Immigration

A California judge rules that Trump’s deployment of the guard to LA was illegal
President Trump took control of the state's National Guard in June and deployed it to Los Angeles to face anti-immigration protestors and assist officers making detentions and deportations.
Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to counter the Trump administration's plan to send federal officers into the city. Johnson calls President Donald Trump's plan a threat by an “out-of-control administration.”
U.S. deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say
Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation flights and spread word of where they are going and how many people are aboard. Until recently, they could keep track of the flights using publicly accessible websites.
What happens to cases of Minnesota immigrants after they are deported?
President Trump’s deportation policy is impacting Minnesota’s Southeast Asian community, with five Hmong Minnesotans facing removal to Laos. Lawyer and professor Ana Pottratz Acosta joined MPR News to discuss the legal and human implications of the detentions.
Minn. joins lawsuit to stop immigration requirements on victim funds
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
Immigration officials release Twin Cities mom from custody after federal judge order
Antonia Aguilar Maldonado came to the U.S. in 2016 without legal status as a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor. She now has two young U.S. citizen children and was pursuing an asylum case when she was picked up on her way to work, attorneys said.