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ICE shuffled a 21-year-old from N.J. across the country and back again. Now, he's finally home.
The beaming smile on Harol Alvarado Rodriguez's face when he greeted me at his home in Morristown Tuesday said it all. The expression on his face, so joyful, was one of "I did it, I came out on the other side.
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Afghan who died in ICE custody worked with US forces in Afghanistan, group says
An Afghan immigrant who died after being in immigration custody for one day worked alongside U. S. forces during the war in Afghanistan, according to an immigrant advocacy group.
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'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit
Soon after immigration officials arrested him along with his wife and kids at the U. S. border and dropped them off at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, Aleksei began counting down the days.
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Member of Iranian soccer team granted asylum changes her mind
One of the seven Iranian football players who sought asylum in Australia has changed her mind, forcing Australian officials to hurriedly move the other six women after Iranian authorities found out their location.
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Iranian women's soccer player refuses to board plane home at last...
A member of the Iranian women's soccer team refused to board a flight in Australia at the last minute Tuesday -- making a down-to-the-wire plea to join a number of her teammates already granted asylum there.
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ICE detention of South Texas Mariachi band teens sparks bipartisan criticism
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The detention by U. S. immigration authorities of two teen brothers who were prominent members of a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas has triggered bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration's campaign for mass deportation has overreached.
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ICE detention of South Texas Mariachi band teens sparks bipartisan criticism
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The detention by U. S. immigration authorities of two teen brothers who were prominent members of a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas has triggered bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration's campaign for mass deportation has overreached.
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Haitian man from Boston dies in ICE custody in Arizona. Family says untreated toothache became deadly infection.
Mike Toole is the managing editor for CBS Boston. He has worked in the WBZ-TV newsroom for more than 20 years. He previously wrote and produced news and sports at WABC-TV in New York.
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The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman, to flee the country.
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California dreamin' migrants better off in front of SF judges than LA...
The dream of staying in California is becoming less of a lock for thousands of asylum seekers.
Remaining in the United States often comes down which judge will determine their fate -- and the difference is particularly stark in between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back | CNN Politics
When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.
His brother Lal was in Laredo, Texas, several hours west of their home in Austin, nervously explaining that the commercial truck he drove had been stopped at a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint.
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His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back
When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.
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Oregon family seeking medical care for daughter detained for weeks by ICE
An Oregon family detained by border patrol agents last month while seeking medical care for their seven-year-old daughter is heading home after being held in a detention center in Texas for weeks, according to a U.
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New DOJ rules seek to limit asylum appeals, Colorado immigrant advocates say it denies due process rights
The Department of Justice has proposed a rule change to clear a backlog of 200,000 immigration appeals.
The new rule proposes that appeals be filed quickly -- in 10 days, down from 30 -- which immigration advocates say is not enough time to find a lawyer or to present an appeal.
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Journalist couple whose asylum petition was denied say death threats are proof they were in danger
A journalist couple from Peru who crossed the border into the U. S. claim the death threats they received in their home country because of their work are proof their lives were in danger.
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Father says 5-year-old son has nightmares and wakes up crying since immigration detention
The 5-year-old boy who spent nearly two weeks detained by immigration authorities now wakes up crying during the night, terrified his family could be separated again, his father told Noticias Telemundo.
