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Immigration

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.

Judge orders the US to retrieve a cartel witness it deported to Mexico despite torture protections, after ICE and Rubio revoked them without a hearing.

DHS proposes a $103,265 employer fee per H-1B visa, built by dividing $8.8 billion in immigration system costs across the 85,000-visa cap.

ICE deports the wife of an active-duty Army sergeant to Honduras, at least the seventh military spouse or parent removed under Trump.

State Department prepares to revoke up to 200,000 tourist and business visas from people who sought asylum, the largest mass revocation in US history.

Judge rules a 1-year-old in government custody with no lawyer must file an asylum application or face deportation, after HHS replaced the contract funding children’s attorneys.

Ohio Immigrant Alliance’s court-records search documents 152 DHS employees charged with sex crimes or violence against women and children, up from 59.

Judge strikes down Rubio’s 75-country visa ban after a State Department cable showed officers ordered to deny applicants who proved they weren’t public burdens.

ICE emails show Iranian officials edited US deportation manifests, adding cases at the embassy’s request while the administration urged Tehran’s evacuation during the war.

Sen. Kim says Delaney Hall medical staff deny responsibility for 3 detainee deaths as detainees describe being refused doctors and prescription medication.

First deportation flight since Haitian TPS ended lands with 161 people, as the US plans to return 250 weekly to a country the UN calls very dangerous.

First 20 deportees land in Liberia under the deal to send 1,200 people, the largest of 35 third-country arrangements the US has struck.

Volunteer flight tracker documents the 5,000th shackled detainee flown from Minneapolis since November, with records more accurate than any public government count.

Appeals court bars DHS immigration enforcement at 1,400 houses of worship after finding the policy already cut attendance at Quaker, Sikh, and Baptist congregations.

Idaho probation officers compile a list of foreign-born people for ICE using intake forms alone, emailing agents when targets arrive for required check-ins.

Judge Dolly Gee orders independent monitoring of children in immigration detention after finding families denied soap, held in freezing cells, and delayed medical care.

Rep. Pingree says the man ICE killed in Maine had no final removal order and wasn’t the intended target, contradicting the agency’s account.

Minnesota sues Texas Governor Abbott for refusing to extradite the ICE agent charged with shooting a man during Operation Metro Surge.

DOJ appeals the dismissal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s smuggling charges after a judge ruled the prosecution punished him for fighting deportation.

San Diego County bans ICE and Border Patrol from its firearm training ranges after agents logged 3,350 hours since 2024 under agreements never publicly disclosed.

Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 US deportees, most of whom won court protection after judges found they risked torture at home.

ICE proposes subsidizing $500,000 liability insurance policies for local officers deputized to make immigration arrests, removing a hurdle keeping police departments from joining.

CBP pauses all construction on its $1.7 billion border project in Big Bend National Park as bulldozers clear a route near Santa Elena Canyon.

Army wife Maisa Lopes Eliaser returns home after an unexplained mid-flight phone call let her stay aboard her Brazil deportation flight and fly back.

Judge rules border security outweighs Tohono O’odham objections, refusing to block 62 miles of wall on the tribe’s Arizona reservation without its consent.

22 states sue to block DHS from seizing 17 million commercial drivers’ records after the administration threatened $10 million in grant funding.

CBP employees used government databases to stalk exes, track coworkers’ phones, and tip smugglers, records spanning more than a decade show.

Massachusetts judge orders a county sheriff to release ICE detainees’ anonymized health records, ruling a federal contract cannot override state public records law.

US attorney confirms FBI tests found no meth in the van of ICE shooting victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo but withholds the results.

Burke Law Group withdraws from the no-bid contract worth up to $150 million to represent migrant children after advocacy groups flagged the Trump-connected award.

ICE names the third Delaney Hall detainee death after a policy change dropped the rule requiring review of deaths that occur after release.

Seven FIU students sue after the university demanded apology videos for a silent anti-ICE protest, withholding their degrees unless they comply.

ICE agent points gun at a Northern Virginia counselor who cursed at agents, as DHS alleges a vehicle attack her own dashcam video disproves.

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