U.S. Citizen Detained by Mistake Sues Miami-Dade Over Immigration Enforcement

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 5, 2017 Immigration lawyers in Miami-Dade County are challenging its practice of jailing people on behalf of federal immigration authorities, in a case that could test the Trump administration’s attempts to pressure so-called...

After Backing Trump, Christians Who Fled Iraq Fall Into His Dragnet

By VIVIAN YEE July 4, 2017 STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — A few Sundays ago, federal immigration agents walked through the doors of handsome houses here in the Detroit suburbs, brushing past tearful children, stunned wives and statuettes of the Virgin Mary...

White House Moves to Carry Out Partial Travel Ban

By GARDINER HARRIS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR June 29, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday moved aggressively to fulfill one of the president’s most contentious campaign promises, banning entry into the United States...

To Make Sense of American Politics, Immigrants Find Clues From Lands They Left

By MANNY FERNANDEZ and DAVID MONTGOMERY June 24, 2017 HOUSTON — Raji Alatassi watched a video clip of that recent cabinet meeting in Washington, in which the top officials in President Trump’s administration took turns heaping...

‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S. for Now, but Long-Term Fate Is Unclear

Leer en español By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and VIVIAN YEE June 16, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump will not immediately eliminate protections for the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small...