Immigration

Roopal Patel, a Boston immigration court judge, and Nina Froes, a Chelmsford immigration court judge, both received notice near the end of their standard-two year probationary periods.

Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

Evelyn Avoglia and the people gathered inside of the worship space are rehearsing songs to sing weekly, as a form of protest, outside of the Stamford-Norwalk superior courthouse in downtown Stamford.

In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress that the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.

Many of the state's key industries are already struggling to find enough workers.

Dozens of protesters accused state and local police of using excessive force and helping federal immigration agents facilitate the detention of three people from a house in South Burlington last month.

The new figures from the Deportation Data Project provide fresh insight into who was arrested during the operation.

The program, known as the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative, provides pro bono legal assistance to low-income immigrants facing removal.

The family of Emmanual Cleeford Damas say an untreated toothache while in an immigration detention facility in Arizona quickly spiraled to serious medical conditions.

Two local police agencies have denied Vermont Public’s request for body camera footage from the scene of the chaotic immigration raid in South Burlington, and Vermont State Police said they need more time to review the records before releasing them.