Immigration

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

The backlog of immigration cases is crippling the U.S. immigration system as President Donald Trump’s new policies add thousands of new cases to the dockets. 

Detained undocumented immigrants could be waiting years before their next immigration hearing due to a backlog in hearings, according to one attorney. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says sending a Maryland man with protected status to prison in El Salvador almost three weeks ago was an “administrative error.”

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.