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More than 100 people were detained in Colorado Springs following an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall

Over 100 immigrants arrested in raid on underground Colorado nightclub where active-duty military members worked, feds say

CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally, were detained in Colorado Springs after an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,” Jonathan C. Pullen, the Special Agent

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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building is pictured in downtown Chicago on January 21.

3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations. In one case, a mother was deported and took her 2-year-old

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More than 100 people were detained in Colorado Springs following an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall

Over 100 immigrants arrested in raid on underground Colorado nightclub where active-duty military members worked, feds say

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally, were detained in Colorado Springs after an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,” Jonathan C. Pullen, the Special Agent in

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Start your week smart: Alzheimer’s research, IRS audit, Trump’s first 100 days, horse racing’s future, goodbye $5 T-shirts

By Andrew Torgan, Daniel Wine and Kimberly Richardson, CNN (CNN) — April 15 has come and gone, so you can stop worrying about your taxes for another year … or can you? With so many changes taking place at the IRS — including widespread staff departures and the implementation of artificial intelligence — how likely

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Charred merchandise and containers lie at the site of the deadly port explosion.

Iranian authorities say ‘failure to observe safety procedures’ at port where explosion killed at least 70 people

By Leila Gharagozlou, Tim Lister, Eve Brennan, Max Saltman and Frankie Vetch, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities have said there was a “failure to observe safety principles” at the port of Bandar Abbas, where an explosion Saturday killed dozens of people, but testing is required to determine the causes of the blast. Eyewitness accounts and

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Florida law enforcement participated in an immigration crackdown in Florida on April 26

ICE: ‘First-of-its-kind’ operation with local law enforcement leads to nearly 800 immigrant arrests in Florida

By Karina Tsui and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Saturday the agency and state law enforcement in Florida have arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a “massive, multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown.” ICE’s office in Miami calls the “highly successful” operation “a first-of-its-kind partnership between state and federal

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Freddy Gonzalez Drive is a busy thoroughfare of about 6 miles across Edinburg.

The legacy of a Vietnam War hero scrubbed from a government webpage remains strong in the southernmost part of Texas

By Amanda Jackson, CNN | Photographs by Gabriel V. Cárdenas for CNN Edinburg, Texas (CNN) — Patriotism runs deep in this South Texas town nestled just along the border with Mexico. American flags fly outside many businesses. Pictures of veterans adorn light poles and traffic signal boxes. And a giant mural inside a popular grocery

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An ambulance is parked at the site of a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver

Suspect charged with murder over Vancouver Filipino festival car ramming, police say victims were aged five to 65

By Lucas Lilieholm, Kathleen Magramo, Ross Adkin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after a car plowed into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night killing at least 11 people in what police are calling “the darkest

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