenship test.

Weekend U.S. immigration flights from Texas set off a frantic scramble among families after hundreds of immigrants vanished from ICE’s online locator.

“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.

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.

Children of undocumented immigrants navigating college financial aid forms have concerns their applications could put their parents and families at risk for deportation. The Dallas Morning News writer Milla Surjadi shares her reporting on the subject.

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.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’s opened an investigation into the city of Dallas alleging the police department is refusing to comply with state and federal immigration laws.