March 4, 2019 Judge: Muslim man's suit over border detention can proceed A Muslim man can proceed with his lawsuit alleging he was subjected to low-grade torture when U.S. Customs agents detained him at the border, a judge has ruled.
November 26, 2018 US woman pleads guilty to bitcoin ploy aiding Islamic State A Pakistani-born New York woman has acknowledged her role in defrauding numerous financial institutions in a bitcoin scheme to help the Islamic State group.
November 16, 2018 Arms dealer convicted in LA of trying to buy, sell missiles Authorities say a black-market arms dealer who tried to buy anti-aircraft missiles and sell them to clients in the Middle East has been convicted of conspiracy in Los Angeles.
November 13, 2018 Runner who lost feet to frostbite completes first marathon A former University of Alaska Anchorage runner who lost both of his feet to frostbite in 2011 ran his first marathon and became an American citizen last week.
October 31, 2018 Judge orders alleged Islamic State propagandist held A judge says a Chicago computer-science specialist accused of running online propaganda campaigns for Islamic State poses a threat and so must stay jailed until trial.
October 28, 2018 Wait times for citizenship applications stretch to 2 years More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on applications to become U.S. citizens, a process that once typically took about six months but has stretched to more than two years in some places.
October 18, 2018 Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims 'lies' A Minnesota Democratic candidate for Congress who is poised to become the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House has denounced claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud as "disgusting lies," and says allegations of campaign finance violations are politically motivated.
August 3, 2018 Facing deportation, US Marine's wife leaves for Mexico The wife of a former Marine is being deported after quietly living for years in Florida as an undocumented immigrant.
July 31, 2018 After delays, former Iraqi translator became US citizen An Iraqi former translator for U.S. troops is finally becoming a U.S. citizen a year after officials abruptly removed him from a naturalization ceremony, prompting him to sue the government and charge it was targeting people from Muslim-majority countries.
July 23, 2018 After delays, former Iraqi translator will be US citizen More than a year after a former interpreter for U.S. military forces in Iraq was pulled out of a U.S. citizenship ceremony without explanation, he's about to be naturalized.
