undocumented immigrants

Community members and advocates gathered outside the Oklahoma County jail for a candlelight vigil honoring people who have died while in ICE custody.

As deadlines in the federal court case against the Oklahoma law criminalizing unlawful presence loom, attorneys fighting the state say stopping the law is vital to prevent a bad situation from getting worse, faster.

That's according to surveys of Texas businesses by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

A coalition of nearly 30 Texas organizations have banded together in support of an appeal to overturn the end of the Texas Dream Act.

A plaintiff in the case called Thursday's decision a "powerful step" toward protecting early education access.

An open letter signed by a majority of Kanas bishops encouraged Kansans to see immigrants as humans, not criminals. Meanwhile, the Kansas Legislature is pushing the governor to "fully cooperate" with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

The number of people deported without a criminal history continues to rise in Oklahoma. But as local law enforcement leaders enter into new ICE agreements, they say they are trying to take a nuanced approach in line with their community needs.

The immigrant-supporting group Advocates for Immigration Rights and Reconciliation confirmed Thursday night that at least two of the up to 12 people detained in raids the day before had been released.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has many recent immigrants terrified, hunkering down and holding onto their money. That new fear and frugality is crushing small, mom-and-pop businesses in some immigrant-heavy business corridors, like Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, just as new tariffs are raising the prices of many products that recent immigrants buy.

As some of Oklahoma's older privately owned prisons are eyed as opportunities for expanding federal immigration detention capacity, one Oklahoma think tank aims to remind residents why more privatized incarceration is a bad deal for them and the state.