Silvia Foster-Frau

Officials acknowledge that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants at a megaprison in El Salvador remain under U.S. responsibility, contradicting Trump administration claims.

The GOP tax bill stands to deliver a $170 billion windfall to turbocharge immigrant detentions and deportations. But public approval of Trump’s approach has soured.

Refugees that a federal judge had ordered the Trump administration to admit are being barred from entry under the president’s travel ban even as Afrikaners are allowed in.

ICE is working with local police to arrest more undocumented immigrants at traffic stops. In a break with the past, many arrestees have no violent criminal record.

A South African family was given a fast track to entering the U.S. as refugees. A family from Myanmar is struggling amid cuts to resettlement agencies under Trump.

The case of Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal sparked concern about the potential for family separations as the Trump administration looks to expedite removals.

A growing number of cases — including a 2-year-old kept in U.S. custody after her mother was deported to Venezuela – reignites fears of child separation policies.

The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.

Reporters Silvia Foster-Frau, Marianne LeVine and Natalie Allison joined readers for a live chat on immigration.

President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.