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Massachusetts court officers do not have the authority to arrest someone suspected of being in the U.S. illegally if that person is not facing criminal charges, the state's highest court ruled Monday.
The Supreme Judicial Court opinion applied to officers who provide security in state courthouses,…
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A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is now in effect. The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren’t so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too.…
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The Republican-led House on Thursday pressed ahead with legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, a key priority for President Donald Trump.
One bill would strip federal dollars from self-proclaimed "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a…
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The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration mostly enforce its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that blocked it.
The action Monday is a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.…
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Anne Arundel County in Maryland is joining other jurisdictions that screen inmates at local jails for immigration violations.
The Capital Gazette reports that federal immigration officials and the county have finalized a deal under which county correctional officers will be trained to use federal…
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The United States Embassy in Nairobi has announced that the waiting time for US visa interview appointment for Kenyans will be increased up to 30 days, from the earlier seven days.
"Please be advised the Visa interview wait time at the US embassy, Nairobi is now 30 days up from seven days. We…
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President Donald Trump has officially announced that young undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children – so-called dreamers – will continue to be protected from deportation.
In a fact sheet posted on the Department of Homeland Security website on Thursday, the…
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President Donald Trump suffered another legal setback on Monday as a second federal appeals court refused to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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The Baltimore (Maryland) County Council on Monday voted to suspend a bill that would have required immigration status checks for people arrested and detained in county jails.
The County Council voted 5-2 to table the motion, which if it became law would have joined the county jail to a federal…
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The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for US visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years.
The new questions, part of an effort to tighten vetting of would-be visitors to the United States…
