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What to do if you're a US citizen and immigration authorities tell you to leave the country
Experts recommend seeking an immigration attorney and collecting documentation to prove your U.S. citizenship, like birth certificates and passports.
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Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont for hearing
A federal judge ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.
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Maryland senator returns to US after meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
The fight over Abrego Garcia is the latest partisan flashpoint as Democrats have struggled to break through and push back during the opening few months of Trump’s second time in office.
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US-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida is released
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was stopped while traveling with others in a vehicle from Georgia to a job in Florida. He was arrested under a law that a judge has temporarily blocked.
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Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation's immigration detention system
The world’s largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his signature campaign promise of mass deportations.
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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen met Thursday evening with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in an El Salvador prison after wrongly being deported from Maryland.
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US-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
A U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.
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DHS tells US citizen and immigration advocate from California to leave country
“I was born in National City, California,” National City resident Aldo Martinez told NBC 7. “I was never paroled, I was never admitted into this country, I am no type of parole.”
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CT woman gets Homeland Security email to leave country despite being a US citizen
A Cromwell woman was left stunned after getting an email from the federal government telling her to leave the country, but she said she was born a U.S. citizen and has never been in trouble with the law.
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CT woman gets Homeland Security email to leave country despite being a US citizen
A Cromwell woman was left stunned after getting an email from the federal government telling her to leave the country, but she said she was born a U.S. citizen and has never been in trouble with the law. “It is time for you to leave the United States.” That’s the first sentence Lisa Anderson saw in an email she...
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Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadoran immigrant at the center of a legal battle that could reshape American immigration policy. Here’s what you need to know.
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights
A federal judge said in an order Wednesday that he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt over the deportation flights that it sent to El Salvador, NBC News reports. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found “the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude...
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‘They were met with violence': Attorney blasts ICE for smashing car window during arrest in Mass.
Marilu Domingo Ortiz said when ICE vehicles began following she and her husband Monday and then surrounded their car in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she took out her cell phone and started recording.
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US citizen told to self-deport: ‘They want immigrants to be uncomfortable here'
Nicole Micheroni, an immigration attorney and U.S. citizen born and raised in Massachusetts, has not heard from the Department of Homeland Security since it told her to leave the country
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case suggests possible contempt proceedings against Trump admin
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the administration to provide evidence on any steps it’s taken to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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IRS sharing data with ICE may lead to huge loss in tax revenue, says expert
Immigration law expert Elizabeth Ricci says that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes may stop filing for fear of being deported.
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IRS pact with ICE to share immigrants' info could cut billions in tax revenue
Like millions of American citizens and immigrants, Ivan filed his taxes last year. But Ivan, 54, a Massachusetts resident who hails from Colombia, is worried a recent agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement means he is in danger of being deported for doing what he believed was the right thing. And if taxpayers like Ivan decide not to file...
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‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
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Palestinian Columbia University student arrested by ICE in Vt., attorneys say
A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.
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UConn says visas were revoked for 13 international members of school community
UConn said they have learned that the federal government has revoked visas for 12 international students and one international alumnus in a post-graduate professional program. The university has around 3,450 international students, most of whom are based at the Storrs campus. The school has been reviewing Student and Exchange Visitor Program records and found that, as of Monday, visa approval…