The U.S. government says it will deport a Honduran mother and her two sick children, both of whom are currently hospitalized, to Guatemala as soon as it can get them medically cleared to travel, according to court documents and the family’s advocates. The family’s advocates accuse the U.S. of disregarding the health of the children, ages 1 and 6,...

Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans traveling through Guatemala and vowed to prevent a repeat of the headline-grabbing “caravans” of past years when massive flows of migrants and asylum seekers overwhelmed agents. National Guard and army troops stood watch as rafts plied the Suchiate River between the two…

The nation’s immigration court system is shouldering crushing caseloads, chaos and confusion. Dysfunctional for years, the system has grown worse following a surge in asylum seekers and the Trump administration’s crackdown on the southwest border and illegal immigration. The AP visited immigration courts in 11 cities during a 10-day period in the fall, observing how massive caseloads and shifting policies...

Immigrants being held in a detention center in remote Lumpkin, Georgia, face a host of challenges in fighting their cases. The town has few available resources, with only three immigration lawyers working there full time. There are no hotels, and many businesses in the downtown are shuttered.

Advocates representing undocumented farmworkers living in Vermont cheered a legal settlement with the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, hoping it helps reduce fears that people could be deported if they seek the right to drive. “We look forward to a new day at the Vermont DMV,” said Lia Ernst, an attorney with the ACLU of Vermont who worked on...

Advocates for undocumented migrant farm workers living in Vermont are excited about a new legal settlement with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

A federal judge on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that gave state and local officials the ability to shut the door on refugees, and ignited a fierce debate in communities about how welcoming the United States should be....

U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland said in his ruling that the president’s order “flies in the face of clear...

Hundreds of mainly Honduran migrants started walking and hitching rides Wednesday from the city of San Pedro Sula and crossed the Guatemala border in a bid to form the kind of migrant caravan that reached the U.S. border in 2018.

A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation.

Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott’s announcement could have major implications for refugees coming to the United States. Texas has large refugee populations in several of its cities and has long been a leader in...

U.S. acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Thursday on a visit to Honduras that the two countries had finalized the steps on implementing an agreement that would send third country asylum seekers from the United States to Honduras.

A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to implement a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.

The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide. The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely. A memo outlining the program published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security said...

A mother of a U.S. Army officer discovered a racist slur on her fence the day she was deported by ICE. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has more.

NBC 7’s Melissa Adan reports live moments after the deportation of San Diego mother Rocio Rebollar Gomez.

The mother of a U.S. Army officer awoke Thursday to find racist graffiti on her fence – the day she was ordered to be deported after years of fighting to stay in the place she’s called a safe home.

The New Mexico branch of a church that uses hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament is suing the federal government for failing to process immigration documents for one of its religious leaders.

Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

Mexico said Thursday it has found migrants riding on about half of trains inspected.

While the largest number of migrants were detained while walking — 41,649 between June and Dec. 22 — many migrants walk along tracks hoping to hop onto a passing train.

An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position. They’re caught between immigration hardliners who want to shut the door and some Christian evangelicals who believe helping refugees is a moral obligation. Others say refugees are vital to fill jobs and keep rural communities...