Illegal immigration

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi in July 2015.

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Immigrant Acquitted Of San Francisco Killing Sentenced On Lesser Gun Charge

6:25pm January 05, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was found not guilty in November in the death of Kate Steinle, was sentenced Friday on a state gun violation to time already served. He will now face federal gun charges.

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, acquitted last week of killing Kate Steinle in San Francisco, now faces federal gun and immigration charges.

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Feds File New Charges Against Undocumented Immigrant In Kate Steinle Case

10:54pm December 05, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

A federal indictment suggests that government prosecutors have another strategy to gain custody of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate with the intention to deport him.

People attend an orientation class in filing up their application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Oops, We Lost Your DACA Application

10:19pm November 16, 2017

by Joel Rose

Immigrants' rights groups say thousands of DACA renewal applications may have been wrongly rejected for being late. The Trump administration now says it will reconsider some of those applications.

Now-President Donald Trump announcing his bid for the presidency in June 2015 at Trump Tower. The tone Trump set on immigration during the presidential campaign has been picked up by both Republican candidates running for governor in 2017.

Races For Governor Put Trump's Immigration Message On The Ballot

5:00am November 02, 2017

by Joseph Hernandez

In the two states electing new governors this year, New Jersey and Virginia, once-moderate Republicans are running attack ads painting their Democratic opponents as weak on illegal immigration.

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10-Year-Old Girl Is Detained By Border Patrol After Emergency Surgery

8:34pm October 26, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Rosa Maria Hernandez, who came illegally to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 3 months old, was being transferred between hospitals in Texas when the ambulance was stopped by federal officers.

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Court Puts A Hold On Order That Approved Undocumented Teen's Abortion

4:13pm October 19, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The minor, who is being referred to as Jane Doe, has obtained a judge's permission to have an abortion. But the Department of Health and Human Services has refused to allow her to visit a clinic.

Florinda Lorenzo came to the U.S. from Guatemala 14 years ago. She checks in ICE regularly — a requirement stemming from a 2010 arrest, though the charges were later dropped. She says the check-ins have become "painful and stressful" because she's worri

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Once Routine, ICE Check-Ins Now Fill Immigrants In U.S. Illegally With Anxiety

5:04am April 18, 2017

by Joel Rose

Thousands of immigrants across the country are unsure what to expect when they report for required check-ins with ICE. Some have been detained on the spot, leading to widespread fear and stress.

There are signs that fewer immigrants in the U.S. illegally are filing taxes than in previous years.

Tax Filings Seen Dipping Amid Trump Crackdown On Illegal Immigration

1:49pm April 17, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Last year nearly 4.5 million people without Social Security numbers filed federal tax returns. Many were in the U.S. illegally. But there are signs that fewer such immigrants are filing this year.

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U.S. Border Patrol boats move along the Rio Grande near an international crossing between the United States and Mexico on March 16. Customs and Border Protection have announced that apprehensions along the southwest border dropped in both February and Mar

Apprehensions At Southern Border Continue To Drop, CBP Says

9:40pm April 05, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the number of people arrested or "deemed inadmissible" along the Southwest border continued to drop in March, after showing sharp declines in February.

Fearing Deportation, Families Plan For The Worst

6:21pm March 13, 2017

by Jennifer Guerra

On top of the fear immigrant parents have of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, they worry about the children they could be separated from. So they're making plans, just in case.

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