Immigrants sue DHS, ICE over ‘inhumane’ conditions at California detention center

Seven immigrants detained at California’s largest ICE facility filed a federal class-action lawsuit last week against the Department of Home...

Chinese mother’s tearful plea in Texas court sheds light on border desperation

A Chinese woman arrested last week after crossing the Rio Grande wept in federal court as she explained her desperate journey to support her...

Texas student and permanent resident released after prolonged immigration detention

Tae Heung “Will” Kim, who has lived in the U.S. since age 5, was freed on Nov. 15 after almost four months in detention. The Texas A&M r...

He was deported to Laos despite court order blocking removal

A father claiming U.S. citizenship was deported to Laos last month even as a federal judge ordered immigration authorities to keep him in th...

Another Chinese national dies in ICE custody

Another Chinese national died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in late October, contributing to what has become th...

Family sues US government over Chinese immigrant’s death in ICE custody

A Chinese national’s death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody is now the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by his family,...

California immigration detainee alleges sexual abuse by officer

A 28-year-old immigration detainee identified only as “E” has reportedly filed a $10 million federal complaint alleging repeated sexual assa...

Laotian man has spent months in ICE custody despite seeking to self-deport

A 56-year-old Colorado refugee who wants to return to Laos has spent nearly three months in immigration detention, highlighting potential dy...

South Korean workers prepare class action suit after Georgia ICE raid

Nearly 200 South Korean engineers detained at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia in September intend to sue Immigration...

ICE has detained over 170 US citizens in its immigration sweeps: report

More than 170 U.S. citizens were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) between January and early October, a ProPublica inves...

Border Patrol, ICE sued over escalating tactics in Chicago crackdown

Federal immigration officers deploying chemicals against Chicago protesters are using tactics that experts say breach professional norms and...

Hmong refugee pardoned by Michigan governor still faces deportation to Laos

A gubernatorial pardon in Michigan has not ended the deportation threat for Lue Yang, a 47-year-old Hmong refugee and community leader who r...

New York AG launches portal to report ICE following Chinatown raid

New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James has opened a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” to collect photos and videos of possible violations during ...

Federal raid on Manhattan’s Chinatown sparks fear among Asian Americans

Federal agents targeting street vendors in Manhattan’s Chinatown earlier this week detained nine immigrants on counterfeiting charges, an en...

Vietnamese mother released after 154 days in ICE detention

A Maryland woman separated from her four children for 154 days under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign reunited with her ...

ICE plans round-the-clock social media surveillance of immigrants, activists

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is establishing dedicated social media surveillance teams at two facilities, with plans to hire ne...

ICE tickets legal resident for not carrying papers — are Asian Americans next?

A 60-year-old lawful permanent resident received a $130 ticket from immigration agents in Chicago last week for not carrying his green card,...

Indian national detained by ICE upon release from 43 years of wrongful imprisonment

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers immediately took an Indian national into custody on Oct. 3 after he left a Pennsylvania p...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after arrest over ‘Opium’ perfume

An Indian immigrant detained by ICE after Arkansas police mistook his bottle of “Opium” perfume for narcotics is pleading with federal autho...

US Army vet sues Pennsylvania police over ICE protest arrest

A Filipino American and Mexican American business owner filed a federal lawsuit last week against Pennsylvania police following his arrest d...

Chinese national dies in ICE custody

An undocumented Chinese national died at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Calexico, California, on Sept. 2...

Apple caves to Trump by removing ICEBlock app

An app used to report possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement sightings was removed from Apple’s App Store on Oct. 2 after the Trump ad...

Immigrants with no criminal records now the majority in US immigration detention

Immigrants with no criminal records now form the majority of people detained nationwide, according to the latest ICE data. The change contra...

South Koreans detail alleged mistreatment during ICE detention

South Korean workers detained in the largest-ever Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) enforcement operation at a Hyundai battery plant in...

FilAm assemblyman Steven Raga among 71 arrested at Manhattan ICE protest

Assemblyman Steven Raga, the first Filipino American elected to the New York State Legislature, was arrested last week during a protest at 2...

Filipino seafarers deported from US say they were coerced

The U.S. has so far deported at least 93 Filipino seafarers this year over alleged child pornography offenses despite no criminal charges be...

California bans masked ICE agents

California lawmakers passed legislation that would prohibit most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from coveri...

Trump admin rushes to mend ties with South Korea after Hyundai raid

The Trump administration is working to repair diplomatic relations with South Korea as the latter prepares to investigate alleged human righ...

South Korean workers return home after Georgia Hyundai raid

South Korean workers detained in last week’s immigration raid at a Hyundai manufacturing facility in Georgia returned home Thursday evening,...

Supreme Court OKs racial profiling by ICE

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision Monday lifted restrictions on federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, sparking fears among communities of...

ICE’s largest HSI raid ever detains mostly South Koreans at Georgia Hyundai plant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 475 people — most being South Korean nationals — at a Hyundai facility in Georgia ...

Afghanistan war vet arrested and charged for protesting ICE

The arrest of an Indian American Afghanistan war veteran on federal conspiracy charges for participating in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, ...

ICE poised to deploy Israeli spyware amid immigration crackdown

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reactivated a $2 million contract with Israeli spyware company Paragon, giving the ag...

Utah community mobilizes violinist detained by ICE

A violinist in Utah performing with major orchestras has been detained by ICE, sparking an outpouring of support from fellow musicians and c...

Former Japanese American WWII camp is now the country’s largest immigration detention center

The Trump administration has opened the country’s largest immigration detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, a former military ba...

Boston Mayor Wu to ICE: ‘We will not back down’

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has reaffirmed her commitment to protecting the city’s immigrant community after ICE threatened to boost enforcemen...