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What to do if you're a US citizen and immigration authorities tell you to leave the country
Experts recommend seeking an immigration attorney and collecting documentation to prove your U.S. citizenship, like birth certificates and passports.
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Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont for hearing
A federal judge ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.
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Maryland senator returns to US after meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
The fight over Abrego Garcia is the latest partisan flashpoint as Democrats have struggled to break through and push back during the opening few months of Trump’s second time in office.
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US-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida is released
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was stopped while traveling with others in a vehicle from Georgia to a job in Florida. He was arrested under a law that a judge has temporarily blocked.
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DOJ memo could threaten pro-bono Attorney of the Day program in SF immigration court
Among the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system are new policies that threaten to limit pro-bono legal services in immigration court.
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DOJ memo could threaten pro-bono Attorney of the Day program in SF immigration court
A group of lawyers who volunteer in immigration court through the San Francisco Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program say a recent memo from the U.S. Department of Justice could jeopardize their work aiding immigrants who don’t have legal representation in court. Hilda Gutierrez reports.
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Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation's immigration detention system
The world’s largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his signature campaign promise of mass deportations.
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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen met Thursday evening with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in an El Salvador prison after wrongly being deported from Maryland.
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US-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
A U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.
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UC Berkeley international student sues Trump Administration over revoked visa
A University of California, Berkeley student is one of four across the country who filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, trying to stay in the United States after their visas were terminated without warning. Zhouer Chen decided to sue the administration after her legal status was removed earlier this month. Chen, who’s an Oakland resident from China, is...
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DHS tells US citizen and immigration advocate from California to leave country
“I was born in National City, California,” National City resident Aldo Martinez told NBC 7. “I was never paroled, I was never admitted into this country, I am no type of parole.”
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Congressman Mark DeSaulnier talks Kilmar Albrego Garcia deportation in Danville town hall
Congressman Mark DeSaulnier held an immigration town hall in Danville on Wednesday where many in the community expressed fears over the Trump Administration’s recent round of mass deportations.
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Congressman Mark DeSaulnier talks Kilmar Albrego Garcia deportation in Danville town hall
Congressman Mark DeSaulnier held an immigration town hall in Danville on Wednesday as many in the community expressed fears over the Trump Administration’s recent round of mass deportations. Pete Suratos reports.
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Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadoran immigrant at the center of a legal battle that could reshape American immigration policy. Here’s what you need to know.
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights
A federal judge said in an order Wednesday that he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt over the deportation flights that it sent to El Salvador, NBC News reports. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found “the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude...
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‘They were met with violence': Attorney blasts ICE for smashing car window during arrest in Mass.
Marilu Domingo Ortiz said when ICE vehicles began following she and her husband Monday and then surrounded their car in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she took out her cell phone and started recording.
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US citizen told to self-deport: ‘They want immigrants to be uncomfortable here'
Nicole Micheroni, an immigration attorney and U.S. citizen born and raised in Massachusetts, has not heard from the Department of Homeland Security since it told her to leave the country
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Tax Day rally held in SF to protest IRS sharing immigrants' info with ICE
Activists and pro-immigrant organizations gathered Tuesday to protest what they believes is a new threat from the Trump administration against undocumented people.
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case suggests possible contempt proceedings against Trump admin
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the administration to provide evidence on any steps it’s taken to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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IRS sharing data with ICE may lead to huge loss in tax revenue, says expert
Immigration law expert Elizabeth Ricci says that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes may stop filing for fear of being deported.