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DOJ: Scientist's Texts on Frog Embryos Did Her In
Judge:
Let Detained
Scientist
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May 29, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Judge: Let Detained Scientist Out on Bail

Russian-born Harvard researcher accused of sneaking lab samples through Boston airport

(Newser) - A federal judge says a Harvard scientist from Russia should be released on bail after she was detained by immigration officials, reports the New York Times . "There does not seem to be either a factual or legal basis for the immigration officer's actions" against Kseniia Petrova, the judge...

Episcopal Church Makes 'Striking' Move on Refugees

Church won't help resettle South African refugees, citing its 'commitment to racial justice'

(Newser) - The Episcopal Church's migration service is ending its longstanding partnership with the US federal government after refusing to help resettle white South Africans recently granted refugee status in the US. Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the decision this week, citing the church's "commitment to racial justice...

Judge Lets IRS Share Immigrant Tax Data With ICE

Nonprofit groups argued for privacy rights of undocumented taxpayers

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday declined to stop the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move that allows the Trump administration to continue using the data to identify and deport undocumented immigrants, the AP reports. The ruling came from US District...

Quakers March to Capitol With Message on Immigration

Protesters to deliver founding document on tolerance

(Newser) - A group of Quakers is marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, DC, to demonstrate against the Trump administration's actions against immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the federal...

Administration Takes Deportation of 500K Migrants to Supreme Court

2-year program granted humanitarian parole to people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

(Newser) - The Trump administration took its effort to remove more than 500,000 immigrants with temporary legal status to work and live in the US to the Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge had ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem couldn't deport the group's humanitarian parole in one...

Trump: Mexico's President Won't Let Me Send US Troops In

Sheinbaum stands firm on Mexican sovereignty amid cartel concerns

(Newser) - President Trump confirmed over the weekend that he proposed sending US troops into Mexico to help fight drug cartels—an idea Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected, the AP reports. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, claimed Sheinbaum turned down the suggestion out of fear of the cartels,...

May Day Protests Kick Off: 'Everybody Is Under Attack'

People in US, around the globe are standing up on May 1 for worker rights, immigrants, and more

(Newser) - From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on Thursday, with thousands expected at demonstrations from Tokyo to Chicago. In some countries, it's a public holiday honoring labor, but activists planning marches in the US say much of their...

Texas Hospitals Spent $122M on Migrant Care in November

Gov. Greg Abbott's order triggers new reporting on health care costs for those not lawfully in the US

(Newser) - Texas hospitals tallied nearly $122 million in health care costs incurred by undocumented migrants in one month in the state's first measure of those costs. The data was collected and released in the wake of an executive order signed in August by Gov. Greg Abbott that requires hospitals...

Judge Releases Student Arrested at Naturalization Interview

Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by ICE agents on April 14

(Newser) - A Columbia University student who was detained by immigration authorities on April 14 was released on bail Wednesday on a federal judge's orders. Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by ICE agents at an immigration office in Colchester, Vermont, when he showed up for a naturalization interview. He is Palestinian, grew...

Border Czar: US Didn't 'Deport' 3 Children

Controversy surrounds fate of young American citizens sent to Honduras with their mothers

(Newser) - The US flew three children who were American citizens out of the country and to Honduras with their mothers last week. But were those children "deported?" Depends on whom you ask.
  • "No US citizen child was deported," insisted border czar Tom Homan on CBS' Face the Nation
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DEA Detains 100 Immigrants in Raid of Colorado Nightclub

Agency posts video, admonition afterward

(Newser) - More than 100 immigrants suspected of being in the US illegally were taken into custody early Sunday following a raid at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, authorities said. Video posted online by the Drug Enforcement Administration showed agents announcing their arrival outside the building and ordering patrons...

Wisconsin Republicans Pledge to Act If Judge Is Convicted

FBI says Hannah Dugan interfered with immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Wisconsin Republicans said they're prepared to move against a Milwaukee County judge arrested by the FBI and accused of interfering with immigration enforcement if she's convicted. Judge Hannah Dugan was released on her own recognizance after being taken into custody on Friday in her courtroom. Assembly Speaker Robin...

White House Does a 180 on Student Visas, Kind Of

DOJ will restore profiles in database, for now, of foreigners studying in US who had visas revoked

(Newser) - Lawsuits have been flying and judicial restraining orders have been issued following the revocation earlier this month of the visas of thousands of international college students in the United States, abruptly eliminating their legal immigration status here. Now, the Trump administration has somewhat reversed course on that move: In federal...

FBI Arrests Judge Accused of Shielding an Immigrant

Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan was detained in her own courtroom

(Newser) - The FBI arrested a county judge in her Milwaukee courthouse on Friday and accused her of trying to shield an immigrant from arrest—a move seen as a dramatic escalation in the legal fight over deportations, reports the New York Times .
  • The judge: Agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday
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Mom Detained in Detroit After Wrong Turn at Border

Mistaken border crossing leads to weeklong detention and legal battle

(Newser) - A quick search for a Costco turned into a nearly weeklong detention for a Guatemalan mother and her children at the US-Canada border in Detroit after her phone's map app sent her to a bridge that connects the Michigan city to Canada. On March 8, the Guatemalan woman,...

Abrego Garcia's Family Moves to Safe House

Wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura says it was necessary after DHS posted her address

(Newser) - The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia , the Maryland man at the center of a deportation fight, says she and her kids have fled to a safe house after the Department of Homeland Security published their address online.
  • The tweet: Last week, the agency painted Abrego Garcia as a dangerous MS-13
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ICE Blocked Mahmoud Khalil From His Son's Birth

Columbia grad student is a new dad, but ICE rejected his request to witness firstborn's arrival in New York

(Newser) - Mahmoud Khalil is a new dad, but he'll have to wait to see his firstborn. The Columbia University grad student and legal permanent resident, who was detained in March by federal agents over his pro-Palestinian stance, missed his son's birth on Monday in New York after officials...

Hundreds of International Student Visas Abruptly Revoked

Students shocked by unexpected revocations allege unjust visa terminations

(Newser) - Hundreds of international students in the US have unexpectedly lost their legal immigration status since the start of the month, immigration attorneys tell the AP . At least 600 students across 90 colleges have been affected, but advocacy groups say the true number could be hundreds more. Students in several...

Trump: Immigrants Who 'Self-Deport' Will Get Paid

Plan aims to assist selected undocumented workers return legally

(Newser) - President Trump has proposed a "self-deportation" program for immigrants in the US illegally. The plan includes offering money and a plane ticket for those who choose to leave voluntarily, the AP reports. In an interview with Fox Noticias , Trump expressed willingness to help "good" immigrants return legally....

Another College Student Detained by ICE Officers
College Student Arrested
at Naturalization Interview
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Apr 15, 2025 12:37 PM CDT

College Student Arrested at Naturalization Interview

Mohsen Mahdawi led Palestinian protests at Columbia

(Newser) - Another college student who led pro-Palestinian protests has been detained by immigration officers. Lawyers for Mohsen Mahdawi were scrambling on Tuesday to prevent him from being deported to the West Bank, where he was born. Details:
  • Mahdawi was arrested Monday at an immigration office in Colchester, Vermont, when he showed
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