Immigration

U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead found that President Donald Trump’s order on his first back in office likely exceeded his authority.

Tracie Strahan reporting on migrant intake center at Roosevelt Hotel to close.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the planned closures of both the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center located at The Roosevelt Hotel, marking a significant milestone in New York City’s nearly three-year asylum seeker humanitarian response. The site has been instrumental in supporting hundreds of thousands of migrants on their...

The Trump administration has flown all of the migrants it had held in Guantánamo Bay out of the facility there, NBC News has learned from three sources familiar with the operation and flight data.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries have climbed down the stairs of an airplane in Costa Rica’s capital, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organized the return back to their countries.

International soccer fans hoping to come to the United States for the 2026 World Cup are seeing delays when it comes to getting travel visas – delays so long that they could miss the games, including ones in the Bay Area.

The Trump administration on Thursday canceled an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, the latest move by the president targeting the form of immigration relief for people coming from countries facing political upheaval and natural disasters.

Though impersonating a federal agent is a crime, that has not stopped impostors from taking advantage of immigrants with legal status and undocumented migrants.

The number of detainees in ICE custody without a criminal conviction or pending criminal charges increased by more than 1,800 in February.

The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone.

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...