Immigration

Activists are encouraging visitors to carry ID and status documents, the contact information of a trusted attorney and the nearest embassy or consulate in case of a detention.

Local immigrant rights advocates say this could be the first time ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers have brought along a camera crew to record ICE enforcement operations in Connecticut.

The groups, in Maine and elsewhere, say international travelers face risks amid stepped-up immigration enforcement.

The groups say the goal is provide centralized, reliable information.

President Trump's vow to revoke citizenship worries immigrant advocates, legal scholars and naturalized Americans — but so far it's proving harder to do than the rhetoric suggests.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says her office is still issuing plates to other federal agencies.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a skeleton crew in Vermont but uses U.S. Border Patrol and “collateral” encounters to drive a spike in arrests, Vermont Public found.

Immigration lawyers say many of the arrests are taking place in the Lewiston-Auburn area.

The J-1 visa program brings some 5,000 foreign student workers to the Cape each summer. But State Department officials have reduced staff, prioritized other visas and are scrutinizing applicants' social media accounts. All of this delays visa applications, putting both workers and businesses in limbo ahead of tourist season.

House leaders say a proposed ban on the use of face masks by federal immigration officers would violate the U.S. Constitution. Many Democratic lawmakers want to pass the measure into law anyway.