A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra was charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, and the guilty verdict was reached Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard. Ibarra had waived his right to a jury trial, meaning that Haggard alone heard and decided the case. The killing added fuel to the national debate over immigration when federal authorities said Ibarra illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 and was allowed to stay in the country while he pursued his immigration case.

Last month, some local sheriffs pushed back against a report from an immigration think tank that called their counties “sanctuary jurisdictions.” Now, 10 News has learned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement considers an internal document on which the report was based to be outdated.

A recent viral video from WSLS-TV showed what troops and migrant face each day

10 News Anchor John Carlin went to the Frontline of the U.S. border with Mexico at Eagle Pass, Texas to see what the Virginia National Guard faced during their deployment in July. Here is a quick look at what he found.

As the number of immigrants seeking court permission to avoid deportation grows, foundations in Los Angeles have joined with local governments to direct millions of dollars to pay for lawyers to represent the immigrants, an effort they hope will be copied across the country.

Congress is weighing in on a bill that could drastically change the nation’s immigration system.

Virginians pushing for immigrant rights spent their Valentine’s Day outside of the White House demanding immigration reform.

Striving for the American Dream, the journey to attain U.S citizenship can be scary and disappointing for immigrants, but a Roanoke woman is helping Latinos find a pathway to U.S. citizenship — just like herself.

U.S. Border Patrol agents were performing boat operations when they noticed an unusual color along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass.

Immigration lawyers are seeing an uptick in calls after a new policy aims to help undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime.

ROANOKE, Va. – Removing barriers for potential citizens, the Biden administration is bringing back the old citizenship test. Creating tougher questions and adding more of them, the Trump administration revised the U.S. Citizenship test last year. In 2020, the Trump administration doubled the requirement by having people answer 12 out of 20 civic questions correctly. The study guide was also altered to have 128 potential questions rather than 100.

ROANOKE, Va – Republican Congressman Bob Good is looking to build trust among the people of the 5th district. Good says since he was officially sworn in a few weeks ago, his top priority in Washington has been improving the economy following the coronavirus pandemic. Good also hopes to see some of Former President Donald Trump’s immigration plans continue. He was one of several congressmen who recently took a trip to view conditions at the border wall in southern Arizona. AdHe hopes to see the border wall completed in the near future.

ROANOKE, Va. – In a span of four years, the Trump administration made 400 policy changes in regards to immigration. Eleven million undocumented residents in the United States could find themselves obtaining citizenship in just a matter of eight years. Based on the current complex immigration system, attaining citizenship can take up to two decades. More than 2.5 million immigrants were deported between 2009 and 2015. Rather than focus on enforcement at the border, President Biden intends to invest in technology and establish immigration offices in other countries.