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The Biden administration isn't extending a two-year program for migrants from 4 nations
The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship.
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Biden administration further tightens asylum restrictions at border
The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher.
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Trump points to migrants with criminal pasts. Officials say the data's distorted
Republicans are pointing to newly released immigration enforcement data to bolster their argument that the Biden administration is letting migrants who have committed serious crimes go free, but the numbers have been misconstrued.
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SF public defender wants DA to protect trafficking survivor from deportation
A Honduran man acquitted for selling drugs on the streets of San Francisco is a victim and not a criminal, according to the San Francisco public defender.
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San Francisco public defender says acquittal of trafficking survivor is a historic win
A Honduran man acquitted for selling drugs on the streets of San Francisco is a victim and not a criminal, according to the San Francisco public defender. Andres Brender reports.
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Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks openly about undocumented life
In our continuing series, “Race in America”, we have a candid conversation about immigration and the challenges to navigate life in society. NBC Bay Area sat down with Jose Antonio Vargas in his first local television interview.
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Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks openly about undocumented life
In our continuing series, “Race in America”, we have a candid conversation about immigration and the challenges to navigate life in society. NBC Bay Area’s Gia Vang sat down with Vargas in his first local television interview.
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Undocumented journalist shares story of being arrested and detained at airport
Ten years ago, federal officials arrested and detained Jose Antonio Vargas while he was trying to leave Texas. He travels the country for speaking engagements and work, but hasn’t left the country. Vargas was released after eight hours. In this web extra, Vargas says ICE hasn’t gone after him since, despite him calling them with questions.
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Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas to try it next
Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients’ immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023.
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Debate moderators refute Trump claims of immigrants eating family pets
ABC moderator David Muir corrected former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate on Tuesday night after Trump unsubstantiated claims about Haitian immigrants eating family pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Newsom vetoes bill that would have given undocumented immigrants access to home loans
The California governor explained he couldn’t sign the bill because of concerns over the limited funding for California Dream for All program.
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Dream for All housing bill vetoed
The California governor explained he couldn’t sign the bill because of concerns over the limited funding for California Dream for All program. Jocelyn Moran reports.
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Police deny Venezuela gang has taken over rundown apartment complex in Denver suburb
Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say a Venezuela street gang with a small presence in the city has not taken over a rundown apartment complex.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attacks Harris for busing migrants, then brags about his own busing program
The attack from Abbott comes as the Trump campaign has sought to tie Harris to chaos surrounding migrants and the U.S. border.
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Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August, hinting 5-month drop may have bottomed out
Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, likely ending five straight months of declines.
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Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.
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16 GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status
Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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Number of migrant buses leaving Texas for blue cities drops sharply to zero
The number of buses transporting migrants out of Texas has dropped sharply since President Joe Biden’s executive action limiting asylum claims went into effect on June 4, NBC News reports.
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Application opens for program protecting undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation
The application period opened Monday for a new federal immigration program that allows undocumented spouses to remain in the U.S. as they apply for legal status.
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Activists walk across Bay Area as they push for clear path to citizenship
Hundreds of demonstrators set off from San Jose Saturday morning. They are bound for San Francisco to push for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.