Acting US ICE head Todd Lyons plans to leave agency this spring, CBS News reports
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – The acting head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, CBS News reported on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with his
Drone sightings in restricted airspace at Colorado Rockies games prompts warning from authorities
A rash of drone sightings during the Colorado Rockies’ first homestand of the season against the Philadelphia Phillies sent law enforcement scrambling to track down the operators. No one was arrested after more than a half dozen
Justin Fairfax was once a rising Democratic star before scandal sank his career
In the days after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam became engulfed in a scandal over a racist photo on his medical school yearbook in 2019, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax looked poised to ascend to the post and become
A Venezuelan doctor in ICE custody misses husband’s asylum interview after being detained at airport
A Venezuelan man pleaded his case to asylum officials on Thursday in an interview that his wife, a well-known doctor in South Texas, planned to attend until she was detained at the airport with the couple’s 5-year-old
A look at investigations into federal officers months after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Minnesota has launched investigations into the actions of several federal law enforcement officers during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. On Thursday, Hennepin County announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Gregory
DNA proves remains in a car found in the Columbia River are of an Oregon family missing since 1958
CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas
China urges travelers to avoid Seattle airport after 20 scholars were denied entry to the US
SEATTLE (AP) — Chinese government officials are encouraging travelers to be wary and avoid entering the United States through Seattle, citing a pattern of continual harassment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. About 20 Chinese scholars
Sen. Warren calls for greater transparency into Federal Reserve nominee’s financial holdings
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by the Senate Banking Committee. Massachusetts Sen.
New York loses nearly $74 million for not revoking 33,000 illegal licenses for immigrant truckers
New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department said Thursday that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last
Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a social media post, Trump described Schwartz as “incredibly talented”