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News Articles: Immigration

A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Monday.

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  • World

U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

Experts believe the self-deportation offer will only appeal to a small portion of migrants already considering return, but unlikely to spur high demand.

May 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir in the old city of Ahmedabad, in western India, is seen by worshippers as a place where prayers to obtain visas to Western countries are answered.

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  • Asia

Indians still pray at 'visa temples' after the U.S. deported migrants in chains

Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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  • History

Who's eligible for birthright citizenship in America? Find out in this history quiz

Who was Wong Kim Ark and what is the story behind the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark? Find out here, and listen to a full episode to learn more.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Anya Steinberg and
  • Shajia Abidi
Argentina's President Javier Milei greets supporters during the closing campaign rally for Manuel Adorni, a contender in the upcoming elections for the Buenos Aires city legislature, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

Argentina orders immigration crackdown with decree to 'make Argentina great again'

In a country that has long prided itself on its openness to immigrants, the declaration drew criticism from the Argentine president's opponents and prompted comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump.

May 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front.

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  • USPS

Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S.

The decision comes after the acting IRS commissioner resigned over a deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification.

May 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference, ahead of the publication of the government's immigration policy paper, in London, Monday.

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  • Europe

With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders'

Taking a page from President Trump's playbook, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced visa restrictions, using language his critics said was dangerous.

May 12, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
An asylum seeker with a canceled appointment to enter the United States waits to speak to a Mexican immigration official as he reviews the CBP One app at the El Chaparral border crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico, in January 2025.

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  • National

Trump offers $1,000 incentive to migrants who leave the country voluntarily

The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more "dignified" way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Spectators watch a horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 30, 2025. Junior Alvarado, a jockey from Venezuela, makes his way to second place before crossing the finish line.

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  • National

The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of 'Latino excellence'

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.

May 04, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Protesters gather outside federal court during a hearing with lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities, in Boston.

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  • National

Appeals court pauses Tufts student's transfer to Vermont in immigration detention case

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a three-judge panel would hear arguments on May 6 in the case of Rumeysa Ozturk. She's been detained for five weeks as of Tuesday.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Signs direct traffic to the immigration court parking lot in Chicago, Ill., in August 2024.

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  • Law

Trump wants to bypass immigration courts. Experts warn it's a 'slippery slope.'

The administration's recent actions to fire immigration judges and other steps are chipping away at what was already an imperfect system in administrative courts.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Demonstrators gather to protest on Thursday against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York City.

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  • Law

U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'

The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.

April 26, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Senate Democrats

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  • News

Georgia Democrats propose legislation aimed to protect citizens from deportation

Georgia Senate Democrats say they will take action at the state level to attempt to protect U.S. citizens and those legally in the country from deportation.

Georgia Democrats propose legislation aimed to protect citizens from deportation

April 23, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
After waiting in a queue, people are led into a downtown Chicago building where an immigration court presides, Nov. 12, 2024.

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  • Law

Trump fires more immigration judges even as he aims to increase deportations

Getting rid of judges adds to criticism of the Trump administration for not giving migrants or noncitizens enough due process before they're deported.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
In her earliest memories, A sensed a difference between her and her white parents. Yet, she also remembers feeling special, chosen and cared for.

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  • National

She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport

Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.

April 20, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington on Oct. 18, 2018.

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  • News

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act

In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas "until further order of this court."

April 20, 2025
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  • Jasmine Garsd
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