Immigration

Elected leaders from across the country, including in the D.C. area, received letters threatening legal action regarding their immigration policies. America First Legal, run by one of President-elect Donald Trump’s advisors, Stephen Miller, notified about 250 elected officials they could face legal consequences for interfering with or impeding federal immigration enforcement. Miller previously promised what he called “the largest...

Elected leaders from across the country, including the D.C. metropolitan area, are receiving letters threatening legal action regarding their immigration policies. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The driver who killed at least 14 people and injured 30 was from Texas and was a U.S. citizen.

The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration over contentious policies.

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

The battle over immigration enforcement in San Diego County has drawn national attention, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – and his promise of mass deportations – draw closer.

Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials.

The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.

The H1-B program allows American employers to sponsor visas for highly skilled workers from overseas who cannot be easily found in the American workforce.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.

The nonprofit cafe Emma’s Torch, which opened in D.C. earlier this year, offers paid job training and English lessons for refugees. News4’s Aimee Cho speaks to the founder, a trainer and an employee about how it’s going.

Increased deportation flights, including on weekends, and streamlined travel procedures for people sent to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador fueled the increase, ICE said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was following the orders of an immigration judge and the parents decided for the infants to go to Mexico with her.

A group of immigrant activists began a hunger strike Monday, hoping to get President Joe Biden’s administration to renew temporary protected status (TPS), which protects certain migrants from deportation. The eight-day hunger strike calls attention TPS that’s set to expire for many Central American migrant groups after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump repeatedly has pledged to carry out...

A group of immigrant activists began a hunger strike Monday, hoping to get President Joe Biden’s administration to renew temporary protected status (TPS), which protects certain migrants from deportation. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

The Republican governor will seek legislative approval for a policy that would cut off funding to law enforcement agencies and jails that do not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers.

Virginia’s governor announced a plan to ban so-called “sanctuary cities,” in a policy that would cut off funding to law enforcement agencies and jails that don’t cooperate with ICE detainers. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations.