Immigration

The newly appointed public defender for Henrry Villatoro Santos is asking the court to delay the dismissal of his charges for 14 days in order to get Santos immigration counsel. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

President Trump has suggested deporting U.S. criminals to a prison in El Salvador “if it’s legal.” But the constitution is clear on the issue, according to one legal scholar at Georgetown. For more context, News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Virginia early Thursday, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity.

The DHS said in a court document that the IRS has agreed to share certain tax information filed by undocumented taxpayers with ICE.

The Department of Homeland Security has revoked legal status for the more than 900,000 people who’ve entered the U.S. at its southern border using the CBP One app since January 2023.

The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.

Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to pause a midnight Monday deadline for the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, of Maryland, to the U.S. after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block an order requiring the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.

Five international students attending UMass Amherst have had their visas revoked, according to a statement from the university.

“He wasn’t worried about what’s going to happen to him and his reputation,” one student said. “He was worried about his students.”

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Beltsville, Maryland, father, was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, ICE admits. News4 takes a deep dive into what happened and what could be next.

A man who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area after traveling to the U.S. to help his brother in kidney failure has been released from custody to make a life-saving organ donation.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is the first Northern Virginia jail to enter into a special agreement with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to give federal agents more time to pick up people who have detainers, but some community groups are pushing back against the new policy. On Thursday, Democrats and groups supporting the immigrant community protested the sheriff’s...

People of different faiths gathered in Northwest D.C. for a prayer vigil Thursday night on the eve of the first hearing in a lawsuit seeking to protect houses of worship from immigration actions. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is the first Northern Virginia jail to enter into a special agreement with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement giving federal agents more time to pick up people who have detainers. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports community groups are pushing back against the new policy.

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

An attorney representing a Maryland man who ICE says it wrongfully deported to El Salvador says he has never seen Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. government admit to making such a mistake but refuse to correct the error. Kilmar Abrego Garcia had just finished work March 12 and was on his way to a bus stop to pick…

The attorney for a Beltsville man wrongfully deported to El Salvador said he has never seen the government make such a statement but then refuse to correct the error. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

ICE admits it deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father of three, in error as the White House levelled new accusations against him. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.