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CBP arrest driver after finding 26 illegal immigrants hiding inside tractor-trailer in California 

Customs and Border Patrol agents have arrested a 32-year-old man from Mexico who was caught smuggling 26 illegal immigrants into the country Wednesday via a tractor-trailer in California.




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Romanian immigrant who once drove for Trump is still in ICE custody a year later

Zoltan Tamas (pictured), an immigrant from Romania who once drove for President Donald Trump is still being detained by ICE a year after he was given a deportation reprieve.




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Farmers warn food prices could rise under new plans to keep low-skilled migrants out of the UK

Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by the proposed points-based system.




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Illegal immigrants at high schools arrested for raping girls in US

Jonathan Coreas-Salamanca, 20, and Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19, were arrested earlier this month for allegedly raping two different 11-year-old girls in Montgomery County, Maryland.




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ICE arrests illegal immigrant after NYPD releases him after charging him with child rape 

Miguel Federico Ajqui-Ajtzalam was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday after originally being arrested in New York last Thursday. NYPD released him despite ICE detainer.




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New York ICE officials accused of rigging algorithms to detain immigrants in detention centers 

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against ICE claiming New York officers rigged algorithms to always recommend people arrested for immigration violations be detained.




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Video shows ICE agents pin illegal immigrant to the ground after using pepper spray on her

Maria De Los Angel Sanz Pimentel, a Dominican woman who is allegedly in the United States without a work visa, was taken into custody by several ICE agents after a raid in Brooklyn on March 1.




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Rishi Sunak uses Budget to hike cost for migrants to use the NHS

Rishi Sunak today announced he is hiking the amount it costs migrants to use the NHS as the government's spending watchdog predicted net migration could fall to 129,000.




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Coronavirus UK: Migrants in face masks cross Channel in dinghy

Migrants wearing facemasks were pictured arriving at Dover after crossing the English Channel in a large rubber dingy today.




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ICE STOP most undocumented immigrant arrests due to coronavirus

Immigration officials said it will delay the majority of its arrests of illegal immigrants due to the coronavirus pandemic except for those who pose a risk or have committed serious criminal acts.




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Illegal migrants given coronavirus tests in Dover as 169 people found trying to cross the Channel

It is understood the migrants were taken into the Port of Dover before being handed over to immigration officers, after being tested for coronavirus.




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Immigrants held at ICE detention facility in Georgia go on hunger strike over coronavirus concerns

More than 350 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE have gone on a hunger strike at a privately-operated jail in Georgia over fears of a possible coronavirus outbrea.




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Arizona CBP agents find two migrants in a car trunk and send them back across the Mexico border

CBP agents detained and quickly deported two Honduran migrants who were found hiding in the trunk of a car that was stopped Sunday near Gila Bend, Arizona.




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ICE to release 693 undocumented immigrants from overcrowded detention centers

The decision comes on the heel of mounting pressure from Democrats and pro-immigrant groups who have demanded the mass liberation of more than 34,000 incarcerated.




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CBP finds 28 undocumented immigrants lying on top of each other inside a trailer in Texas

CBP agents detained 28 migrants from Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico during the search of a tractor trailer on Monday in Texas. The driver, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody.




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Man is charged over plot to smuggle immigrants into UK after 39 migrants were found dead in a lorry

Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, has been charged with an immigration offence in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry, found in Essex.




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Man charged with manslaughter in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in lorry in Essex 

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.




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Migrant detainees cry for help during hunger strike over COVID-19 fears at an ICE detention center

The alleged incident took place at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-run Otay Mesa Detention Center in Otay Mesa, California, on April 10.




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Extradition hearing begins for man arrested in Dublin over manslaughter of Vietnamese immigrants

Ronan Hughes, 40, from Silverstream, Tyholland in Co Monaghan, was detained on Monday following the execution of a European arrest warrant in the Irish Republic.




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Priti Patel signals fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing English Channel

Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle 'vexatious' asylum claims.




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Denmark's immigration ministry declares it 'wonderful' more migrants left than entered in 2019

It was the first time since 2011 that net migration - the difference between immigration and emigration - was negative. The main groups who left last year were Somalis, Syrians and Iraqis.




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CBP officers discover 36 undocumented immigrants inside a tractor trailer in Texas

Border Patrol agents in found 36 unlawful migrants inside a truck during a road checkpoint on Interstate 35 last Thursday in Laredo, Texas.




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Trump tweets about 'illegal immigrant who viciously robbed and killed' four people in Nevada

On Twitter, President Donald Trump mentioned the case of Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, who was arrested by authorities in Nevada in connection with the killing of four people.




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Villagers in northern Greece force migrants on buses to turn back

Despite a police presence, nine buses carrying vulnerable migrants to hotels near Thessaloniki were forced to turn back on Wednesday as dozens of villagers blocked the road.




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Greece's overcrowded migrant camps are 'on the edge of catastrophe'

Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the end of a visit to Greece that 'urgent measures' are needed to address the 'desperate conditions' in which migrants live.




