News - Immigration / Borderwall
12/21/2025
As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases
Posted 9:50 AM 12/22/2025 by COLLEEN DEGUZMAN | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
In West Texas, a man was indicted in September for assaulting Manuel Chairez-Montes, fracturing the left side of his face. But before District Attorney Sarah Stogner could take the case to trial, Chairez-Montes, who was undocumented, was deported to Mexico.
Now, the case is in limbo.
(More)...12/18/2025
Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
Posted 4:20 PM 12/19/2025 by ELLIOT SPAGAT and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press
President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is (More)
12/17/2025
DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled
Posted 9:20 AM 12/18/2025 by MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAIMIE DING, CHRISTINE FERNADO, CLAIRE RUSH and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agent described her wounds as "boo-boos."
Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of (More)
12/16/2025
Noncitizens to undergo biometric screenings at ports of entry
Posted 4:31 PM 12/18/2025 by Santiago Caicedo
A new rule that will soon go into effect will allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to take biometric photos of non-U.S. citizens leaving the country.
The new requirement will go into effect at ports of entry on Friday, Dec. 26.
A CBP news release said the agency will be able to (More)