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Boston
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...
Carl Samson
Government
US to vet immigrants for ‘anti-American’ views
The Trump administration has directed immigration officials to screen those applying to work or live in the U.S. for “anti-American ideologi...
Education
Trump administration revokes over 6,000 student visas
The Trump administration has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for alleged criminal violations and overstays this year, marking a dramat...
Crime
Undocumented truck driver faces deportation after illegal U-turn kills 3
An undocumented truck driver from Stockton, California, is facing three counts of vehicular homicide and deportation after an unauthorized U...
Over 100 Southeast Asian immigrants deported in recent operations
The Trump administration conducted deportations targeting Southeast Asian immigrants last week, breaking their families apart as they are se...
Trump admin settles immigration cases with dozens of students
The Trump administration has reportedly reached settlement agreements with at least 85 international students, including Dartmouth Ph.D. stu...
College closures loom as international students avoid US
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is driving international students away at an unprecedented scale, with new enrollment proje...
Community
ICE is now arresting community advocates documenting immigration raids
U.S. citizens and community advocates documenting enforcement operations are being increasingly targeted for arrest by federal immigration a...
How the Trump admin uses courthouse dismissals to fast-track deportations
In recent months, the Trump administration has devised an immigration enforcement strategy in which government attorneys seek case dismissal...
Business
ICE raids Asian supermarkets in New York
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a pair of Asia Food Market locations in western New York last Wednesday, making mult...
Korean American researcher held at airport for weeks over decade-old weed conviction
A 40-year-old scientist and legal permanent resident has been detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco Internatio...
Ryan General
US migration may go negative for the 1st time in over 60 years
Net migration to the United States may plunge to its lowest level in decades this year, according to a new report from D.C. think tanks Amer...
Home
Americans’ views on immigration have dramatically shifted, poll shows
A record 79% of Americans now consider immigration beneficial to the country, reversing from 2024 when 55% wanted immigration reduced, accor...
ICE increasingly targeting non-criminals as deportation campaign intensifies
More than half of immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months have no criminal convictions, suggesting...
Editorial Staff
US deports Asians to war-torn South Sudan
The Trump administration deported eight men — including Asian nationals — convicted of serious crimes to conflict-ridden South Sudan last we...
Asian American History
George Takei: Immigrant detentions like WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans
Japanese American activist George Takei, who was incarcerated as a child during World War II, has drawn parallels between the U.S. governmen...
Two dozen Hmong men in Minnesota face deportation
Twenty-four Hmong men who settled in Minnesota decades ago are being held in jails across Minnesota and Iowa as they await deportation to La...
ICE detention funding now 5 times higher than federal prison system budget
Congress has approved a historic $170 billion immigration enforcement package that includes $45 billion to nearly double the nation’s capaci...
Asian immigrants among Guantanamo Bay’s newest detainees
The Trump administration has reportedly broadened the range of nationalities among immigration detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, now includi...
Civil Rights
Asian Americans express solidarity with Latinos amid ICE raids in Los Angeles
Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders are organizing their communities to support Latinos as federal immigration enforcement expands a...
Purple Heart veteran forced to self-deport after 48 years in ‘country that I fought for’
A decorated Army veteran was forced to leave his family in Hawaii for South Korea on Monday after immigration officials ended his deferred a...
Trump admin orders social media checks for foreign students seeking visas
The State Department is requiring all foreign nationals seeking student and exchange visas to make their social media accounts public for go...
Orange County Viet Americans challenge Rep. Derek Tran over his response to ICE raids
Vietnamese American activists in Orange County’s Little Saigon are demanding Rep. Derek Tran take bolder action against federal immigration ...
Trump orders ICE to increase deportations in Democratic cities
President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration officials to focus deportation efforts on Democratic-controlled cities, intensifying ...
Minnesota Hmong American lawmaker responds to backlash over her immigration story
Minnesota State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, one of the nation’s few Hmong American lawmakers, clarified on Monday that she and her...
Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles spark protests nationwide
Federal immigration enforcement operations across Los Angeles on Friday culminating President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard tr...
Boston mayor Wu draws federal backlash for comparing masked ICE agents to neo-Nazis
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is taking heat from federal officials after comparing masked ICE agents to “secret police” and suggesting similarit...
ICE gained backdoor access to nationwide license plate camera network: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has allegedly obtained informal access to a nationwide network of automatic license plate reader (...
Navy vet’s daughter remains in ICE detention despite US citizenship claims
A Filipino woman has been detained at a Georgia immigration facility since March after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested he...
Woman condemns Vietnamese husband’s deportation to South Sudan
A woman in Pierce County, Washington state, has expressed outrage after her husband was unexpectedly deported to South Sudan instead of Viet...
Missouri community rallies behind Chinese woman facing deportation
A Chinese immigrant and mother of three has become the center of a grassroots support campaign after federal agents arrested her during what...
Judge rules Trump admin’s deportation of immigrants to South Sudan violated court order
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration breached his court order when it sent immigrants — including from Asian countr...
Deaf Mongolian man faces deportation without due process
A deaf Mongolian man has spent over 80 days detained at California’s Otay Mesa Detention Center without seeing an immigration judge or acces...
Trump’s attempt to deport Asian immigrants to Libya blocked
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s plan to deport Asian immigrants to Libya would violate an existing court ord...
Vietnamese refugee suffering from dementia dies in ICE custody in Texas
A 55-year-old Vietnamese refugee with dementia reportedly died of natural causes while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cus...
Indonesian father faces possible deportation after secret visa revocation
An Indonesian man is now facing possible deportation as he remains detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after agents secret...
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