Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
Here's what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders Trump signed.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the first days of the Trump administration, has made hundreds of arrests of illegal immigrants across the U.S.
Dozens of House Democrats joined Republican colleagues in passing on Thursday a bill mandating the deportation or denial of entry into the United States for immigrants with uncertain status who are convicted of or admit to committing sex crimes or domestic violence.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
After DHS revoked previous guidance for immigration enforcement, we VERIFY if ICE agents can now enter schools, churches and hospitals.
The group says the hotline is not intended to protect criminals but to make sure immigrant families in Arizona aren't torn apart.
A New Jersey mayor and other leading Democrats have blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a worksite which they say resulted in undocumented residents as well as a U.S. citizen being "detained.
Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.
ICE agents are currently searching for illegal resident criminals, and not those like Oscar, above, from NY Immigration Coalition, Facebook By Dan Murphy Westchester residents will soon see more agents from the US Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE).