Undocumented 10-Year-Old Girl Detained after Undergoing Emergency Surgery

A 10-year-old girl was recently detained by immigration enforcement agents after being discharged from a children's hospital. The girl, Rosa Maria Hernandez, was being transported by her cousin to Driscoll Children’s Hospital when they passed through a Customs and Border checkpoint. Immigration agents allowed the two to proceed but followed...

On Oct. 13, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a memorandum enhancing the vetting and monitoring requirements for service members who accessed under the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) Pilot Program. MAVNI is a program through which non-immigrants with critical skills are recruited into the U.S. military....

It is now widely known that arrests of undocumented immigrants in the United States have been much higher under the Trump Administration. In fact, in the first half of 2017, arrest rates were nearly 40 percent higher compared to the first half of 2016. (more…)

President Trump has issued a new travel ban that restricts or bars immigration from eight countries. A report from ABC News points out several key differences between the most recent ban and the travel ban that went into effect in June—for instance, three more counties (North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad)...

The U.S. immigrant community has taken yet another staggering blow, with the most recent casualty being "Dreamers," or immigrants who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (more…)