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On Thursday, Andrew Lelling, U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, revealed federal charges against a Massachusetts judge and a former court officer for allegedly preventing an immigration official from taking custody of an undocumented immigra

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Mass. Judge And A Retired Court Officer Charged With Helping Defendant Evade ICE

4:55pm April 25, 2019

by Shannon Dooling

The judge and the former court officer allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant slip out of a courtroom to avoid arrest by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in April 2018.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided on Tuesday that asylum-seekers who clear a "credible fear" interview and are facing removal don't have the right to be released on bond by an immigration court judge while their cases are pending.

AG Barr Orders Immigration Judges To Stop Releasing Asylum-Seekers On Bail

6:21pm April 17, 2019

The ruling by the attorney general is the latest step by the Trump administration designed to discourage asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

Kirstjen Nielsen, then Homeland Security Secretary, testified on Capitol Hill before the House Homeland Security Committee in March. She said "cases of fake families are cropping up everywhere," among the surge of migrants at the Southern border.

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More Than 3,100 Migrants Found With Fake Documents In Past Year, Federal Agents Say

4:03pm April 10, 2019

by John Burnett

The Trump administration says migrants are gaming the asylum system to gain entry into the U.S. Border agents say they're encountering more "fake families" among Central American migrants.

Dr. Carlos Gutierrez examines a young girl at a shelter in El Paso that was set up for recent migrants. The girl's mother said her daughter's deep cough arose while the family was in immigration custody.

Makeshift Volunteer Clinics Struggle To Meet Medical Needs At The Border

2:10pm April 05, 2019

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

As recent arrivals to the U.S. are released from detention with health problems ranging from diarrhea to gaping wounds, doctors who are trying to help, with little federal support, feel the strain.

Marianne Menjivar heads the International Rescue Committee's Colombia office. She says Venezuela's crisis has made family planning impossible.

World News

Chronicles Of A Venezuelan Exodus: More Families Flee The Crisis On Foot Every Day

1:18pm April 04, 2019

An All Things Considered team recently traveled along a common Colombian route taken by Venezuelans fleeing crisis in their country and discovered dramatic stories of an expanding exodus.

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Fact Check: NC Sheriff Is Correct, ICE detainers Are Not Valid Warrants

10:43am March 29, 2019

by Matthew Riley and Paul Specht, Politifact NC

Politics & Government

Bill Making North Carolina Sheriffs Work With ICE Advances

1:13pm March 27, 2019

by Associated Press

Politics & Government

House Republicans Want To Compel Sheriffs To Aid ICE Agents

5:24pm March 15, 2019

by Associated Press

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, addresses the media during a news conference at a refugee resettling agency in Toronto on Jan. 15. She pledged to "work in support of freedom for women around the world, the same freedom I experienced on the first day I arrived

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Saudi Kingdom Tries To Prevent More Women From Fleeing

8:49pm March 13, 2019

by Deborah Amos

The case of an 18-year-old refugee in Canada will embolden other Saudi women to follow suit, experts say. Saudi officials have launched a campaign to stop that from happening.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Tuesday the agency is seeking to close all of its foreign field offices around the world, a move introduced by Director L. Francis Cissna.

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Trump Administration Seeks To Close International Immigration Offices

10:32pm March 12, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is in "preliminary discussions" to shutter 23 field offices around the world to save millions. Critics say it will exacerbate a processing bottleneck.