Trump administration imposes visa rules for pregnant women on 'birth tourism'

The rules printed in the Federal Register on Thursday say applicants will be denied tourist visas if they're determined by consular officers to be traveling to the U.S. primarily to give birth.

ICE deports Salvadoran man convicted in deadly St. Paul, Minnesota crash

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deported a Salvadoran man Monday who was illegally in country and who killed a St. Paul, Minnesota resident in a car crash last year. 

Contractor sentenced for hiring undocumented workers, threatening them with deportation for going to doctor

A Twin Cities construction contractor was sentenced Wednesday to 270 days in jail and five years of probation for using undocumented workers on his construction crews and threatening to have them deported unless they followed his orders, including working long hours without overtime pay. 

Ramsey County commissioners vote unanimously to continue welcoming refugees

Counties across the country are voting on whether or not to allow refugees to resettle in their communities after an administrative order issued by President Trump. 

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.