Immigration

Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.

The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: Leave voluntarily, or you'll be detained and deported. This has forced some immigrant families in the U.S. to grapple with very hard choices.

Members of North Carolina’s immigrant community are speaking out against Mecklenburg County state Rep. Carla Cunningham, who last week, during an override vote on House Bill 318, called for stricter immigration limits and said not all cultures are equal.

Gov. Josh Stein called the legislation "unconstitutional" because it directs sheriffs to hold people for ICE 48 hours beyond when they'd otherwise be released.

"DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country," said DHS assistant press secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who then encouraged "every person here illegally" to self-deport.

The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to vote on a veto override for two immigration bills this week. Gov. Josh Stein vetoed them last month.

Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

Since a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids began in Charlotte earlier this year, many undocumented immigrants have been afraid to leave their homes for basic errands, including laundry.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools principals are now required to take an immigration webinar. It clarifies what to do if ICE arrives at a school campus, and says ICE agents can enter school property.

As the Trump administration's crackdown continues, traffic stops have become increasingly important tools of enforcement. It has led many immigrants to take alternate modes of transportation.