Immigration

The protest comes two days after employees at a St. Charles County restaurant said three workers without criminal records were detained.

The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration.

Some city and county officials in the St. Louis region say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t contacted them, despite rumors and claims that the federal agents have been spotted.

Si el proyecto de ley relacionado a las personas sin estatus legal no es aprobado por la Cámara de Missouri, no se convertirá en ley.

One bill being discussed in the Senate would include life imprisonment without parole as a punishment for immigration violations and would allow Missourians to collect $1,000 bounties for reporting people who are in the country without legal status.

La legislación también permitiría que los residentes de Missouri reciban una recompensa de $1,000 por informar al Departamento de Seguridad Pública sobre las personas que se encuentren en el estado sin estatus legal.

The legislation would also allow Missourians to collect a $1,000 bounty for reporting on people who are found to be in the United States without legal status to the Department of Public Safety.

St. Louis-area immigrants and advocates protest President Trump’s new immigration policies and the beginning of mass deportations.

Prospects of a raid in Chicago come just a few weeks after Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the city and threatened to prosecute the mayor if he did not cooperate.

Arrey Obenson no longer leads the International Institute of St. Louis. The institute’s board of directors is searching for a new leader.