Category: Immigration
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The Empty Chair: Why This Thanksgiving Is the Most Painful in Years for Immigrant Families The Empty Chair: Why This Thanksgiving Is the Most Painful in Years for Immigrant Families
Cover Story November 24, 2025

The Empty Chair: Why This Thanksgiving Is the Most Painful in Years for Immigrant Families

This Thursday, thousands of families will look at an empty chair at ... more

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Texas will have powers to arrest immigrants who cross illegally Texas will have powers to arrest immigrants who cross illegally
Immigration March 19, 2024

Texas will have powers to arrest immigrants who cross illegally

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas ... more

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Texas, “immigration policies ‘cruel and inhumane'” Texas, “immigration policies ‘cruel and inhumane'”
Immigration January 15, 2024

Texas, “immigration policies ‘cruel and inhumane'”

Homeland Security is calling Texas' immigration policies "cruel" and "inhumane" after three ... more

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Texas has Escalated Measures to Keep Migrants from Entering the U.S. Texas has Escalated Measures to Keep Migrants from Entering the U.S.
Immigration July 24, 2023

Texas has Escalated Measures to Keep Migrants from Entering the U.S.

Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private ... more

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Governor of Texas Abbott calls on courts to uphold Title 42 Governor of Texas Abbott calls on courts to uphold Title 42
Immigration December 19, 2022

Governor of Texas Abbott calls on courts to uphold Title 42

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's "This ... more

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Terry Cortez: “The challenge is to vote, vote, and vote.” Terry Cortez: “The challenge is to vote, vote, and vote.”
Immigration February 21, 2025

Terry Cortez: “The challenge is to vote, vote, and vote.”

For Terry Cortez, there is only one option to change things: political ... more

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Terry Cortez: “People are scared. This feels like another pandemic.” Terry Cortez: “People are scared. This feels like another pandemic.”
California June 10, 2025

Terry Cortez: “People are scared. This feels like another pandemic.”

"People who can are staying home. They're afraid of running into immigration ... more

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Tech layoffs push H-1B visa workers into limbo Tech layoffs push H-1B visa workers into limbo
Immigration December 7, 2022

Tech layoffs push H-1B visa workers into limbo

Sweeping layoffs in tech are leaving thousands of people holding H-1B work ... more

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Take Our Jobs: The Day Senator Alex Padilla Lived the Grueling Life of a Farmworker Take Our Jobs: The Day Senator Alex Padilla Lived the Grueling Life of a Farmworker
Immigration July 11, 2025

Take Our Jobs: The Day Senator Alex Padilla Lived the Grueling Life of a Farmworker

Someone forgot to educate U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins about the skills ... more

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ICE Moves In, Jazz Fades Out: The Soul of New Orleans at Risk ICE Moves In, Jazz Fades Out: The Soul of New Orleans at Risk
Immigration December 1, 2025

ICE Moves In, Jazz Fades Out: The Soul of New Orleans at Risk

Around 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a monthslong immigration ... more

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Suspected U.S. Citizen Smuggler Arrested While Transporting a Dozen Migrants Suspected U.S. Citizen Smuggler Arrested While Transporting a Dozen Migrants
Immigration August 28, 2025

Suspected U.S. Citizen Smuggler Arrested While Transporting a Dozen Migrants

A U.S. citizen allegedly tasked by smugglers with making multiple trips to ... more

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Surveillance State: ICE Uses Financial Transfers to Track Immigrants Surveillance State: ICE Uses Financial Transfers to Track Immigrants
Immigration August 25, 2025

Surveillance State: ICE Uses Financial Transfers to Track Immigrants

Court records confirm what civil liberties advocates long warned would happen: Immigration ... more

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Surge in Ankle Monitor Use for Migrants Outside Detention, ICE Data Shows Surge in Ankle Monitor Use for Migrants Outside Detention, ICE Data Shows
Immigration September 15, 2025

Surge in Ankle Monitor Use for Migrants Outside Detention, ICE Data Shows

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is increasing the use of ankle monitors, ... more

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Supreme Court says White House Can Continue to Set Deportation Priorities Supreme Court says White House Can Continue to Set Deportation Priorities
Immigration June 24, 2023

Supreme Court says White House Can Continue to Set Deportation Priorities

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a long-blocked ... more

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Supreme Court Smacks Down Trump’s Power Grab Supreme Court Smacks Down Trump’s Power Grab
Immigration December 23, 2025

Supreme Court Smacks Down Trump’s Power Grab

Supreme Court blocks Trump National Guard deployment, citing limits on presidential power ... more

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Supreme Court Backs Trump in Stripping Legal Status from 300,000 Venezuelans Supreme Court Backs Trump in Stripping Legal Status from 300,000 Venezuelans
Immigration May 19, 2025

Supreme Court Backs Trump in Stripping Legal Status from 300,000 Venezuelans

Thousands of families now face deportation as court clears path to end ... more

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Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border
Immigration January 22, 2024

Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border

A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut ... more