Customs & Immigration

But even for those who are released, the path toward permanent legal status is filled with hurdles.

An immigration court has blocked the deportation of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home last year, her attorneys and court documents say.

The federal immigration authorities that detained a Ugandan pastor outside his workplace Wednesday are now denying him the medication needed to treat his Type 2 diabetes, according to his lawyer.

Steven Tendo of Colchester sought refuge in the United States after being tortured in Uganda.

ICE says it arrested 206 people in the state during a multiday operation last month. Here are a few of their stories.

An afternoon rally in Burlington protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minneapolis and around the country.

A number of Vermont businesses closed Friday, while others pledged to donate a portion of sales to organizations assisting immigrants.

Dmitrii Georgiev was on vacation when he said his GPS led him to a U.S. port of entry in Vermont. By the time he realized that, it was too late. He'd spend months in a black hole of ICE custody and felt he was "not in America."

Lawyers, elected officials, and some local law enforcement officers say many of those detained have no criminal record.

Town and state officials say they have no additional information about the federal government's draft plans to open an immigrant detainee processing site in Merrimack that could hold 500 to 1,500 people.