Immigration

In a memo, Lackawanna County's solicitor says Commissioner Bill Gaughan's proposed law limiting cooperation with ICE carries potential criminal penalties.

The Lackawanna County commissioners are reviewing a legal memo that raises doubts about Commissioner Bill Gaughan's proposed Protect Our Neighbors Act.

The first story in WVIA News's three-part series on data centers looks at the potential impacts on water supplies.

At a Lackawanna County commissioners meeting that lasted almost three hours, residents publicly opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' tactics and urged the commissioners to back restrictions on county cooperation with ICE agents.

A deed filed Monday at the Schuylkill County courthouse shows the Department of Homeland Security bought the former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Twp. for more than $119.5 million in January. Evidence points to plans to use the 1.3-million-square-foot building to house immigrant detainees.

U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie defended expanded immigration enforcement under the Trump administration while acknowledging the need for reforms after recent incidents involving federal agents, during an interview marking his first year in office.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held his first ‘Eat Real Food’ rally Wednesday in Harrisburg. Gov. Josh Shapiro pushed back against the visit on social media.

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican Party’s endorsed challenger to Gov. Josh Shapiro in this year’s election, suggested Monday that Pennsylvania’s rural communities would be good locations for new data centers built to power artificial intelligence technologies.

ICE says Concepción Castro-Delcid and his minor daughter, who was not identified, were facing final removal orders and are being returned to Honduras.

The day after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a single father on his way to work, and later, his daughter, community members in Dunmore felt their absence.