Immigration
The US Says Immigrants Can Be Denied Citizenship Over "Marijuana-Related Activities," Even In States Where It's Legal
"Federal law does not recognize the decriminalization of marijuana for any purpose, even in places where state or local law does.”
Adolfo Flores
Inside The San Diego Church Where ICE And Border Patrol Bring Pregnant Women
For years, ICE and Border Patrol dropped off pregnant women at Christ Ministry Center. Now, as a record number of families are overwhelming the border, the church is overcrowded and being shut down.
Ema O'Connor
The FBI Has Arrested The Leader Of An Armed Militia Detaining Migrants At The Border
“This is a dangerous felon who should not have weapons around children and families."
Adolfo Flores
Ben Carson Wants To Evict Families With Undocumented Immigrants From Public Housing
Carson says the new rule will reduce long waitlists for public housing for citizens. Housing advocates say all it will do is split up families with mixed immigration status.
Nidhi Prakash
A Torture Survivor Was Kept In Detention For More Than 13 Weeks Despite Several Suicide Attempts
Exclusive: Official figures reveal a mental health crisis in Britain's immigration detention estate, as the number of people on suicide watch grew by 5% in 2018, to 541 people.
Emily Dugan
Trump Is Threatening To Ship Undocumented Immigrants To Sanctuary Cities
President Trump's comments Friday came after a report that he had floated the idea as a form of political retribution.
Hamed Aleaziz
An ICE Official Who Said Detention Was "More Like Summer Camp" Will Now Lead The Agency
“It’s hard to imagine what’s tougher than what Nielsen and Vitiello were doing, but assuming there is such a thing, Matt is certainly up to the task," said a former senior ICE official.
Hamed Aleaziz
A Record Number Of Migrant Families Are Showing Up At The Border Despite Trump's Crackdown On Immigration
Officials said more than 53,000 families trying to cross the southern border were apprehended in March, the highest number since records began.
Adolfo Flores
Trump's Policy Of Forcing Asylum-Seekers To Wait In Mexico Has Been Blocked By A Federal Judge
The decision represents the latest in a string of federal court rulings blocking sweeping immigration changes instituted by the Trump administration.
Hamed Aleaziz
Trump Bumped His ICE Director From A Border Visit. Instead, He Appeared With An ICE Official Who Led Effort To Split The Agency.
Emails obtained by BuzzFeed News show the ICE agent led an effort last year to break up the agency as it faced intense criticism for carrying out Trump's immigration policy.
Hamed Aleaziz
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Has Resigned
Nielsen became the face of the administration’s policy of separating families trying to cross the southern border. The head of Customs and Border Protection will become acting secretary.
Tarini Parti
This Landmark Case Will Decide Whether Aboriginal Australians Who Aren't Citizens Can Be Deported
Lawyers for Daniel Love and Brendan Thoms argue they can't be considered "alien" under the Australian Constitution.
Hannah Ryan
"This Is Not Something I Would Normally Do": People Are Scrambling To Help As Thousands Of Migrants Are Released At The Border
Overwhelmed by an unprecedented surge of migrants released at the southern border, volunteers and nonprofit groups are struggling to provide the most basic help.
Adolfo Flores
A Fox News Contributor Was Mocked For Wearing What Looked Like A Tiny Bulletproof Vest At The Border
Lawrence Jones defended his use of the vest Thursday on Hannity while wearing an even bigger vest.
Salvador Hernandez
Trump Visited The Border To Celebrate His "New Wall." It Actually Dates Back To The Obama Era.
"Just checked out the new Wall on the Border - GREAT!"
Adolfo Flores
Trump Suddenly Withdrew His Nominee To Lead The Top Immigration Enforcement Agency, Saying He Wants Someone “Tougher”
Unlike past nominees, Ron Vitiello avoided making controversial statements about cracking down on undocumented immigrants. He’s also criticized Trump in the past.
Hamed Aleaziz
Homeland Security Staffers Were Warned Not To Leak Information Or Face Legal Consequences
A senior agency official warned in a department-wide email that employees could potentially face criminal, civil, or administrative consequences for leaking information.
Hamed Aleaziz
A North Korean Man Who Has Lived In Australia For Over 20 Years Is Fighting Deportation
The man's case was heard in the Federal Court of Australia on Thursday. He says his drug convictions should not mean his visa is cancelled.
Hannah Ryan
ICE Arrested More Than 280 Immigrants In A Texas Raid, The Largest Worksite Sweep In A Decade
The arrests are part of the Trump administration’s renewed focus on cracking down on businesses suspected of employing undocumented workers.
Hamed Aleaziz
Ben Carson Said He Doesn’t Know Why DACA Recipients Are Being Denied Housing Loans His Department Oversees
Carson’s comments came after DACA recipients, lenders, realtors, and industry associations told BuzzFeed News last year that HUD is quietly advising lenders to deny the loans.
Nidhi Prakash
The Trump Administration Wants To Send Hundreds More Asylum-Seekers Back To Mexico Every Day
The plan is a vast expansion of a new and controversial policy enacted in January where asylum-seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are processed in the US.
Hamed Aleaziz
A Vulnerable British Man Has Been Missing Since The Home Office Told Him His Wife Can't Stay In The UK
Carl Allen was devastated when he learnt the Home Office had denied his Jamaican wife of 17 years a visa allowing her to stay in the UK.
Emily Dugan
Trump Falsely Claimed A Migrant Father “Admitted Blame” After His 7-Year-Old Daughter Died In Border Patrol Custody
“I think it’s been very well stated that we’ve done a fantastic job,” Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Salvador Hernandez
“It’s Hell There”: This Is What It’s Like For Immigrants Being Held In A Pen Underneath An El Paso Bridge
US immigration officials are holding hundreds of people in a temporary outdoor detention camp under a Texas bridge, where migrants are surrounded by fencing and sleeping on dirt.
Adolfo Flores
Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There
An alliance of far-right Italian politicians, Putin-affiliated Russians, and anti-LGBT activists from the US are gathering in an Italian city at the heart of the war on women.
J. Lester Feder
Trump Is Threatening To Close The Southern Border. Experts Said That Would Cause An Economic Disaster.
The president’s threat comes as border authorities scramble to deal with an increasing number of immigrant families and children at the border.
Adolfo Flores
Fewer Immigrant Families Will Be Held In Detention Centers As DHS Struggles To Handle An Influx At The Border
“I think it’s just further evidence that CBP and ICE are so overwhelmed by family units that ICE is just stepping out of the processing of families entirely,” one analyst told BuzzFeed News.
Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump Administration Asked To Restart Nearly 20,000 Suspended Immigration Cases — As It Faces An Existing Backlog
“The administration has sought out creative ways to find and remove people already in the system.”
Hamed Aleaziz
Migrant Families Are Being Housed Under A Bridge As The Border Patrol Chief Warns Of An Immigration “Breaking Point”
CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan announced 750 officers will be reassigned to the southern border.
Hamed Aleaziz
Opinion: I Prayed With Migrants. Now The Government Is Tracking Me.
When I see DHS’s photograph of me, with a yellow X like a crosshair across my face, my emotions swing between fury and terror.
Kaji Dousa
