For some Valley residents, restoration of DACA comes as a relief

Some DACA recipients who live in the Valley say ever since applications to the program were stopped in 2017, they can't travel out of the country to visit relatives. With the new ruling, they hope things can change for the better.

Judge orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications

The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday, in vacating a memo from the acting Homeland Security secretary that had suspended it.

Border Patrol agents arrested 15 on Florida shore

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 15 people who made shore in Palm Beach in what authorities called a “maritime smuggling event.”

DHS acting head Chad Wolf didn't have authority to suspend DACA, judge says

A federal judge in New York has ruled that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis's ruling invalidates Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people from deportation.

Immigration an early target for Biden administration

Some quick and dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration.

Biden plans to rejoin Paris Agreement and WHO, undo other Trump decisions on Day 1

The executive actions would include rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, rejoin the World Health Organization and repeal Trump's travel ban targeting majority Muslim nations.

Immigrant pleads guilty to killing California officer in case that reiginited Trump border security debate

A Mexican immigrant in the country illegally pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors in an emotional hearing Thursday to killing a Fiji-born California police officer in a case that President Donald Trump used to bolster his call for tougher border security.

US judge blocks Trump immigration rule on public benefits

A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administration on the eve of the election.

Eric Holder suggests child abuse investigation into migrant family-separation policy

During an interview with FOX 13 political editor Craig Patrick, former Attorney General Eric Holder suggested the Trump Administration could be investigated for child abuse.

'Trump failed us': Anti-Trump light display shown on Camelback Mountain

Anti-Trump voter groups put up a massive digital projection onto Camelback Mountain on the night of Oct. 27, displaying several messages including "Trump failed us" and "Vote Nov 3rd."

Parents of 545 children separated at border can’t be found

The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.

Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy

The policy became a key pillar of the administration’s response to an unprecedented surge of asylum-seeking families at the border, drawing criticism for having people wait in highly dangerous Mexican cities.

Supreme Court to hear case over border wall funding

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that it improperly diverted money to build portions of the border wall with Mexico.

Border Patrol arrests nearly 300 people in 18 hours

Agents with U.S. Border Patrol in Texas arrested nearly 300 undocumented immigrants in eighteen hours after a series of operations with other law enforcement agencies.

Arizona House rep seeks probe into police response to Native protest

The demonstrators protested Oct. 12 on Indigenous Peoples Day against the construction of the Trump administration’s border wall on sacred Native American land in southern Arizona.