U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

US expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to…

John McCarthy January 6, 2026

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Four died in ICE custody this week as 2025 deaths reach 20-year high

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Four immigrants died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the past week, according to the agency, as deaths in 2025 reached a two-decade high. The…

John McCarthy December 22, 2025

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Caribbean nations fear outsize impact of Trump travel restrictions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Washington's move expanding travel restrictions to include two small Caribbean nations is raising fears of economic disruption in a region where mobility to the United States underpins…

John McCarthy December 18, 2025

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Trump on pace to deport 600,000 people this year. Biden deported 685,000 over same time frame

WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to carry out the “largest deportation program in American history.” Eight months into his second term — his administration…

John McCarthy December 12, 2025

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Kilmar Ábrego García released from ICE custody in fight over Trump immigration

Kilmar Ábrego García has been freed from an immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania after a federal judge in Maryland ordered his release today. Ábrego was released shortly before 5:00 p.m. ET,…

John McCarthy December 11, 2025

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Trump pauses immigration applications for 19 nations on travel ban list

The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications from 19 countries it has deemed high risk, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday evening, citing the shooting of two National Guard members…

John McCarthy December 3, 2025

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Trump vows to ‘permanently pause’ migration from poor nations in anti-immigrant social media screed

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. The extended rant…

John McCarthy November 28, 2025

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US will reexamine all green cards issued to people from 19 countries as Trump administration ramps up immigration crackdown

PALM BEACH (CNN) — The US will reexamine all green cards issued to people from 19 countries “of concern” at President Donald Trump’s direction, as the Trump administration intensifies its…

John McCarthy November 27, 2025

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‘Where would America be without us?’ A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman remembers when she first moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago, and the streets were full of empty storefronts and seemingly relentless poverty.…

John McCarthy November 6, 2025

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1.6 million people in the US illegally have self-deported, 500K deported: DHS

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced that 1.6 million people who were in the United States illegally have self-deported, and another 500,000 have been deported. The department has…

John McCarthy October 29, 2025