An immigration attorney outlines the legal powers federal agents have during detainments, including race-based factors, as state and local leaders raise alarms about U.S. citizens being detained.

After a deadly shooting in Washington DC, a sweeping immigration freeze has left thousands of Afghan families fearing they could be sent back to danger.

Wahidi helps run Afghan Hope Community Development, a volunteer-led nonprofit that assists Afghan refugees and families in the Sacramento, California, area. They’ve helped more than 5,000 Afghan families in the past five years, he says, and the fear spread almost instantly, and well before the shooting near the White House.

The new policy will allow the USCIS to reexamine green-card holders that are already residing in the U.S. as it reviews cases that were done under the Biden Administration and indefinitely pauses asylum decisions.

The changes include a pause on all asylum decisions, c Green Card vetting, and a halt on all visas for Afghans.

Al Otro Lado claims the database poses “grave concerns of political targeting and professional intimidation at a time when the administration is openly escalating its attacks on immigrant

A vigil was held at the Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth Beach for families separated by immigration enforcement. Community members expressed that recent immigration enforcement operations have created widespread fear. Local organizations are hosting prayer vigils to support affected families and pray for community leaders.

The Trump administration has announced new immigration restrictions following the shooting of two National Guard members by a suspect who is an Afghan national.

The Trump administration said it would reduce the period of time that work permits are valid for refugees, asylees and other immigrants granted legal protections in the U.S.

Even among the many sobering stories of cruelty and injustice arising from the Trump administration’s obsessive anti-immigration crusade, the story of Mohammad Ali Dadfar stands out. An Afghanistan native who risked his life to aid America in its war there,

Though the majority of immigrant child care workers and teachers are in the U.S. legally, some have been forced out by Trump policies and others have left over worries of ICE encounters.