Immigration

Naeem Murr discusses his novel, 'Every Exit Brings You Home.' He'll further talk about the work during Unbound Book Festival's Disappearing Acts panel.

As arrests have climbed in President Trump's second term, advocates and attorneys across the state say undocumented immigrants live in fear.

Owen Ramsingh, the Columbia man who was detained by ICE late last year, has been banned from the United States. Despite efforts from the Columbia community, he was deported to the Netherlands in February.

A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers.

The bill would also enact a civil penalty (25% of what was transferred plus fees) if an undocumented person were to initiate a foreign remittance transfer.

Victor López Delara was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after police stopped him for driving without a front license plate. His fiancée says she's worried that López Delara, who has no criminal history and has been in the United States since he was 4, now faces detainment and deportation.

According to the Facebook post, Ramsingh experienced starvation, "horrific" living conditions and witnessed a murder.

His wife, Diana, and one of their children plan to join him this week.

Local leaders, businesses and educators are reckoning with rising anxiety in St. Louis' immigrant community after a year of President Trump's increased immigration enforcement, which was marked last month by federal agents' killing of Minnesota residents Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

During an appearance on the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, Hanaway detailed why she’s relitigating on whether the federal government can exclude certain immigrants from the census.