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Being married to a U.S. citizen does not protect an undocumented person from being deported or detained. Even attempting to pursue legal status involves navigating a punishing and expensive ...

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his 1-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a ...

The Trump administration is seemingly pursuing an initiative to have ICE end immigration court cases of certain migrants to ...

Private security at ICE jail in Texas accused of choking a handcuffed detainee - Criminal complaint states officer put enough ...

(DALTON, Ga.) -- The Georgia teen who was arrested in a case of mistaken identity -- and then detained by Immigration and ...