Immigration
Trump Had A Mandate To Target All Undocumented Immigrants For Arrest. ICE Has A New Plan To Change That.
Trump's 2017 directive had made basically any undocumented immigrant a target for arrest, but a new proposal would focus on those suspected of being a national security threat and others.
The Director Of The Nation’s Immigration Courts Has Stepped Down
During James McHenry's tenure, the Trump administration executed a monumental overhaul of the way immigration judges worked.
Biden Has Rescinded A Trump Order That Made Nearly Every Undocumented Immigrant A Priority For Arrest
Under Trump, the proportion of immigrants with no prior criminal convictions who were being arrested and placed into deportation proceedings shot up.
US Officials Admitted They Violated A Court Order When They Expelled 32 Immigrant Children To Guatemala
After BuzzFeed News reports on how the hectic day unfolded, government attorneys say they will work to bring the children back to the US as soon as possible.
A 9-Year-Old Boy Is Set To Be Separated From His Brother By Immigration Authorities
Attorneys said paperwork issues with the older brother's visa resulted in CBP trying to deport him and send the 9-year-old to a US shelter.
The DHS Has Signed Unusual Agreements With States That Could Hamper Biden’s Future Immigration Policies
“This is just another last-ditch effort to try and ingrain a reckless hyper enforcement system," one legal expert said.
Top Justice Department Officials Pushed To Separate Immigrant Families Despite Knowing It Would Be Hard To Reunite Them
"We need to take away children."
A New ICE Policy As Trump Is About To Leave Office Could Make It Harder For Immigrant Children To Get Asylum
“If implemented aggressively, this policy could significantly decrease the number of children who ultimately receive asylum in the United States,” one expert said.
Biden's Team Warned That He Won't Be Able To Change All Of Trump's Immigration Policies Overnight
The presidential transition team laid out several priorities, such as revising who can make an asylum claim first and ending what they call artificial capacity limits that restrict how many immigrants can be processed at the border.
Immigrant Families Are Being Deported Without Their Asylum Claims Heard Lawfully, Advocates Say
"These are refugees who are being sent back to the same situation they fled from," an immigration attorney told BuzzFeed News.
The Supreme Court Put Off Ruling On Trump’s Final Push To Use The Census To Target Undocumented Immigrants
The court’s conservative justices agreed with the administration that a legal challenge was “premature.” The liberal justices dissented.
How ICE Became The Face Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown And Where It Goes From Here After Biden Is In Charge
"ICE put their MAGA hat on. They’re gonna try to take it off come January, but I don’t know how successful that will be."
A Federal Judge Has Ordered The Trump Administration To Fully Restore DACA
The order would fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which the Trump administration tried to end in 2017.
ICE Expelled 32 Immigrant Children Back To Guatemala After A Judge Said They Couldn't
“It is unconscionable that they are leaving the kids there and that they did not immediately bring them back,” one immigration analyst said.
Biden Has Picked A Cuban Immigrant And Former Obama-Era Official To Lead DHS
"When I was very young, the United States provided my family and me a place of refuge. Now, I have been nominated to be the DHS Secretary and oversee the protection of all Americans and those who flee persecution in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones."
Immigrant Children Who Were Denied The Chance To Request Asylum Under An Illegal Rule Are Facing Deportation
"I don't want to spend another Christmas in this detention center."
ICE Arrested More Than 150 Immigrants In A Nationwide Sweep
The operation targeted immigrants who officials say had promised to leave the US but did not.
Immigration Officials Have Been Told Not To Communicate With Joe Biden's Transition Team
“It’s disturbing and disheartening," one agency official told BuzzFeed News.
ICE Is Trying To Deport Immigrant Women Who Witnessed Alleged Misconduct By A Gynecologist, Attorneys Say
"It's as if ICE is trying to clear house before the new administration comes in by deporting as many of these witnesses as soon as possible."
Immigrants Stuck On The Mexican Side Of The Border Are Celebrating Biden's Win
Thousands of immigrants sent back to Mexico by the Trump administration hope Joe Biden will make good on his promise to end the policy that has forced them to wait in dangerous border cities.
Think You’re Tense? Try Being A DACA Recipient Watching Election Night.
"There's so much at stake here.”
A Judge Blocked A Trump Policy That Allowed Officials To Deny Residency To Immigrants Who Might Use Public Benefits
The policy had allowed officials to deny green cards to immigrants who were deemed likely to use Section 8 housing vouchers, most forms of Medicaid, and other assistance.
More Than 40 Immigrants Have Died In ICE Custody In The Past Four Years. Here Are Thousands Of Records About What Happened.
BuzzFeed News has obtained thousands of pages of documents from internal investigations of deaths of immigrants held in ICE custody.
The "Anonymous” Figure Who Claimed To Be Resisting Trump Actually Defended His Controversial Immigration Policies
“They served as gatekeepers, White House liaisons, executors of policy," one source said of Miles Taylor and his high-ranking DHS colleagues.
Border Officials Turned Away Unaccompanied Immigrant Children More Than 13,000 Times Under Trump’s Pandemic Policy
“This is an enormous number of children who are being summarily sent back without any due process, potentially to serious or fatal danger.”
Detention Facilities For Immigrants Fast-Tracked For Deportation Were Rife With Problems, Inspectors Find
Federal inspectors also found that families were held in Border Patrol custody for longer than a week, well beyond the 72-hour standard for detention.
Trump Said At The Debate That Immigrant Children Detained In Cages Were “So Well Taken Care Of”
"They are so well taken care of. They're in facilities that were so clean."
Lawyers Can't Find The Parents Of More Than 500 Immigrant Children Who Were Separated By The Trump Administration
"People are constantly asking me when we will find all the families and I unfortunately do not know."
Endless Waits At An Immigrant Camp On The Mexico Border Are Pushing Desperate People To Make Tough Choices
"They've lost hope in the system and are abandoning their entire asylum case in favor of human smugglers."
ICE Arrested More Than 100 Immigrants In California Weeks Before The Presidential Election
The arrests were the latest effort by ICE to target the state and its policies that reduce the cooperation between local police and federal agents when it comes to immigration enforcement.