PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that federal immigration authorities need probable cause to issue an immigration detainer, a decision that comes amid a national debate over immigration enforcement that was sparked by a deadly shooting in San Francisco. The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed last year’s decision […]

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a California woman shot and killed while walking along a San Francisco pier told Congress Tuesday they support changing the laws that allowed her alleged killer to remain in the United States despite being deported several times. Jim Steinle told the Senate Judiciary […]

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will take up a bill this week blocking funding for so-called “sanctuary cities” that resist turning over immigrants to federal authorities. The move follows the shooting death of a woman in San Francisco this month, allegedly by an immigrant with a criminal record and without […]

According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, approximately 2.5 million illegal aliens have entered the United States under Barack Obama, with 790,000 flowing in since 2013: Calculations from the Center for Migration Studies and the Pew Research Center indicate 1.5 to 1.7 million aliens joined the illegal population from 2009 to […]