Immigration

The Justice Department moved to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams on Friday, one day after Adams agreed to provide ICE access to Rikers Island jail.

The Department of Justice fired multiple immigration judges on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the decision and a statement from one of the judges on LinkedIn.

Sikh community members said they have already seen how anxieties around immigration have impeded the way in which some, including naturalized citizens, practice their faith.

Election integrity has become a divisive political issue. A Republican-backed bill seeks to “safeguard” elections though voting rights advocates say the effort is an unnecessary burden that will suppress voters.

Adams met with the Trump border czar just two days after the DOJ told prosecutors to drop the corruption case against the mayor. At issue: Would NYC relax its sanctuary laws and allow ICE agents and other federal authorities access to buildings like courthouses, shelters and schools? In an interview with NBC New York, the mayor said he would offer...

Before resigning, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan told her boss that she was confident that New York City Mayor Eric Adams “has committed the crimes with which he is charged” and that she would refuse the Justice Department’s order to drop the corruption case

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to meet with Trump Administration ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan in NYC today to discuss the city’s immigration policies as the Department of Justice announces plans to sue New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The lawsuit is the latest effort by the Trump administration to force so-called sanctuary cities and states to cooperate more fully with federal immigration laws. It sets New York up for an intensifying showdown with the feds, just as NYC Mayor Eric Adams reached a deal with them. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

President Donald Trump’s newly installed U.S. attorney general used her first official press conference to announce that she will sue New York, as well as the governor and top state figures, over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can continue efforts to withhold tens of millions of dollars meant to cover hotel costs for migrants in New York City as the Department of Homeland Security said it is “recouping” a $59 million payment. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island ruled that the government’s bid to withhold...

With the president already ending various legal immigration programs and the fate of DACA remaining uncertain, Dreamers fear for their protections.

Pope Francis criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy in a letter to U.S. bishops Monday and pleaded with Catholics not to give into “narratives that discriminate.”

A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued an immediate injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is getting ready to ask private prison companies to bid for contracts to re-open family detention facilities.

An Ohio city that was inundated with threats last year related to an influx of Haitian immigrants has sued a neo-Nazi group that it alleges was at the heart of the onslaught.

Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what Donald Trump has promised, and that is “driving him nuts,” one source told NBC News.

A federal judge in Boston said on Friday he would take under advisement a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

Some restaurants go viral on social media and it saves their business. But for one spot in New Jersey, trending on TikTok has had the exact opposite effect, after the owner said a false story about them spread fear among customers.

A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit birthright citizenship from taking effect for fourteen days.

A New Jersey restaurant has lost about 80% of business after a false TikTok video alleging ICE agents raided a closed second location went viral. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.