David Noriega

The ruling orders the government to stop granting parole under the program, but it doesn't instruct the government to stop receiving applications.

The program offers a form of legal relief known as “parole in place” to an estimated half-million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.

60,000 immigrants married to U.S. citizens and eligible for the "parole in place" program live in swing states. "People are paying attention," one community activist said.

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — Shortly after dawn, in the desert east of San Diego, a group of migrants huddled around a campfire. They had come together on this desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border from four different continents: Young men from India shared snacks with women from Nicaragua, while a man from Georgia stood next to a family from Brazil. A volunteer with a local humanitarian group hauled over a beverage cooler filled with papers: legal information printed in 22 different langu…

The U.S. is conducting high-level discussions with China aimed at increasing the number of Chinese nationals deported from the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an exclusive interview with NBC News. Such an agreement would be a breakthrough in U.S.-China relations and American immigration policy. China has long been uncooperative with U.S. efforts to deport Chinese citizens back to their country, according to American officials. In the last two years, that ha…

NORTH LAS VEGAS — In the heart of the most Latino ZIP code in Nevada, shoppers at the sprawling Broadacres flea market mill around every weekend drinking micheladas and listening to live norteña music. Soon, they will be at the center of an expansive battle over Latino voters in 2024 — with potentially more wavering voters up for grabs than ever before and the results of the presidential election on the line. Historically, Latino voters — including different Hispanic communities motivated by dif…

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Juanita Martinez walked up to the closed gate of Shelby Park Tuesday afternoon and started an argument with a Texas National Guard member. The park was closed to the public, the young soldier said, for “safety and security.” “Safety from what?” Martinez replied. Martinez, the chair of the Maverick County Democratic Party, is one of many locals angry that their town has become the main stage in a national political drama. In December, record numbers of migrants crossed the Rio…

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The occasional volley of tear gas did little to dampen the celebratory mood outside Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank as crowds gathered to greet the first group of Palestinian prisoners to be released in the temporary truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. Among them was Abed Khatib, whose 17-year-old son, Iyas, was set to be released Friday. He says Israeli security forces raided his home one night in February and took his son away with no explanation. “My son was…