23 states sue to block DHS rule letting officials deny green cards over food stamps or Medicaid, four days before it takes effect.
Federal judge blocks DHS rule capping international students at four years hours before it took effect, saying its national-security rationale “borders on the absurd.”
DHS watchdog finds Alligator Alcatraz held 79 detainees in 18-square-foot metal cages, calling it “unprecedented” at ICE sites, then closed every recommendation because the camp shut in June.
DHS whistleblower says leaders ordered agents to enter state voter-record sites under false pretenses and clear five cases an hour hunting noncitizen voters before the midterms.
Federal judge tosses Nashville Spanish-language reporter’s claim ICE arrested her in retaliation for covering raids, ruling on procedure and leaving the First Amendment question unanswered.
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Arkansas, Utah and DC over in-state tuition for undocumented students, completing suits against every state with such laws, 25 total.
Trump says $1.2 trillion election-conditioned dividend needs no congressional vote, citing tariff revenue, as Commerce Secretary Lutnick points to unlaunched visa card and Intel shares.
Justice Department deports Afghan permanent resident in first case ever decided by secret terrorism court dormant since 1996, on classified evidence her lawyers never saw.
Federal judge keeps Phoenix-area sheriff’s office under court monitoring in Arpaio-era racial profiling case, rejecting Justice Department-backed bid to end it over 46 unmet reforms.
Denver and three civil rights groups sue to bar armed ICE agents from polling places and ballot drop boxes in November, citing a Civil War-era law.
Vance closes the GOP midterm convention to 2028 nominee chants, telling a protester he says waved a Mexican flag to “get your ass over there.”
Federal appeals court in Richmond becomes the ninth to reject Trump’s no-bond detention policy, ruling immigrants already living in the US are entitled to bond hearings.
Nebraska Gov. Pillen’s hog company employed undocumented workers at least 20 farms while he lent ICE a state prison and troopers, a Flatwater Free Press and New York Times investigation finds.
Trump proposes excluding roughly 16 million undocumented and temporary immigrants from the 2030 census count that allots House seats, reviving his first-term citizenship question.
New York Mayor Mamdani creates an Office of Worker Power and orders city agencies to hunt labor violations without waiting for complaints, citing weakened federal enforcement.
Delaware Gov. Meyer signs 3 bills barring civil immigration arrests at state courthouses and blocking state and local police from helping ICE at schools, churches and hospitals.
Arlington, Virginia, police open an investigation of ICE agents accused of a beating that left a man with a brain hemorrhage, as Homeland Security calls it “necessary force.”
Justice Department sends Nevada 7 FBI subpoenas for voter data after judges tossed its lawsuit demanding the same files, one of 23 rejected.
ICE agent Christian Castro pleads not guilty to 6 counts of lying about shooting a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis and goes free on $75,000 bond.
ICE vetting official warns Homeland Security’s inspector general the agency hired recruits before background checks in its 12,000-officer surge, posing “grave national security risks,” the New York Times reports.
White House website launches arcade games where players catch “crossers” for a deportation high score, with an official calling it “a culture of fun and winning.”
Justice Department charges ICE agent Christian Castro with lying about shooting a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, one day after ProPublica reported it blocked civil rights charges against him.
Justice Department blocks civil rights charges against ICE agent Christian Castro, who shot a Venezuelan immigrant through a Minneapolis door, over the prosecutor’s “strongest possible” objections, ProPublica reports.
ICE plans to pay up to $5 million to compile voter rolls and voting histories from all 50 states, after courts rejected DOJ’s demands for the same data.
Justice Department declares all agencies in every state must report suspected undocumented immigrants or risk future welfare funds, reinterpreting a 1996 law prior administrations applied only to benefits offices.
Immigrant rights group CHIRLA sues Homeland Security to halt voter roll matching that claims 190,000 noncitizens registered in California, a figure it calls “almost certainly widely incorrect.”
Federal judge blocks Trump’s second birthright citizenship order as “almost certainly unconstitutional,” citing the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against the first 2 months earlier.
House votes 370-48 to fund the government through Dec. 11, blocking political review of grants and fund transfers to Border Patrol, averting a preelection shutdown.
ICE frees a Washington state roofer in Louisiana without his passport, 2,000 miles from home, after a judge ruled his pending trafficking visa barred his detention.
Homeland Security Secretary Mullin touts about 2,100 ICE arrests in New York and threatens more agents unless leaders cooperate, despite the city’s record low murders.
Trump administration shuts 270 trucking schools it says helped undocumented immigrants get commercial licenses, 110 of them tied to over 5,000 drivers who failed English tests.
38 Minnesota church protesters including ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon seek dismissal, saying Homeland Security used over 90 customs summonses to gather phone and travel records without judicial approval.
ICE deports far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos to Britain 2 days after his airport arrest, as conservative activist Laura Loomer claims she exposed the Trump critic’s overstay.
Harris County’s district attorney will take ICE’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo to a grand jury, saying Homeland Security has shared nothing 7 weeks after the shooting.
Newly released 2025 Homeland Security memo lets National Guard troops sent across state lines make immigration arrests as federal officers, none reported so far.
ICE moves to spend up to $2 million on Boston Dynamics robot dogs that can open doors, days after buying 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves.
Federal judge rules unconstitutional the immigration provision Rubio used to deport foreign students for criticizing Israel, in a case won by Stanford’s student newspaper.
ICE detains far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at the New Orleans airport for overstaying a 2019 visa, after years of urging mass deportations and ICE checkpoints at supermarkets.
River outfitters and Lipan Apache members win a court order halting all Homeland Security border barrier construction in Big Bend National Park until at least September 15.
Texas jail frees ICE agent Christian Castro, charged with shooting a Minneapolis man through a closed door and lying about it, as Gov. Abbott keeps blocking his extradition.
Masked, armed CBP agents escort border wall contractors onto Tohono O’odham Nation land to begin drilling, 11 days after a judge refused to halt construction.
ICE signs a no-bid $16.7 million contract for 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves to use on detainees and protesters, hours after 16 senators asked it to cancel.
New Mexico sues the US and border wall contractors over unauthorized wells in protected water basins, demanding double repayment for stolen groundwater.
Federal judge rejects Minnesota’s bid to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro, ruling Texas Gov. Abbott can stall the transfer indefinitely with no deadline.
ICE seeks a contractor to deliver voter registration and voting history files from all 50 states, citing fraud detection, 404 Media reports from procurement records.
Federal judge signals he won’t keep ICE officer Christian Castro jailed past Thursday, as Abbott stalls Minnesota’s extradition on charges that include lying about his shooting.
ICE arrests hit a record 49,571 in July, up 70% since February, as 12,000 new deportation officers come online with last summer’s congressional billions.
Judge blocks Florida International University from punishing students who silently protested campus police working as ICE agents, citing 60 years of precedent.
ICE arrests 1,328 people across DC’s Virginia and Maryland suburbs in a two-week sweep where 70% had no criminal record, matching a 1,200-arrest Atlanta operation.
400 volunteers put 29,000 shielded immigration court records online, exposing arrest patterns a 2007 rule kept locked in courthouse kiosks.
