Hurricane Sally makes landfall near Alabama as a Category 2 storm
Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims in Georgia
Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously Tuesday to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.
Nurse questions medical care at immigration jail in Georgia
An immigration detention center in Georgia performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records, according to a nurse quoted in a complaint filed Monday.
Appeals court reverses injunction blocking removal of protected immigrant groups
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday reversed a 2018 preliminary injunction that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from terminating "temporary protected status" designations that allowed an estimated 400,000 immigrants from six countries to remain in the U.S.
'I want to be with my family': Central American refugees delayed by Trump, then by COVID-19 pandemic
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only about 338 of the 2,700 Central Americans approved to come to the U.S. through a small refugee program have been able to travel.
California judge orders virus testing at immigration center
At least 54 of the 104 detained people remaining at the facility are positive for the virus.
10-year-old Yemeni girl once stranded in Egypt reunited with family in San Francisco
Raghad’s mothers and siblings’ visas were set to expire on in early July, and so they were forced to leave the 10-year-old behind with their neighbors.
Biden says border wall construction will stop if he’s elected president
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that while he won’t tear down President Trump’s much-touted wall along the United States’ southern border with Mexico, he also won’t continue construction of the barrier if he’s elected president in November.
Executive order on H-1B visas
An interview with a Bay Area immigration attorney on the new executive order on H-1B visas.
Supreme Court denies request to halt construction of the border wall
A number of groups, including the ACLU and Sierra Club, had asked the high court to get involved again after the justices last year cleared the way for the administration to use military funds for construction while the case played out in the courts.
Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications
The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.
Newsom: CA must protect essential workers, coronavirus disproportionately affects Latino community
"This is where we're seeing the spread," Gov. Gavin Newsom said, "in the LatinX community. They are the bedrock and backbone of our essential workforce."
Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled
The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels before deporting them to their home countries.
Hundreds of universities back lawsuit over new restrictions on foreign students
More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new restrictions on international students, arguing that the policy jeopardizes students’ safety and forces schools to reconsider fall plans they have spent months preparing.
Harvard, MIT sue US government over new ICE rule for international students
"By all appearances, ICE's decision reflects an effort by the federal government to force universities to reopen in-person classes," Harvard wrote in a press release. "The effect — and perhaps even the goal — is to create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible."
Poignant stories flood in as California's undocumented immigrants seek funds
The calls were so voluminous that on the first day the funds were available, the lines crashed at Catholic Charities, prompting the phone provider to ask: Are you under attack?
California's relief program to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic ends
Brooks Jarosz reports.
Justices boost Trump administration's power in asylum cases
The high court’s 7-2 ruling applies to people who are picked up at or near the border and who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.
Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants
The administration cast the effort as a way to free up jobs in an economy reeling from the coronavirus.
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA after Supreme Court ruling
President Donald Trump tweeted Friday morning that will renew his effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked first try.