News - Immigration / Borderwall
5/7/2026
US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting
Posted 1:47 PM 5/8/2026 by SAFIYAH RIDDLE and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula needs to renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana. But he hasn't been able to do that since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from several dozen countries it deemed high-risk.
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Justice Department targets slow immigration judges as Trump pushes faster deportations
Posted 11:32 AM 5/7/2026 by REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The Justice Department is aiming to weed out immigration judges who it feels are ruling too slowly or aren't following the law, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the courts and cut down on the backlog of 3.7 (More)
5/5/2026
Valley state representative calls for DACA recipient's release at detention center
Posted 6:55 PM 5/6/2026 by Santiago Caicedo
State Rep. Armando Martinez was outside the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville on Tuesday, calling for the release of Yenniffer England.
England is a registered nurse’s assistant with an active DACA status, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
England was detained (More)
5/4/2026
Family of detained Valley DACA recipient calls for her release
Posted 11:39 AM 5/6/2026 by Santiago Caicedo
A family in the Rio Grande Valley is fighting to get a DACA recipient released from an immigration detention center in Raymondville.
Yenniffer England was placed in the El Valle Detention Center in February 2026 following a traffic stop.
Francisco De La Rosa, England’s (More)
5/3/2026
Civil rights groups sue to stop Texas immigration law
Posted 4:36 PM 5/4/2026 by Alejandro Serrano
A group of civil rights organizations on Monday filed a new lawsuit seeking to stop parts of the law that would let Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The law can go into effect next week after a federal appeals court (More)