The agreements potentially help the Trump administration address a key sticking point in immigration enforcement since not everyone in the U.S. illegally can be easily sent back home.
Changes to hiring and retention practices grew the department by 19,000 people in four years. But former officials warn that's still not enough for Trump's ambitious policy goals.
This week, some of the first people in Georgia without legal citizenship were reported to be detained by federal agents under Trump’s expedited removal policy, prompting hundreds from the Latino community in Hall County to gather to support each other and speak out against recent federal immigration policy changes.
On the Wednesday, Jan. 29 edition of Georgia Today: President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law; State health officials confirm Georgia's first case of measles for 2025; and the Atlanta Dream signs WNBA superstar Brittney Griner.
Tribal leaders are advising members on what to do if they're approached by federal law enforcement. The guidance follows what tribal leaders call concerning encounters with immigration officials.
President Donald Trump plans to sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation. Trump will sign the immigrant detention measure on Wednesday.
Leaders across DeKalb County are responding to arrests made Sunday, Jan. 26 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chamblee, Brookhaven, Doraville, and Lilburn.
Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry for humanitarian reasons, without having to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally.
Trump campaigned on border security promises, and he and his allies argue that his electoral win is an endorsement of his upcoming actions on the issue.
U.S. Senate Republicans gained more than enough Democratic support Thursday to advance a bill that would greatly expand immigration detention, following a presidential election in which border security was a main theme for President-elect Donald Trump.
President-elect Trump has promised a mass deportation effort to remove the 11 million or so unauthorized migrants living in the U.S. What will such an effort entail?
For months, Donald Trump and his campaign have been promising mass deportations. In a city that has received some 200,000 new migrants in the last two years, that promise has resonated among some.
A ballot measure would give local law enforcement the right to question, arrest, detain and prosecute anyone suspected of having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between legal ports of entry.
