U.S. deportation of criminal immigrants harsh: group
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U.S. laws that order the deportation of legal immigrants found guilty of a criminal offense are a violation of human rights and have resulted in thousands of families being separated, New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
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Gone are the days when Americans on the lam could look to Mexico as a refuge. Extraditions and deportations have risen sharply as U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials work closely together to bring suspected criminals to justice.
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By Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 3--HAZLETON -- Attorneys for the city are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
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U.S. immigration tried to deport only 12 people on terrorism-related charges from 2004 through 2006, according to a private research study
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Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
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Border Patrol efforts to fight back against smugglers who pelt them with rocks and ball bearings over the border fence are reported to be taking a toll on innocent local residents, raising many a hackle.
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LOS ANGELES -- The Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal-immigrant organization that has monitored the southern border, is embroiled in a nasty legal fight over accusations of financial improprieties that has splintered the group and probably will sideline it during the busiest time of the year for...
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Federal authorities expect to identify and deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are convicted criminals serving time in prisons across the country.
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About 300 people, many from Philadelphia and other parts of the state, rallied Sunday in opposition to the city's crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Thousands who come to the U.S. saying they are seeking refuge from persecution are treated like criminals while their claims are evaluated, a bipartisan commission found.
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Nearly a year after the city of Hazleton began a high-profile campaign to rid itself of illegal immigrants, opponents of the crackdown are getting their day in court.
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Elvira Arellano is back in Mexico, and opponents of illegal immigration hope her deportion will mark the start of a crackdown. But that isn't likely
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They are the hidden side of the government's stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters.
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Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the US can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies
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Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Security are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.
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The Philippines has put rights activists, including a former U.S. attorney-general and members of church groups, on an immigration blacklist drawn up ostensibly to stop terrorists from entering, a rights group said on Friday.
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After years of growth in "remittances," a crackdown on illegal immigration and a slowing United States economy appear to take a toll.