Beltrami County becomes first in Minnesota to vote against refugee resettlement

Beltrami County voted against refugee resettlement on the same day Hennepin County voted for it and St. Louis County kicked the can down the road.

U.S. Border Patrol begins collection of DNA samples

The U.S. Border Patrol has started collecting DNA samples of people in custody at the border.

Report: Guatemalan teen who died in US custody was unresponsive for hours

A flu-ridden 16-year-old boy from Guatemala was unresponsive for hours before he was found dead, according to video footage released Thursday.

White House to set up cameras to livestream border wall construction: report

President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and other White House officials are planning to set up web cameras to livestream construction along the border wall, according to a report.

US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019

The nearly 70,000 migrant children who were held in government custody this year - up 42 percent from 2018 - spent more time in shelters and away from their families than in prior years.

Immigration looms over contested school referendum in Worthington, Minn.

Residents of the Minnesota town of Worthington will decide whether to approve nearly $34 million in new borrowing to expand schools that have filled to overflowing in recent years due to an influx of immigrants. 

Trump signs off on plan to cap refugees at 18,000 in 2020

President Trump has signed off on a plan that continues a dramatic drop in the number of refugees taken in by the U.S. to no more than 18,000 in 2020.

Protesters say Whipple Building's function does not honor namesake, demand name be changed

Several groups, including the Minnesota Council of Churches, protested outside of the Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota Tuesday morning demanding the name of the building be changed.

‘We’re building a wall in Colorado’: Trump includes state in border wall speech

President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis.

Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall

President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis.

Contracts awarded for 65 miles of new border wall

Three contracts have been awarded to build about 65 miles of new border wall in Texas.

Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit

The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980. 

Citations dismissed for ICE protesters that gathered at St. Paul federal building

Citations have been dropped against a group of protesters that gathered outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul earlier this summer, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

Pentagon approves $3.6B in funds from military projects to build 175 miles of Trump's border wall

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.