Immigration

A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

The El Monte man who was detained by immigration officers along with his mother is speaking out for the first time. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2025.

The El Monte man who was detained by immigration officers along with his mother in a widely shared video is speaking out for the first time about his hope for freedom to continue supporting his younger sister as she battles cancer.

The daughter of an undocumented man detained in a massive immigration enforcement operation in unincorporated El Cajon on Thursday said her father has no criminal history and “didn’t deserve” to be arrested and separated from his family. “He’s so hard-working — I mean, he’s never taken a day off,” Gaby Hernandez, a U.S. citizen, said about her father, Carlos Hernandez....

Kseniia Petrova’s attorney said her previous arrest in Russia and social media activity “will almost certainly ensure a nice, hefty jail sentence for her” if she is deported back.

President Donald Trump’s moves in Washington are being felt in the milking barns of an upstate New York dairy farm. There, AJ Wormuth said he’s already seeing costs go up from Trump’s tariffs while the threat of a wider trade war is driving down the price he gets paid for his cows’ milk. “We’re getting a double whammy — we’re getting...

More than two dozen members of Congress demanded answers for Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by ICE earlier this week.

A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Virginia early Thursday, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity.

A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody and the timeline of sending her out of state.

The LA city council could take a stand against the Trump administration’s immigration policy. Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 5 a.m. on March 26, 2025. 

An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the university and her attorney.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will not enforce federal immigration laws, Sheriff Don Barnes said Tuesday while criticizing state law.

Andry Hernandez has no gang ties or criminal history according to his attorneys.

Andry Hernandez, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, was sent to an El Salvadorian mega prison despite having no gang affiliation, his attorney said. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Finalizing applications filed by certain immigrants to become legal permanent residents is being put on hold to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January.

How deportations are affecting Orange County’s economy, costing them millions of dollars. Amber Frias reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

The Trump admin invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law.

The agreement would allow names and addresses of suspected  undocumented immigrants to be shared with ICE. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2025.

It’s not a done deal yet, but if an agreement bent between the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement happens, immigrant advocates and attorneys say it will be the first time the government uses confidential taxpayer databases for wide-sweeping enforcement assistance. “Many people are fearful and are probably going to stop paying taxes,” said Alma Rosa...

Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney, who starred in “American Pie Presents: The Book of Love,” is speaking out after she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for nearly two weeks while trying to renew her work visa. The entrepreneur was detained by immigration officials after she attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border on March 3 and reapply for the...