Immigration

Kseniia Petrova’s attorney said her previous arrest in Russia and social media activity “will almost certainly ensure a nice, hefty jail sentence for her” if she is deported back.

President Donald Trump’s moves in Washington are being felt in the milking barns of an upstate New York dairy farm. There, AJ Wormuth said he’s already seeing costs go up from Trump’s tariffs while the threat of a wider trade war is driving down the price he gets paid for his cows’ milk. “We’re getting a double whammy — we’re getting...

More than two dozen members of Congress demanded answers for Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by ICE earlier this week.

Maryland lawmakers considered a bill Thursday that would end cooperative agreements between local sheriff’s departments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The legislation is part of an effort by some lawmakers to counter President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts. The bill’s supporters said they want to protect those who live in Maryland no matter where they’re from. The bill’s sponsor, Maryland...

Maryland lawmakers considered a bill Thursday that would end cooperative agreements between local sheriff’s departments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. 

Federal agents swarmed a townhouse in a quiet neighborhood of Dale City, Virginia, and arrested a man who top Trump administration officials accuse of being a leader of the gang MS-13. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Dale City, Virginia, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity. 

A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Virginia early Thursday, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity.

A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody and the timeline of sending her out of state.

The Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved legislation Tuesday that would require D.C. comply with federal immigration laws. H.R. 2056, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., would mandate the District cooperate with immigration enforcement, specifically when noncitizens are held in D.C.’s jail. “My bill enforces the District of Columbia into compliance with federal law,” Higgins said...

H.R. 2056, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., would mandate the District cooperate with immigration enforcement, specifically when noncitizens are held in D.C.’s jail. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the university and her attorney.

Finalizing applications filed by certain immigrants to become legal permanent residents is being put on hold to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January.

More than a hundred students and faculty filled Georgetown University’s Red Square, demanding the release of their teacher and colleague Badar Khan Suri. News4s’s Drew Wilder explains the details. 

The Trump admin invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law.

Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney, who starred in “American Pie Presents: The Book of Love,” is speaking out after she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for nearly two weeks while trying to renew her work visa. The entrepreneur was detained by immigration officials after she attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border on March 3 and reapply for the...

With all the immigration changes the Trump administration has made, some green card holders say they are confused whether they can leave the United States without putting their permanent residency at risk. Social media posts have generated fear among some green card holders about whether or not they risk losing their permanent residency status by traveling outside the U.S....

The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador has vowed to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around. During a hearing Friday, Chief Judge James Boasberg said he is trying to determine if the administration ignored his turnaround order last weekend when at...

Following social media posts on detention when traveling internationally, green card holders fear they might be at risk of deportation or losing their legal status. Sister station Telemundo44’s Catalina Pérez de Armiñán spoke to the community on this fear.