Immigration

When Dorsa Derakhshani was barred from playing for Iran's national chess team because she didn't wear a hijab at an international tournament, she left the country to attend college in St. Louis.

Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail.

Immigrants in St. Louis with longstanding deportation orders were texted to report to the agency's office by the end of the day Wednesday. Attorneys say some who showed up have been detained on arrival.

About two months after his death in ICE custody, Brayan Garzón-Rayo’s family buried his ashes with support from the Ashrei Foundation.

A Kennett, Missouri, woman went to St. Louis last month for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials to renew her immigration documents. Instead, they shackled her and are now trying to deport her to Hong Kong.

La agencia federal afirma que Brayan Garzón-Rayo no recibió una evaluación de salud mental debido a la escasez de personal ese día y a que posteriormente dio positivo por COVID-19.

The federal agency says Brayan Garzón-Rayo did not receive a mental health evaluation due to staffing shortages that day and later testing positive for COVID-19.

The popular, multicultural festival will return to Tower Grove Park in St. Louis on Aug. 23-24.

Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera.

Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.