Martinez, 38, is being held on an ICE detainer after he was allegedly caught sexually abusing a young child in Limestone County, Alabama.

Martinez, a 38-year-old illegal immigrant, was allegedly caught molesting a child younger than 12 years old over the weekend.

This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.

Two bills prefiled in the Alabama legislature would enhance sentencing of illegal immigrants, and give local police powers to enforce immigration law.

Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 308 migrants illegally living in the country Tuesday following President Trump’s first full day in

The bill will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week before heading to President Trump to be signed into law.

The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

The Department of Homeland Security is allowing certain law enforcement components from the Department of Justice to carry out the "functions" of an immigration officer.

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and arrested on petty crimes, among other crimes. In a 263-156 vote, 46 House Democrats voted with Republicans to send the bill,

Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., that requires immigration authorities to detain undocumented migrants that commit theft-related and other crimes is landing on President Trump’s desk after the House approved the Senate version of the legislation Wednesday.