The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.

President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post in November: "I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden's Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States."

About 20,000 people living in Florida in 2025 were detained and transferred to federal immigration custody, state officials said Monday.

Venezuelan immigrants in Colorado face uncertainty as Venezuela's regime change may affect asylum cases citing political persecution.

A year-end wave of immigration raids in California's Central Coast led to the apprehension of 147 people, sparking outrage from elected officials and immigrant rights groups.

ABC7 is told that pepper spray was used as federal agents looked to make arrests in Evanston on Friday. Neighbors say the terrifying moments happened earlier Friday at the intersection of Asbury and Oakton. Witnesses say a man and a woman in a red car were ...

UC Merced researchers say enforcement-driven job losses expose gaps in California's economic safety net for workers statewide.

A UC Merced study used U.S. census data to track changes in the number of Californians reporting private sector employment across several months in 2025.

The Trump administration will reduce legal immigration, increase deportations and limit the hiring of H-1B visa holders in 2026.