Sponsor a migrant child, and ICE may be waiting

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested undocumented relatives who stepped forward to sponsor children in federal she...

Mamdani vows to fight Trump rule tying green cards to benefit use

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to fight a new Trump administration rule indicating that an applicant’s use of Medicaid, food s...

He fled China’s crackdown on lawyers for America’s rule of law. Now ICE has him

A Chinese human rights lawyer who escaped Beijing’s crackdown on his profession said he came to the U.S. trusting in its rule of law, ahead ...

ICE agents leave Asian man cuffed, screaming at Las Vegas airport before vanishing

A 57-year-old Asian man was left handcuffed and screaming on an airport floor in Las Vegas after two plainclothes ICE agents abandoned him f...

Feds sued over handling of Hmong man dragged from St. Paul home in underwear

Minnesota’s Ramsey County has sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for allegedly refusing to cooperate with its investigation into...

Trump backs ICE traffic stops after deadly week for immigrants

President Donald Trump has overruled his administration’s day-old decision to halt most Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle...

ICE arrests over 10,000 in five days

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 10,000 people over five days at the end of June, roughly doubling its daily arr...

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to end TPS

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday to allow the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Hait...

Asian Americans slam $70 billion ICE funding that continues ‘terrorizing our communities’

Asian American lawmakers and advocacy groups condemned Congress’ approval of a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, saying it gives ...

Most AAPI adults say America has lost its standing as a place for immigrants: poll

Most Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults say the U.S. no longer lives up to its reputation as a place where immigrants can bui...

Business lobbying, court ruling rattle Trump’s green card crackdown

A federal court ruling and an unreported corporate lobbying effort have thrown the Trump administration’s green card crackdown into fresh un...

Trump admin walks back green card memo as Asian backlogs loom

The Trump administration is downplaying a new green card policy memo that immigration advocates warn could push hundreds of thousands of ...

Andy Kim pepper-sprayed by ICE at Newark detention protest

U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Monday as he tried to defuse a confrontat...

Asian immigrants weigh exit plans as legal ground shifts

Court rulings, executive orders and enforcement campaigns are making immigration status feel increasingly conditional for Asian immigrants a...

Fewer migrants see America as their future amid tougher US immigration policies

Global interest in moving permanently to the U.S. has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two decades as the Trump administration expands i...

Most Asian and Pacific Islanders detained by ICE had no criminal history, report finds

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven...

Trump admin targets nearly 400 citizens in unprecedented denaturalization push

Federal prosecutors are being mobilized nationwide to pursue citizenship revocation against nearly 400 naturalized Americans, the latest mov...

Asian surnames now fastest-growing in US as immigration reshapes population

Asian last names dominated the list of fastest-growing surnames in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, a trend linked to a broader demographic t...

Second Southeast Asian detainee dies at Indiana ICE facility in 2 months

A Vietnamese immigrant died at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana on April 1, the same facility where a Cambodian detainee died in F...

Over 11,000 US kids had a parent detained by ICE under Trump, analysis finds

Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of h...

AAPIs hold deeply unfavorable views of ICE, say Trump hurts economy: poll

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are far more skeptical of federal immigration enforcement than the broader U.S. public...

Senior art student detained by ICE in NYC, held in Louisiana

A University at Buffalo (UB) fine arts student has been detained by immigration agents after appearing at a scheduled court hearing in New Y...

ICE arrests of Asian and Pacific Islanders have nearly quadrupled under Trump, new report finds

President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are exacting a quantifiable toll on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities regardles...

Nashville journalist who covers ICE gets detained herself

A Colombian-born journalist who covers immigration enforcement in Nashville now finds herself in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) c...

Trump fires Noem as Homeland Security secretary

After months of criticism against her leadership, President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week, making her...

Calls grow for investigation into death of blind Burmese refugee after Border Patrol release

Calls for accountability are mounting weeks after a nearly blind Burmese refugee was found dead on a street in Buffalo, New York, five days ...

Lawmakers reintroduce bill to protect Southeast Asian refugees from deportation

Asian American lawmakers are leading a push to shield Southeast Asian refugees from deportation as the Trump administration continues its dr...

Democrats launch Lunar New Year ads hitting Trump on tariffs, immigration

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is rolling out a four-figure digital advertisin...

US cities press forward with Lunar New Year celebrations amid immigration crackdown

Major cities across the country are preparing to welcome the Year of the Horse with vibrant Lunar New Year festivities, even as the Trump ad...

Trump’s immigration crackdown ending in Minnesota

The Trump administration is finally ending its controversial immigration operation in Minnesota, a weeks-long crackdown that claimed the liv...

Chinese whistleblower granted asylum after exposing Xinjiang abuses

Chinese dissident Guan Heng was scheduled to be released from immigration custody on Tuesday after a federal judge granted him asylum last w...

St. Paul Mayor Her responds to subpoena amid immigration enforcement probe

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her said she will comply with a Justice Department subpoena served as part of a federal investigation into whether Min...

ICE just forced an Asian US citizen in his underwear out of his Minnesota home at gunpoint. You could be next

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue aggressive door-to-door operations in Minnesota, using racial profiling to target ...

Border Patrol detained a man over his accent. For Asian immigrants, it’s an alarm bell

Border Patrol agents detained a U.S. passport holder based solely on his accent in Minneapolis last week, raising concerns about expanded ra...

Trump’s America just hit a migration milestone no one wanted. For Asian Americans, the implications are profound

Over 100,000 visas were canceled by the State Department throughout 2025, setting an unprecedented record with more than double the 40,000 r...

Trump admin suspends visa applications from 75 countries

The Trump administration will halt immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries starting Jan. 21. About the policy: A State De...