Immigration

November 13, 2018 at 8:05 am

US hardens border at Tijuana to prepare for migrant caravan VIEW

IXTLAN DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. government said it was starting work Tuesday to "harden" the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare...

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A group of Central American migrants resume their journey north after leaving the temporary shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium, in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. About 500 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg of their journey to the U.S. border, while thousands more were waiting one day more at the stadium. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) ABD104 ABD104

November 8, 2018 at 9:41 pm

Hundreds of migrants leave Mexico City headed for border VIEW

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 900 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg...

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One man was fatally shot and a second man was injured in a shooting at this Motel 6 in SeaTac late Wednesday, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The motel is at 18900 47th Street South in SeaTac. The second man injured in the shooting told deputies that he had been shot in the back while exiting a motel-room shower.

November 6, 2018 at 7:58 pm

Motel 6 agrees to pay $8.9 million to settle claims it helped ICE arrest Latino guests

Of the $8.9 million that Motel 6 agreed to pay, up to $7.6 million would go to plaintiffs across the country, said the head of...

November 6, 2018 at 10:27 am

Big Tech pushes back against ‘dramatic increase’ in H-1B visa denials

Industry group Compete America said in a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration that the agency’s approach to deciding who gets an H-1B was “leaving...

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Luis Bracamontes smiles as the verdict is read that he will receive the death penalty in the murders of Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County Det. Michael Davis Jr. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in Sacramento, Calif. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/TNS) 1244656 1244656

November 5, 2018 at 11:08 am

NBC, Fox and Facebook stop running Trump caravan ad criticized as racist

NBC aired the 30-second prime-time ad in the middle of a highly anticipated “Sunday Night Football” broadcast, but said Monday that it would stop running...

November 2, 2018 at 10:45 am

Immigration agency: Jail freed man later charged with murder

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers have accused authorities in Oregon of preventing them from taking a Mexican national into custody before he was released...

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Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, get a ride on the bed of a semi flat bed trailer, in Donaji, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The migrants had already made a grueling 40-mile (65-kilometer) trek from Juchitan, Oaxaca, on Thursday, after they failed to get the bus transportation they had hoped for. But hitching rides allowed them to get to Donaji early, and some headed on to a town even further north, Sayula. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MXMU117 MXMU117

November 1, 2018 at 9:34 pm

Migrants’ hopes dashed in Mexico when bus offer reversed WATCH

DONAJI, Mexico (AP) — After three grueling weeks walking along highways and hitching rides, thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan through southern...

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Former Iraqi refugee Nadeen Yousef creates hand crafts to sell at the West Side Bazaar, where refugees sell clothes, crafts and food, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. Thousands of refugees have settled in Buffalo in recent years even as others have left the city. Some locals worry that the Trump administration’s policies reducing the numbers of new arrivals will harm the city’s economy. (AP Photo/ Michael Hill)

November 1, 2018 at 5:52 pm

Trump refugee cuts slow resurgence of cities like Buffalo

More than 12,000 refugees arrived in the Buffalo area in 10 years, helping stymie decades of population loss. But as the Trump administration throttles the...

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November 1, 2018 at 3:12 pm

In migrant caravan, kids and parents struggle with long trek VIEW

NILTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Toddlers slump in strollers bouncing across the rough asphalt, and infants only a few weeks old jiggle in their fathers' arms....

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks on illegal immigration and border security on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) 1244361 1244361

November 1, 2018 at 2:30 pm

Trump implores Missouri voters to dump McCaskill for Hawley VIEW

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump implored voters on Thursday to reject Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and to instead install a Republican in her...

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