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Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools and hospitals
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, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals or events such as funerals, weddings and public demonstrations without approval from supervisors, according to three sources familiar with the plan.
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Federal judge blocks Obamacare coverage for DACA recipients in 19 states
A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
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Trump pick to head ICE is agency vet who will be able to start deportation effort on day one
Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-level posts have been outsiders, often with Fox News appearances as key qualifications. But to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump went a different route.
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6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in 2021 Mexico bus crash that killed dozens
United States and Guatemalan authorities have announced the arrest of six people charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants.
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Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration and border team is filling out.
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Incoming Trump administration plans to deport some migrants to countries other than their own
The transition team is preparing a list of countries to which migrants might be deported when their home countries refuse to accept them, three sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.
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Texas is offering land for Trump mass deportation facilities
The state’s land commissioner bought a 1,402-acre plot on the Rio Grande and has offered it to the incoming Trump administration for immigrant detention centers.
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Trump says Mexico's president promised to close the border. She begs to differ.
Amid threats of new tariffs, the incoming U.S. president said Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop migration.”
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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?
Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents. That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job....
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What is birthright citizenship, and what would it take for Trump to end it?
According to Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, the President-elect announced his plan to “sign an executive order on Day One to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”
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What is birthright citizenship?
Two experts explain the origins of birthright citizenship and what it would take to change it in the US.
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Jose Ibarra found guilty of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
Jose Antonio Ibarra was convicted on Wednesday in a case that became focal to the immigration debate ahead of the presidential election.
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‘ICE out of Arlington': Fiery debate over whether policy change will help or hurt immigrants
The Arlington County Board’s decision to change the rules for how police collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement sparked heated debate. Board members say they tightened rules to protect migrants, but some in the community believe the change will help the President-elect Donald Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation. “We demand ICE out of Arlington,” people chanted at the...
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Arlington debates police and ICE collaboration
There is heated debate in Arlington over the county board’s decision to change the rules for how police collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.
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Montgomery County introduces immigrant safety bill
Montgomery County lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would remove barriers for immigrants who have been victims of crimes to apply for a special kind of visa. News4’s Mauricio Casillas explains who could be impacted by the bill.
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DC and immigrant detention centers under Trump: What we know so far
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the incoming administration is looking at how to reopen, expand or build immigrant detention centers near major cities, including D.C., sources told NBC News.
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Trump administration eyes new immigrant detention centers
President-elect Donald Trump promised mass deportations during his campaign, and sources familiar with the plan tell NBC News the incoming administration is already making plans. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major US cities
The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.
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Trump may deport hundreds of thousands of migrants whom Biden allowed to legally enter US
President-elect Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden Administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, NBC News has learned.
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Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.