People missing out on stimulus checks because spouses are immigrants
Roughly 1.2 million U.S. citizens did not receive stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants who don’t have social security numbers and joint-filed their taxes.
Trump to halt issuance of green cards for 60-days
Jesse Gary reports.
Trump announces green card restrictions
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of certain immigration green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus.
Immigrants sue for release from ICE centers in California over allegedly unsafe conditions
Immigrants detained by ICE in two California facilities should be released because of unsafe conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic, a lawsuit alleged.
Gov. Newsom announces first-of-its kind emergency funding for undocumented immigrants
Reporter Debora Villalon explains what California is doing for those who are undocumented in California.
California AG urges Trump Administration to reduce immigration detentions; family hopes for 79-year-old convict's release
Attorney General Xavier Beccera called on the Trump administration to release some immigrants from detention facilities to reduce the chance of spreading the coronavirus.
Millions of taxpaying immigrants won't get stimulus checks
Roughly 4.3 million mostly unauthorized immigrants who do not have a Social Security number file taxes using what’s known as a taxpayer identification number.
Coronavirus quarantine is becoming catastrophic for undocumented immigrants
Marcos Saul Aurora Gonzalez is undocumented and therefore, ineligible for any of the federal stimulus money, up to $1,200 per adult, that is supposed to be arriving soon to roughly 60 million Americans.
Federal judge in SF orders ICE to release 4 detained immigrants over COVID-19 risk
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release four immigrants with serious medical problems from administrative detention because of the danger of COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
COVID-19: ICE says it could release vulnerable detainees
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it may release people from detention considered to be especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
The Trump administration is resisting calls from immigration judges and attorneys to stop in-person hearings and shutter all immigration courts.
13 elderly and ailing immigrants fearing Coronavirus sue ICE for release from detention
Thirteen elderly or ailing immigrants fearing Coronavirus sue ICE for release from detention.
Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal.
Man arrested outside courthouse now fighting deportation, attorney says
Immigration activists rallied in San Francisco on Monday at the same location where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he was entering a court hearing less than a week ago.
ICE arrests San Francisco man without warrant in 'violation of state law'
Mano Raju said the Election Day arrest was conducted without a judicial warrant and "therefore in violation of state law."
Bill would allow Concord immigrant stay in U.S. to continue treatment for life-threatening disease
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have taken new steps in the efforts to help a disabled Concord woman, facing deportation, remain in the U.S. to continue treatment for a life-threatening condition.
Isabel Bueso
Some lawmakers in the Bay Area are taking new steps to help allow a Concord woman stay in the U.S. for treatment for a life threatening disease.
Court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.
Court ruling in favor of Trump in 'sanctuary cities' fight won't impact CA
A federal judge's ruling that allows the Trump administration to withhold funding to 'sanctuary cities' that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities won't impact California, officials said on Wednesday.
Court sides with President Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts.