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Judge Halts Deportation, Warns Jeff Sessions

He says AG could be held in contempt

(Newser) - On learning that the mother and daughter at the center of a lawsuit before him were being deported, a federal judge called the move "outrageous" and ordered its reversal. US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan warned Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security officials that they could be held...

Judge: Release Immigrant Held After Army Base Pizza Delivery

Pablo Villavicencio is fighting for the right to gain legal status in US

(Newser) - A judge on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of an Ecuadorean immigrant who was held for deportation after he delivered pizza to a Brooklyn Army installation, the AP reports. "Although he stayed in the United States unlawfully and is currently subject to a final order of removal, he has...

'Poster Girl' for Reunification Joins Her Mom

Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid is with her mother in Houston

(Newser) - A 6-year-old girl from El Salvador who became a face of the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant families at the border has been reunited with her mother, the AP reports. Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid and her mother, Cindy Madrid, were separated after US authorities detained them June 13...

A Lot of Money Is Being Made From Detained Immigrant Kids

Grants for housing unaccompanied and separated children are soaring

(Newser) - Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the US that now reaps $1 billion annually—a tenfold increase over the past decade, per the AP . Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care, and other child welfare services for detained unaccompanied and separated children soared from...

Judge Rejects US Plan to Detain Families Indefinitely

She rules administration can't alter Flores agreement

(Newser) - A federal judge has rejected what she called President Trump's "cynical" effort to ditch an agreement limiting the amount of time children can be held in immigration detention. Dolly Gee, a Los Angeles-based US district judge, said the administration had offered "tortured" reasoning in its attempt to...

US Requests More Time to Reunite Immigrant Families

Justice Department asks federal judge to extend deadlines

(Newser) - President Trump's Justice Department has requested more time to reunite immigrant parents with the children taken from them by ICE at the border. Following a federal judge's order that all children under age 5 be reunited with their parents by July 10—and all others by July 25—...

Historians: Anne Frank's Family Tried to Flee to United States

'Their efforts were thwarted by American bureaucracy, war, and time'

(Newser) - Research suggests the family of Anne Frank attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted by America's restrictive immigration policy and the outbreak of World War II. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said...

Protester Scales Statue of Liberty, Forces Evacuation

She was protesting US immigration policy

(Newser) - A woman protesting US immigration policy climbed the Statue of Liberty's base and forced the monument's evacuation on the Fourth of July hours after several other demonstrators had hung a banner on the statue's pedestal and had been arrested, the AP reports. About 100 feet above ground,...

Merkel Survives, With a Huge Concession
Merkel
Survives,
With a Huge
Concession
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Jul 3, 2018 7:52 AM CDT

Merkel Survives, With a Huge Concession

German leader agrees to tough border policies to stay in power

(Newser) - Germany's Angela Merkel has struck a deal to remain in power, at least for now. Merkel, long seen as a champion of the rights of immigrants to move freely within the European Union, agreed to toughen border policies to end a revolt from within her own governing coalition, reports...

Judge Orders ICE to Stop Detaining Asylum Seekers

Federal judge says US government is violating its own rules regarding the treatment of people seeking asylum

(Newser) - A federal judge has determined the US government is violating its own rules regarding the treatment of people seeking asylum. Judge James Boasberg issued a preliminary injunction Monday ordering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to stop what opponents called the arbitrary detention of legitimate asylum seekers, per the AP...

At Protest, Armed Heckler Saying 'Womp! Womp!' Arrested

Shane Sealy in Alabama mimics Corey Lewandowski in immigration debate

(Newser) - A protest of White House immigration policy turned unsettling in Alabama over the weekend when a counter-protester repeatedly chanted the mocking phrase "womp! womp!" and pulled a gun during an altercation, police say. The "derisive womp! womp" line, denoting false sympathy, is the same one uttered to...

At Patriot Prayer March in Portland, Cops Declare Riot

After reports of assaults between group, antifa, march permit is revoked

(Newser) - Police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot and ordered participants in a march by Patriot Prayer to disperse after officers saw assaults and projectiles being thrown. Police said Saturday that some arrests were made at the downtown protest, reports the AP . The problems occurred as two opposing protest groups—Patriot...

Trump Heads for Golf Club, and So Do Protesters

Demonstrators have been gathering weekly in Bedminster since the president took office

(Newser) - As thousands gathered near the White House to protest the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” immigration policy on Saturday, the president was 220 miles away, at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ. But he couldn’t entirely escape the demonstrators, reports USA Today . About 100 protesters lined...

Across US, Thousands March to Protest Immigration Policy

More than 700 marches planned, from LA to Appalachia

(Newser) - They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: "No more children in cages," and "What's next? Concentration Camps?" In major cities and tiny towns, thousands of marchers gathered across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at...

Susan Sarandon Among Those Busted at Protest

But one blogger calls her a hypocrite for her role in the 2016 election

(Newser) - Among the nearly 600 people arrested in DC on Thursday while protesting President Trump's immigration policies was celeb Susan Sarandon, reports the Guardian . Sarandon tweeted about the arrest, urging fellow protesters to "stay strong." But given Sarandon's recent political history—the 71-year-old encouraged voters in 2016...

17 States Sue Trump Over Family Separations

'The administration's practice of separating families is cruel, plain and simple'

(Newser) - Seventeen states, including Washington, New York, and California, sued President Trump's administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the US-Mexico border. The states, all of which are led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, DC, in filing the lawsuit...

First Lady Plans Another Border Trip

Melania Trump was 'moved by what she saw in Texas'

(Newser) - Melania Trump is planning another visit to immigration centers housing migrants who have been apprehended at the US-Mexico border, the AP reports. The first lady's spokeswoman wouldn't say where she plans to go, but did tell CNN the trip would happen this week. "The first lady is...

Undocumented Parents Not Being Referred for Prosecution

But White House says reversal is only temporary

(Newser) - The head of US Customs and Border Protection told reporters Monday that he has temporarily stopped referring adults for criminal prosecution if they cross the border illegally with children. Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the referrals were suspended after President Trump issued an executive order last week halting the practice of...

Detained Migrant Teen Finds His Own Loophole
Detained Migrant Teen
Finds His Own Loophole
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Jun 25, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

Detained Migrant Teen Finds His Own Loophole

15-year-old from Honduras walks away from Texas facility, and authorities can't stop him

(Newser) - A teenager from Honduras being held in a high-profile immigration detention center in Texas may have just exposed a vulnerability in the system: The 15-year-old simply walked off the premises, and authorities there were powerless to stop him, reports the New York Times . The teen left the Case Padre migrant...

Trump Blasts Immigrant &#39;Invasion&#39;
Trump Blasts
Immigrant 'Invasion'
Jun 24, 2018 1:30 PM CDT

Trump Blasts Immigrant 'Invasion'

In a string of tweets, the president blames Dems and urges for stronger borders

(Newser) - After a week of outrage over child separation at the southern border and a subsequent executive order that claims to stop it, President Trump is again using pointed rhetoric to describe the immigration crisis in America. In a Sunday string of tweets, Trump blasted Democrats, telling them to "fix...

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