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Politics & Government

Protesters Rally Against Detention Camp Conditions At Lights For Liberty Vigils

3:46am July 13, 2019

Concerned citizens and advocates across the country and in the Triad were calling attention to the treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers being held in detention centers along the country's southern border.

A youth in Tijuana, Mexico, stands by the border fence that separates Mexico from the United States, where candles and crosses stand in memory of migrants who have died during their journey toward the U.S.

Politics & Government

Trump Administration Hits Some Immigrants In U.S. Illegally With Fines Up To $500,000

5:26pm July 02, 2019

by Franco Ordoñez

The Department of Homeland Security targeted individuals for "failing to depart the U.S. as previously agreed," among other factors. It's the latest effort to clamp down on interior enforcement.

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Javier Dominguez at his home in Dillon, Colo. Dominguez is appealing his deportation orders and has to travel over the mountains to immigration court in Denver for his hearings.

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Navigating The Immigration Court System In The Rural Mountain West

4:24pm May 20, 2019

by Ali Budner

Immigrants risk deportation if they miss their court date. But with just 3 immigration courts across the rural west, it can be hard for immigrants there to get to the hearings, and lawyers are scarce.

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President Trump tours a portion of the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Calexico, Calif., last month.

Politics & Government

Trump To Outline Immigration Plan That Would Overhaul Who Is Allowed Into The U.S.

5:03pm May 15, 2019

A key plank of the president's election was his hard-line stance on immigration. And now he is ready to roll out his legislative approach.

A mother and her three daughters at the border crossing dividing Juárez, Mexico, and El-Paso, Texas. The family traveled from Guatemala to reach the U.S.

Trump Spokesman Calls Plan To Send Immigrants To 'Sanctuary Cities' An 'Olive Branch'

8:06pm April 14, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Bidley said a threat by President Trump to send detained immigrants to sanctuary cities should not be seen as a form of "political retribution."

For mixed-status families, immigration talk can be stressful.

With Trump At The Border, A Look Back At U.S. Immigration Policy

5:21pm January 10, 2019

President Trump continues his quest to curb illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. One expert says there have always been ebbs and flows to how welcoming the U.S. is to immigrants.

Inger StÃ¸jberg, Denmark's minister for immigration, photographed in 2016, touted new government plans to move unwanted migrants onto a small island.

World News

Denmark's Latest Stand Against 'Undesirable' Migrants: Ship Them To An Island

8:40pm December 04, 2018

by Amy Held

Lawmakers have agreed to send rejected refugees or those with criminal records to an uninhabited island once used to test diseased animals.

Hien Tran, 66 and her dog Lucy at the Thai Xuan Village apartment complex in Houston October 29.

National

Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas

7:55am November 25, 2018

by John Burnett

When Vietnamese immigrants first arrived in Texas, they received a hostile reception from locals who were concerned about competition. Now that immigrant community is thriving.

Families eat dinner at Holy Family Church in El Paso. Immigration officials have been releasing hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants into border communities. Churches and shelters are standing by to help.

Along The Southwest Border, Shelters and Churches Scramble To House Migrant Families

6:04pm November 05, 2018

by Mallory Falk

Hundreds of migrant families are being released from immigration custody and are being housed, temporarily, in shelters, hotels and churches across the southwest border region.

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A man raises his arm in a Nazi salute in response to heckling from leftists at a protest gathering the day after a fatal stabbing by migrant suspects triggered large protests in the city of Chemnitz in eastern Germany.

World News

Anti-Immigrant Protest Turns Violent In Eastern German City Of Chemnitz

10:48am August 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The rally had right-wing protesters, some thrusting Nazi salutes, as well as leftist counterprotesters. It was triggered by the arrest of a Syrian and Iraqi man in connection with a fatal stabbing.