ICE issues more than 1,000 tentative job offers after July 4 law added $170 billion for border enforcement toward 1 million annual deportations goal.
Pentagon pulls 1,350 National Guard troops Trump sent to quell Los Angeles ICE protests, leaving 250 to guard federal sites.
House Democrats sue Trump administration for week-notice rule restricting unannounced ICE detention inspections, citing law guaranteeing congressional access.
ICE launches “Defend the Homeland” drive offering $50,000 signing bonuses and overtime to hire 10,000 deportation staff after Trump’s $76.5 billion funding surge.
Trump orders 1,700 National Guard troops to ICE sites in 20 Republican states to handle deportation paperwork and boost raids.
Thomas Kinkade family threatens legal action after DHS uses late artist’s painting without permission to promote anti-immigrant message.
Harvard complies with Trump administration demand for I-9 employment forms but withholds records for student employees while fighting to restore billions in frozen funds.
ICE arrests Maine police officer for illegal immigration status despite federal E-Verify system clearing him to work until 2030.
Interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro mandates immigration checks on all D.C. defendants as Trump administration targets sanctuary cities for deportation push.
Third whistleblower contradicts judicial nominee Emil Bove’s testimony about telling Justice Department staff to ignore court orders on deportations.
9th Circuit judges press Trump administration to confirm Stephen Miller’s announced 3,000 daily deportation quota after ruling it could prompt unconstitutional sweeps.
Twenty-one states sue USDA over demand for Social Security numbers and personal data of food stamp recipients amid Trump immigration enforcement push.
Civil rights lawyers seek restraining order against Everglades immigration detention center over detainees held without charges and barred from legal access.
Second whistleblower claims Emil Bove, now nominated for lifetime judgeship, advised Justice Department attorneys to ignore court orders during March deportations.
State Department official tells embassy Trump’s South African refugee program is for whites only despite public claims it includes all racial minorities.
DeSantis announces 100 deportations completed from Everglades facility while planning to deputize state officers as immigration judges to dramatically increase removals.
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Illinois sanctuary policies, ruling federal government cannot compel states to serve as immigration enforcement tools.
Trump administration plans to make citizenship test harder while shifting H-1B visas from lottery system to wage-based selection favoring higher-paid workers.
FEMA redirects $600 million from disaster relief to fund state immigrant detention facilities while Trump administration considers shuttering the agency entirely.
Trump administration charges two surgery center employees with federal crimes for physically blocking ICE agents from arresting man who fled into medical facility.
Third federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide, rejecting administration’s attempt to strip constitutional rights through executive power.
DOJ sues New York City and Mayor Adams over sanctuary policies, accusing city of enabling criminal activity and violating the Supremacy Clause.
IRS reviews phasing out multilingual tax filing services and translation assistance after executive order declaring English the official language.
ICE mandates GPS ankle monitors for roughly 183,000 immigrants in its Alternatives to Detention program, excluding pregnant women, boosting surveillance via Geo Group contractor tied to former Trump officials.
Rubio launches State Department probe of Harvard’s J-1 visa program for international researchers as latest retaliation over campus antisemitism claims.
Trump administration investigates five universities for offering scholarships to DACA recipients as “discrimination against American-born students.”
Federal judge blocks ICE from immediately detaining man wrongly deported despite court protection as DHS calls judge “unhinged” and “lawless.”
Government awards $232 million contract for 5,000-person tent internment camp in west Texas despite border crossings plunging.
Florida’s attorney general used the deportation of an alleged abuser to encourage people to report any undocumented ex-partners to his office.
Colorado’s AG is suing a deputy for helping ICE detain a student for two weeks in violation of the state’s sanctuary law.
A U.S. appeals court voided New Jersey’s ban on private ICE detention, aiding the Trump administration’s nationwide expansion plans.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by the Trump administration once before, have now asked a judge to keep him in jail to prevent a second deportation.
21 Democratic AGs are suing to block a Trump rule cutting immigrant access to health, housing, and Head Start that the White House claims saves $40B.
Federal judges accuse the Trump administration of defying court orders in one-third of major rulings against it, a new analysis finds.
The Pentagon withdrew U.S. Marines from Los Angeles, but Guard troops remain from a deployment that local leaders legally challenged as political theater.
Public support for Trump’s mass deportation policy has dropped 10 points since February, sinking his overall approval rating to 42 percent.
Despite talk of a pass for farmers, ICE’s director is now warning of a criminal crackdown on any company that hires unauthorized workers.
ICE uses $45 billion to build migrant tent camps at military bases, targeting 100,000 detention beds by year-end.
Vanity Fair publishes Turkish doctoral student’s account of 45-day ICE detention after writing pro-Palestine op-ed calling for divestment.
State Department official testifies that criticizing Israel or calling for divestment could justify revoking foreign students’ visas.
Hegseth plans to house detained immigrants at military bases in Indiana and New Jersey as Trump expands detention capacity to 100,000 beds.
Venezuela frees 10 Americans in exchange for migrants Trump deported to El Salvador’s prison under rarely-used World War II law.
ICE gains direct access to Medicaid data on 80 million Americans to locate immigrants for deportation.
Justice Department demands California sheriffs provide names and release dates of noncitizen inmates or face subpoenas.
Attorneys sue Trump administration to restore deportation protections for 150,000 abused migrant children.
Federal judge delays ruling on releasing legal U.S. resident Kilmar Ábrego García from jail after Trump administration threatens deportation if he’s freed pending trial.
Florida authorities wrongly arrested two people under state immigration law more than a month after federal judge halted its enforcement, triggering required contempt reporting.
Federal appeals court blocks Trump administration’s attempt to unilaterally revoke green cards, ruling Justice Department exceeded congressional authority in separation of powers violation.
Eswatini holds five U.S. deportees in isolated prison units while seeking to repatriate them to home countries that previously refused acceptance.
The Trump administration exiled five migrants to the African nation of Eswatini, citing a recent and controversial Supreme Court order on third-country removals.
