Immigration

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration to allow immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations in places of worship. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on April 12, 2025. 

The United States government has filed a status update in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador — as ordered by Judge Paula Xinis, but it doesn’t say much. An official with the State Department simply states that Abrego Garcia is alive and being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center...

The move will make it much harder for those affected to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required.

More than two dozen religious groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the policy violated the right to practice their religion.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, calling for a Venezuelan makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador to be immediately returned to the U.S, and raising concerns over the right to due process amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown. Andry Hernandez Romero came to the U.S. from Venezuela last...

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.

A federal judge said Friday that it is “extremely troubling” that a government lawyer couldn’t explain what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.

Students from California to Ohio to North Carolina are losing their visas with no explanation, being taken off the street by plainclothes officers and finding themselves subject to accusations reserved for terrorists.   Authorities had revoked the visas of international students in at least 24 states as of Wednesday— with officials largely citing a seldom-used 1952 foreign policy statute to take aim at their activism....

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho speaks on the encounters. Mekahlo Medina report

The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed that agents with the Department of Homeland Security showed up at two elementary schools but were not allowed entry. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on April 10, 2025. 

The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed in a message earlier this week that agents with the Department of Homeland Security showed up at two elementary schools but were not allowed entry. 

The DHS said in a court document that the IRS has agreed to share certain tax information filed by undocumented taxpayers with ICE.

The Department of Homeland Security has revoked legal status for the more than 900,000 people who’ve entered the U.S. at its southern border using the CBP One app since January 2023.

The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.

At least 12 current or former UCLA students had their visas revoked by the U.S. government. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block an order requiring the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.

Six University of California, Los Angeles students’ visas were revoked by the U.S. government, according to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk.

Five international students attending UMass Amherst have had their visas revoked, according to a statement from the university.