Proponents say sanctuary citites encourage better police relations. Opponents say the cities harbor criminals.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday the conclusion of a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension of more than 170 at-large aliens throughout the U.S., where sanctuary policies have largely prohibited the cooperation of law enforcement agencies in the arrest of criminal aliens.

It's already illegal under state law, but Republicans in the Arizona Legislature want voters enshrine to a ban on "sanctuary city'' policies in the state Constitution.

A look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago's involvement with the sanctuary movement since 1982.

The arrests were made in Seattle, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., from October 3-9.

The latest sanctuary cities news from The Texas Tribune.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Voters in one of Arizona's most liberal cities rejected an initiative Tuesday that would have made Tucson the state's only sanctuary city amid concerns that it went too far in restricting police officers...

What is a sanctuary city? And can Trump really defund them? Here's a look at what the term means and its implications in immigration policy under Trump.

As a federal report faults ICE's complaint-handling process in detention, a letter from Eloy describes a facility on the brink.

Two weeks before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was expected to start a “Citizens Academy,” the federal agency announced it was postponing it because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Florida Department of Corrections will begin carrying out certain federal immigration enforcement tasks in a new partnership with ICE, becoming the latest agency to join a controversial program that immigrant advocates have decried as overreaching.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to destroy thousands of complaint records it claims have no historical value.

People "are facing murder, rape, and other violence ... in shockingly high numbers," according to a new report. The group is calling on the White House to expand access to asylum.

Immigration officers in the United States operate under a cardinal rule: Keep your hands off Americans.

ICE is spending nearly $400,000 to build a training facility featuring "hyper-realistic" replicas of Arizona neighborhoods at an Army post in Georgia.

A complaint alleges unsafe treatment and conditions at a migrant detention centre in Georgia, US.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies of President Donald Trump and his senior advisor Stephen Miller act as gasoline on the fire of abuse suffered by undocumented immigrant women. For the roughly 30,000 people imprisoned by ICE, concerted, unrelenting public pressure, to force their release amidst this deadly pandemic, is needed now more than ever.

Stay informed and read the latest news today from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe.

A chronicle of monstrousness, and it thrives on the public’s willingness to look away

A recent return of pre-Columbian objects to Mexico from a small town historical museum has raised questions about whether US agencies are encouraging citizens to give up privately owned objects for which there is no

The House Homeland Security Committee convened in Mississippi for a field hearing on Thursday, looking into the impacts of the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement

US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.

BuzzFeed News has obtained thousands of pages of documents from internal investigations of deaths of immigrants held in ICE custody.

Top officials in the US Justice Department were the "driving force" behind President Donald Trump's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy that separated thousands of migrant children from their families, according to a draft of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation report reviewed by The New York Times.

In 2005, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general concluded that there was no clear reason for ICE to exist at all.

Advocates briefed senators on allegations that a doctor working with an ICE detention center performed unnecessary or overly aggressive procedures.

Dismantling the government's immigration-enforcement agency isn't as straightforward as the slogan suggests.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U...

Lawyers are now of the belief that 666 parents of migrant children separated at the border cannot be located.

Regardless of whether Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone or challenger Jerry Sheridan wins election in November, ICE will remain in MCSO jails.