Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Read More
The 11 groups donated the money to help offset costs of sheltering, feeding and housing nearly 450 people who arrived in Portland beginning last June. Read More
That’s why I believe the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act is such a good idea. Read More
The students say federal officials detained and interrogated them for hours at Boston's Logan International Airport before concluding they planned on staying in the country longer than their temporary visas allowed. Read More
The Trump administration announced Friday that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards, as part of an election-year push to further restrict immigration. Read More
The lawmakers said low unemployment has created a need for more of the visas. Read More
While the commissioners expressed their support for resettling refugees in the county, their resolution is of little practical consequence. Read More
It's not fair to push Mainers further down waitlists in favor of non-citizens who entered the country illegally. Read More
Most of which went to four county jails in exchange for housing and transporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. Read More
Citing a “crisis situation,” social service providers here are desperately trying to get immigration officials to return to the practice of sending asylum seekers crossing the border in steady streams, not in large waves with no warning. Read More
Shahab Dehghani, a 24-year-old economics student at Northeastern University, arrived in Boston with a valid student visa but was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Logan International Airport, according to his lawyer Kerry Doyle. Read More
Illegal crossings plummeted across the border after the Trump administration made more asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court. Read More
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. Read More
Matthew Albence said the office is primarily focused on investigating financial and cyber crimes, human trafficking and narcotics and weapon smuggling. Read More
The new rule would potentially deny green cards to immigrants over their use of public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers, as well as other factors. Read More
Newly released documents show Boston's public school system has been cooperating with federal immigration authorities more extensively than officials previously suggested. Read More
Later this month, Abdi Iftin, 34, will finally raise his right hand, swear an oath and become a United States citizen. It's been a long time coming. Read More
The arrests were made in a remote area near Limestone known to authorities an illegal crossing between Canada and the U.S., according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Read More
