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Immigration & Border
Visas, asylum, enforcement, courts, and pathways to residency and citizenship.
- Wisconsin state patrol trooper detained by ICE released from custody
Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe immigrated to US at 14 and has been waiting seven years for asylum case to be heard A Wisconsin state patrol trooper, whom federal immigration agents detained on Thursday at an airport, has been released from…
- Texas Mayor Rolls Back ICE Cooperation After Blue Wave
"This is the right thing to do at the right time." Houston Democrat Mayor John Whitmire is rolling back local police cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a blue wave swept through Texas during Tuesday’s…
- Texas Cities Pull Back Cooperation With ICE After Midterm Elections
Nov 07, 2026 at 04:41 PM EST Two cities in Texas are taking steps to restrict how local law enforcement interacts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the midterm elections, led by an executive order in Houston and…
- Houston mayor says police will no longer call ICE unless charges are jailable
Saying “elections matter,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire has limited the number of cases in which the city police will contact immigration officials about people in custody. In a press release Friday announcing the executive order, the…
- 3 people arrested amid operation by ICE and HSI agents in Dearborn, police say
November 7, 2026 / 2:41 PM EST / CBS Detroit An "enforcement operation" conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday morning resulted in three people…
- Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's order to end birthright citizenship
Updated on: April 1, 2026 / 7:42 PM EDT / CBS News Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, hearing arguments in a high-stakes case that tests one of the pillars…
- Biden-appointed judge probes whether ICE skirted judge's release orders in Colorado cases
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News Digital that Biden-appointed judges are "almost impossible" to work with as immigration enforcement battles intensify. A Biden-appointed federal judge ordered ICE's Denver field office director…
- Home Office sued after stripping almost 1,500 EU citizens of right to live in UK
Campaign group the3million lodges court papers after EU citizens told pre-settled status was an ‘error’ The Home Office is being sued for alleged breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement after stripping almost 1,500 EU citizens of their…
- State Department's push to cancel hundreds of contracts left behind a trail of mistakes, watchdog finds
The State Department terminated nearly 400 contracts in roughly the first half of 2025. J. David Ake / Getty Images An effort by the State Department to save money by scrutinizing contracts could have resulted in wasted funds and exposed…
- Texas mayor instructs police to limit cooperation with ICE
John Whitmire is also calling on Congress to change immigration laws The mayor of Houston, Texas, has directed the city's police to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. The move by John Whitmire, a Democrat, comes on the…
- Judge orders ICE field office director to answer questions over re-arrests of Colorado detainees ordered released
November 6, 2026 / 5:59 PM MST / CBS Colorado Some former detainees in Colorado and their attorneys say Immigration and Customs Enforcement is re-arresting people who have been ordered released by federal judges, and that those same…
- ICE arrests Wisconsin state patrol trooper with pending asylum case at airport, attorneys say
ICE detained a Wisconsin state patrol trooper with a pending asylum case at an airport, his attorneys said Thursday. Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, an asylum-seeker from South Africa who has a valid federal work authorization, was detained by…
- Wisconsin state trooper detained by ICE to be released from custody
November 6, 2026 / 4:29 PM CST / CBS Minnesota A Wisconsin state trooper originally from South Africa is set to be released from custody after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Thursday at an airport while…
- Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions
Geek therapy, crack felony, and some Scooby Snacks. John Ross | 11.6.2026 4:04 PM New on the Short Circuit podcast: We look at 100 years of zoning and chances of zoning reform, in court and in city councils, with Harvard's Molly Brady and…
- Houston to limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Mayor said only immigrants that ‘pose a danger’ would be referred to ICE, after Democrats gain control of governor’s seat The mayor of Houston on Friday said the city would limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, heralding…
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