immigration

KHOL could not immediately confirm if search warrants were issued by the federal immigration agency or a judge — the latter being a requirement to detain someone on private

About 60 people chanted, held signs and marched around the state Capitol in Cheyenne as part of a nationwide day of action.

The memo instructed the organizations to cease spending federal grant dollars meant to help refugees integrate into U.S. communities in their first three months.

The letter comes as the Trump administration ramps up deportations and is anticipated to request or demand assistance from local law enforcement to carry out federal policies, a duty long considered outside the scope of practice in places like Teton County.

Leaders on the Wind River Reservation are encouraging tribal members to carry some sort of identification with them. That comes in response to ramped-up efforts to enforce immigration policy under the Trump administration.

Journalists, Teton County's sheriff’s office and legal experts have no confirmation of ICE raids despite recent rumors, but are on alert.

The ACLU recently acquired documents revealing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is actively considering locations to expand its detention capacity. Some of those locations include private prisons in the Mountain West.

Immigrants without legal status make up a large part of the workers in several industries and have a combined household income of almost $27 billion dollars in the Mountain West. The consequences could be dire if those workers were sent out of the country.

An Idaho sheriff and leader of a national law enforcement organization is raising his hand to help the feds crack down on illegal immigration. But in Colorado, lawmakers are working to bolster laws that prohibit such collaboration.

There’s been a lot of talk from President-elect Donald Trump and other elected officials about plans to deport large numbers of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. That’s left many people scared, especially those who have deep roots in the country and have built lives, businesses and had children born here.