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Greece plans 1.7-mile 'floating fence' in sea to deter migrants

The netted barrier will be put in place within the next three months after the government has found a private contractor to build it.




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Greek locals accuse migrants of trying to 'Islamize the western world'

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.




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New refugee crisis as 30,000 migrants from countries including Syria mass on Turkish borders

An estimated 30,000 migrants gathered at checkpoints after Turkey's president claimed to have 'opened the doors' to allow as many as 4 million asylum seekers to leave the country.




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More than 76,000 migrants have left Turkey heading for the EU

Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced the number of crossings in a statement on Twitter. Migrants have been spotted wading through a river and arriving in Greece on boats.




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Greeks fear an influx of migrants after thousands clashed with police

More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and separates them from Greece, and therefore the EU.




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Turkish smugglers are charging migrants just £11 to help sneak them into the EU via Greece

Turkish officials are said to be allowing people smugglers to operate freely and as a result, the criminals have slashed their prices for getting migrants into the EU to as little as £11




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Battle at the border: Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill the air as Greek police fight back migrants

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.




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Greek police launch tear gas at migrants as Turks fire back at border crossing

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.




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President Erdogan refuses to stop migrants trying to cross Turkey's borders with Greece

President Erdogan said today he wouldn't stop migrants trying to cross into Greece before advising Athens to allow them to pass through, as they are aiming to go further into Europe.




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Greece to empty overcrowded migrant camps to prevent Covid-19 spread

The head of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee urges the evacuation of Greece's overcrowded migrant camps because social distancing is near impossible amid Covid-19.




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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

The woman tested positive after going to the Athens hospital from a camp in Ritsona, 50 miles north of the Greek capital (file photo, a woman at a different camp helps a child put on a mask).




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47 child migrants evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrive in Germany 

The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens on Saturday.




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Coronavirus takes a toll in Sweden's immigrant community

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The flight from Italy was one of the last arrivals that day at the Stockholm airport. A Swedish couple in their 50s walked up and loaded...




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More migrants spotted at Dover as lockdown crossings...

Suspected migrants have been seen in Dover, Kent, as the UK basks in bank holiday sunshine.




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Cruz campaign corrects Heidi Cruz after she calls Ted an 'immigrant'

Sen. Ted Cruz's wife Heidi said something on the campaign trail that could bring back up those pesky 'birther' problems. 'Ted is an immigrant,' Heidi Cruz said at a campaign stop in Greenfield, Indiana.




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Nigel Farage defends travelling 100 miles to film footage about UK migrant crossings

The Brexit Party leader was filmed at Pett Level, a beach in east Sussex, claiming it was the 'favoured location' for migrants to land in the UK. A spokesman said he was there as a broadcaster.




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Unrepentant Nigel Farage breaks lockdown to watch migrants arriving at Dover

Mr Farage delivered a letter to Kent Police headquarters in Maidstone in which he said he was 'certain' the visit to his home was 'a very unwise use of officers' time and of public money'.




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Easter migrant boom as 72 refugees detained in one day as dinghies moor up on Kent beaches

Four boats carrying 72 migrants were intercepted by Border Force on the beaches of Kent and Sussex on Easter Sunday. The 12 women and 60 men said they were from Iraq, Iran and Syria.




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GOP debate sees Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tustle over plans to 'legalize' illegal immigrants

Rubio, pictured, supports a mechanism to allow illegal residents to stay in the country long-term. He's said Cruz's position is 'not much different.' Cruz has likewise accused him of backing amnesty.




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From the migrant crisis to Alexander Blackman, will Western leaders ever learn?

Interventions in small Muslim states over the last twenty years, far from saving the West from the threats from dictators, have left Britain and America more at risk than ever.




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Fraudster jailed for almost five years after illegally obtaining British passports for 11 migrants

Mohammed Asif helped 11 people get UK passports, claiming they were children of two deceased Britons of Pakistani heritage as part of a scam that charged customers up to £10,000.




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British 'jihadi rapper' was 'snuck into Spain by boat after posing as an undocumented migrant'

Spanish state broadcaster TVE said the jihadi reached the city of Almeria in a patera, the wooden boats Africans traditionally use to reach Europe from as far afield as Senegal.




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PICTURED: Thousands of Mexican migrants camp out on roads and bridges to enter United States

The total number of Mexican adults crossing the border spiked by 25 per cent from late July to late September, while migration from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador declined.




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Jeb Bush on 'anchor babies' and says Asian immigrants take advantage of US laws

'This is ludicrous for the Clinton campaign and others to suggest that somehow, somehow I am using a derogatory term,' he said today after his visit to the United States' southern border.




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Boatload of 13 migrants are intercepted in the Channel

A Border Force cutter picked up the men, women and children, who said they were from Iran, Egypt and Iraq. The 13 migrants were found heading toward the UK coast on Saturday morning.