Deportation

Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld

2013-05-18 00:00:00

TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....

Latinos now less likely to report crimes to police, poll says

2013-05-07 03:00:00

WASHINGTON – Many Latinos say they are less likely than before to report crimes because local police are increasingly involved in enforcing immigration laws, leading to a sharp increase in deportations, according to a new study. About 44% of...

Mentally disabled facing deportation win right to free legal help

2013-04-25 18:58:00

Immigrants who are too mentally disabled to represent themselves in deportation proceedings are entitled to free legal assistance, a federal judge has ruled. Until now, some defendants languished in detention centers for years after judges declared them...

Legal help for detainees

2013-04-25 00:00:00

On Monday, the Obama administration announced a new policy to provide legal help to mentally disabled immigrants awaiting deportation trials in federal detention centers. A day later, a federal judge in Los Angeles reached the same conclusion, ruling that...

Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants

2013-04-24 06:40:00

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...

Justices give break to legal immigrants convicted of pot possession

2013-04-23 08:16:00

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has extended some leniency to legal immigrants who are convicted of having a small amount of marijuana, ruling that such a crime is not an “aggravated felony” that leads to deportation. In 7-2 decision, the...

Due process for immigrant detainees

2013-04-19 00:00:00

The federal government has the authority to detain and deport immigrants who violate the law. But it also has the responsibility to ensure that those it holds while they fight their deportation cases aren't locked up for months, or years, without an...

Panel rules immigrants in S. Calif. can't be held indefinitely

2013-04-16 15:28:00

Immigrants detained in Southern California for possible deportation must be given a hearing within six months to determine whether they should be released, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...

Radical cleric in Britain wins another appeal to avoid extradition

2013-03-27 07:50:00

LONDON -- The British government Wednesday lost another bid to deport a radical Muslim preacher to face trial in Jordan when a court of appeals rejected a request to reconsider an earlier court decision. After more than a decade of judgments and appeals...

Why detain nonviolent immigrants?

2013-03-24 00:00:00

In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers have slammed the Department of Homeland Security for releasing 2,228 immigrants from detention centers around the country, questioning, among other things, whether murderers, rapists and drug traffickers were among...

Immigration rights groups accuse officials of racial profiling

2013-03-13 14:00:00

WASHINGTON – Immigrant rights groups filed a raft of legal actions on Tuesday alleging abuse and racial profiling by Customs and Border Protection officers in five states. Three lawsuits alleging illegal treatment by border patrol officers were...

Detained immigrants released; officials cite sequester cuts

2013-02-26 13:47:00

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have released “several hundred” immigrants from deportation centers across the country, saying the move is an effort to cut costs ahead of budget cuts due to hit later this week.�...

An unidentified boy joins other immigrants rights activists gathering at Daley Plaza in Chicago before a march and rally to Federal Plaza. The Inauguration Day march and rally in Chicago is calling for for an end to deportations.

2013-01-21 00:00:00

Bartosz Sikorski, 32, outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Monday, before his deportation to Poland.

2012-11-27 00:00:00

Nancy Guarneros, 25, right, hugs Jorge Gutierrez, 28, as they join more than 150 students and Dream Act supporters who rallied in downtown Los Angeles to voice support for President Obama's decision to halt the deportation of young illegal immigrants who have no criminal records and meet certain

2012-06-15 00:00:00