Survivors of Smuggling Trip Could Gain Entry to U.S. by Becoming Witnesses

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 26, 2017 As the authorities work to identify the immigrants who died in an overheated tractor-trailer in Texas and investigate the smuggling network that put them there, attention is now turning to another complicated question: What...

Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 1, 2017 The Trump administration has begun a new tactic to crack down on illegal immigration, this time arresting undocumented parents suspected of having paid to have their children ushered into the country by smugglers. When...

39 Members of MS-13 Are Arrested, Authorities Say

The brutal gang, with roots in Central America, is thought to be responsible for 17 murders since 2016 in Suffolk County, on Long Island.

Torture Victim, Expecting a U.S. Handshake, Was Given Handcuffs Instead

A man who had been beaten and jailed by Venezuelan security agents fled to the United States, but was arrested when he arrived at an asylum interview in Miami.

A Woman Long at Risk of Deportation Gains a Reprieve

A federal judge says Jessica Colotl, a Mexican who came to the United States when she was 11, can stay while an application to renew her protected status is reconsidered.

Fake ICE Notices Urge Washington Residents to Report ‘Illegal Aliens’

By JACEY FORTIN June 3, 2017 Richard Byrne first saw the posters in his Washington, D.C., neighborhood on Thursday morning as he walked to a commuter train station. The text-heavy fliers, plastered on streetlight poles and at bus stops, urged residents to...