Immigration

San Diego County’s controversial new policy ending the use of any county resources for federal immigration enforcement will likely have to be resolved in court, those on both sides of the debate say, as the measure draws national attention just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to deport millions of undocumented immigrants when he takes office in a few weeks, and in recent days, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has floated a plan to help those people legally.

The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration over contentious policies.

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

The battle over immigration enforcement in San Diego County has drawn national attention, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – and his promise of mass deportations – draw closer.

Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials.

The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.

The H1-B program allows American employers to sponsor visas for highly skilled workers from overseas who cannot be easily found in the American workforce.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.

Two Romanian nationals accused of posing as fake immigration agents to rob people in Southern California were in Orange County Superior Court.

Increased deportation flights, including on weekends, and streamlined travel procedures for people sent to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador fueled the increase, ICE said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was following the orders of an immigration judge and the parents decided for the infants to go to Mexico with her.

The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations.

A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-level posts have been outsiders, often with Fox News appearances as key qualifications. But to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump went a different route.

United States and Guatemalan authorities have announced the arrest of six people charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants.

President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration and border team is filling out.

Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the California-Mexico border in San Diego County Thursday to highlight construction at one of the state’s land port of entries. Christian Cázares reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.