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Immigration

Days after the Justice Dept sued Boston, ICE launches an immigration crackdown in Massachusetts that Mayor Michelle Wu calls an unconstitutional attack.

One day after renaming the Defense Department, Trump posts a meme with helicopters over Chicago, warning the city will soon learn why it is called the “Department of War.”

The Trump administration will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini under a new deal with African nations to accept foreign deportees.

Trump administration transforms citizenship bureau USCIS into an armed law enforcement agency.

A Justice Dept. appeals board affirms a new ICE policy of mandatory detention without bond hearings for millions of undocumented immigrants.

A federal judge blocks DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s ‘illegal’ revocation of TPS for over one million Venezuelan and Haitian migrants, previously citing likely racial animus as a motive.

The Trump administration has detailed nearly 33,000 federal employees to ICE, diverting nearly 40 percent of the DEA’s workforce for immigration enforcement.

One month after publicly targeting Boston, the Justice Dept sues the city to overturn its “sanctuary city” law.

An appeals court blocks the shutdown of a Florida immigration detention center, ruling enforcement needs outweigh environmental risks.

On the same day as a major raid in Georgia, federal agents used crowbars to enter a New York food factory and arrest dozens of workers.

Federal agents arrested 450 workers in an immigration raid that halted construction at a new $7.6 billion Hyundai battery plant in Georgia.

An immigrant pleads guilty to being in the U.S. illegally five months after a Milwaukee judge was charged with helping him evade ICE agents.

The Pentagon authorizes Naval Station Great Lakes as a staging ground for Trump’s planned immigration surge in Chicago.

Louisiana Gov. Landry and top Trump officials are housing ICE detainees in a reopened solitary confinement “dungeon” at Angola prison.

In her first major immigration rulings, Attorney General Bondi reinstated Trump-era restrictions on asylum for victims of domestic abuse and gang violence.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is using a new legal tactic to end Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status just days after a court ruled her previous attempt unlawful.

Five House Republicans joined Democrats to kill a GOP resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, arguing the Ethics Committee should investigate first.

ICE reactivates a $2 million spyware contract nearly a year after the Biden administration paused it over human rights concerns.

A Colorado sheriff’s deputy resigns to end a lawsuit accusing him of violating a new state law by helping federal immigration agents.

The Trump administration taps 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges months after firing dozens of experienced judges.

A federal appeals court says Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, finding no ‘invasion’ occurred.

The Labor Department proposes a national database of private state unemployment records, sparking fears of surveillance and misuse.

Trump prepares federal agents and Texas National Guard for Chicago deployment, a plan Pritzker denounces as a partisan stunt targeting Mexican Independence Day.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims Los Angeles would not be standing without Trump’s June deployment of the National Guard for anti-ICE protests.

DHS officials block Rep. Emily Randall from an ICE facility even after she cited the federal law granting her immediate access.

Trump’s immigration crackdown drives 1.2 million immigrant workers from the U.S. labor force in the first seven months of 2025.

One of two firefighters arrested by Border Patrol while on duty fighting a wildfire arrived in the U.S. at age 4 and is on a path to legal status.

A federal judge blocks the Trump administration’s early-morning holiday weekend plan to fly 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala.

The State Dept. escalates a Gaza visa ban to a global refusal for all Palestinian passport holders, including UN invitees.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirms an ICE surge in Chicago and calls a National Guard deployment Trump’s decision, prompting a lawsuit threat from Gov. JB Pritzker.

Advocates allege ICE is forcing detainees to sleep on floors with little food at its Chantilly, Virginia administrative offices.

The last member of the Justice Dept’s punitive “sanctuary cities” working group departs seven months after Trump created it to sideline career officials.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order requiring body cameras and banning masks for federal agents ahead of Trump’s threatened immigration crackdown

Video shows Rep. Barry Moore fleeing Alabama town hall after crowd erupts over Trump deportation policies and his claim that non-citizens lack due process.

The Trump administration will halt the release of 600 Guatemalan children to relatives for a mass removal program it calls ‘repatriation’ but advocates call illegal abandonment.

A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans, ruling Congress did not grant it that authority.

Citing a violation of constitutional due process rights, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s nationwide expansion of fast-track deportations.

Chicago’s police superintendent warns residents that federal rules of engagement differ from CPD policies as Trump plans a National Guard deployment.

The Trump administration plans an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in Boston to challenge its sanctuary policies, similar to planned operation in Chicago.

Judge upholds order to shut down Florida immigration detention center, leaving taxpayers facing $218M loss on controversial project.

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia seek gag order after Trump officials attack the deported Maryland father, as judge warns comments threaten fair trial.

DHS proposes a new rule to limit foreign student stays to a fixed four-year period, ending a policy in place since 1978.

Justice Department eliminates experience requirements to allow any attorney to serve as a temporary immigration judge.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum to prevent his deportation to Uganda after being re-detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore.

Florida official says the Everglades immigration detention facility will be empty within days, just a week after a judge ordered it to wind down operations.

DHS bars disaster aid groups from helping undocumented immigrants, reversing a long-standing practice of serving anyone in need regardless of status.

DHS has requested use of Naval Station Great Lakes to house ICE, CBP, and DHS agents from Sept. 2–30, with National Guard involvement possible but not yet approved.

Border Patrol arrests two firefighters at Washington wildfire in rare operation as concerns over federal agents acting at disaster sites resurface.

DOT threatens to cut federal funding to California, Washington, and New Mexico over failure to enforce English proficiency rules for truckers after fatal Florida crash.

The Trump administration reinstated neighborhood checks for citizenship applicants Tuesday, ending a 34-year waiver and expanding USCIS power to scrutinize immigrants’ daily lives.

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