Federal agents in “Operation Trojan Horse” burst from rented Penske truck at Los Angeles area Home Depot on Aug 6 five days after appeals court upheld ban on indiscriminate raids.
Republican governors deploy 1,700 National Guard troops to DNA swab and fingerprint ICE detainees across dozen states.
FEMA employees given seven days to accept ICE reassignment or face removal as agency struggles to hire deportation agents.
Homeland Security removes ICE age limits and offers $50,000 signing bonus to recruit 10,000 deportation officers.
Justice Department seeks sanctions against lawyer who took pro bono deportation case in first action under Trump directive.
Trump orders Commerce Dept to plan a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, reviving a policy courts blocked and aiming to shift House apportionment.
Florida plans second immigration internment center at Camp Blanding to expand capacity despite ongoing lawsuits over inhumane conditions at Everglades facility.
State Department plans $15,000 travel bonds targeting countries with high overstay rates while exempting wealthy visa waiver nations.
Federal judge orders officials to reveal who has legal authority over Everglades detention camp holding hundreds without charges.
Trump signs deal to exile migrants to Rwanda months after UK scrapped same policy as $875 million failure.
ICE detains and continues holding Purdue student and Episcopal priest’s daughter after routine visa hearing despite attorneys disputing DHS claim she overstayed religious visa.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s expedited deportations of migrants who entered legally through humanitarian parole programs as policy deemed likely illegal.
Ninth Circuit upholds restrictions requiring Trump immigration agents establish reasonable suspicion beyond language or job for detentions in Los Angeles.
Colorado sheriff disciplines three staffers for sharing data that led ICE to detain Utah student and issues public apology.
Federal judge delays Trump’s termination of temporary protected status for migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua until November, citing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s racist comments.
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.