Immigration

Attorney says attempts to stay deportation action rejected

The Department of Homeland Security posted a memo last week stating that it was pausing immigration applications and asylum decisions for any immigrants coming from 19 countries.

During an interview with St. Louis Public Radio in Washington, D.C., the Republican senator said a bipartisan contingent of senators is trying to find a way to end the shutdown.

A small Illinois city is rallying for a prominent community member who is currently in ICE detention in Missouri. He was taken into custody after dropping his daughters off at school last week.

Facing months in jail, workers arrested at a popular Chinese buffet have instead chosen “voluntary departure” back to Indonesia.

Community members gathered Monday at a town hall to learn ways to protect themselves against a potential influx of ICE agents and National Guard members in St. Louis.

About 50 people gathered to mourn Leo Cruz-Silva, who died by suicide in a jail in Ste. Genevieve on ICE’s watch last week.

This is at least the 15th ICE detainee death nationwide and the second in Missouri this year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's website.

About 30% of students at Iveland Elementary School in the Ritenour School District come from Spanish-speaking households.

The move comes as President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement practices are garnering increasing criticism.