Topic: Immigration & Border Security

Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to help the U.S. Latinx community on Tuesday, calling for more access to affordable healthcare and overhauling the "broken" immigration system.

Federal contractors will no longer be able to fire high-skilled American workers to hire cheaper outsourced labor through H-1B visas, according to an executive order issued Monday by President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with plans to build a portion of the border wall while a challenge to use of Pentagon funds to do so plays out in court.

The Trump administration won't accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Department of Homeland Security said in a memo released Tuesday.

A federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Friday.

A federal judge in California on Thursday extended a deadline for the Trump administration to release migrant children detained with their parents at federal facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attorneys general in 18 states sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday over a threat to deport international university students enrolled in online-only classes this fall.

California is suing the Trump administration over its new policy requiring international students to take in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic, or face deportation.

The Trump administration is planning a new rule that cites danger from the COVID-19 pandemic as justification for denying immigrants asylum in the United States.

House Democrats on Monday unveiled a draft of legislation designed to block funds for the Trump administration's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

A federal judge has invalidated a Trump administration rule requiring that refugees seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border must first apply in a "safe" third country.

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to release certain children held in U.S. detention facilities since they failed to provide health protections against COVID-19.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled the Trump administration doesn't have the authority to divert $2.5 billion in military funds to carry out construction of the border wall.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an asylum-seeker designated for a quick deportation has no legal right to challenge his removal in federal court, handing a victory to the Trump administration.

Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan on Thursday defended an emergency order to quickly expel migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic.