Federal judge extends order blocking ICE from arresting Minnesota refugees, calls administration policy a “dystopian nightmare.”
DOJ indicts 30 more people for January anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church where pastor doubled as acting ICE field office director.
DHS admits to Congress it deported 86 DACA recipients protected under U.S. law, claiming 241 of 261 detained had “criminal histories” but providing no details on charges.
Denver Mayor Johnston bans federal immigration agents from all city property and orders police to arrest agents using excessive force, citing the two fatal Minnesota shootings.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Temporary Protected Status for Syrian nationals, accusing lower courts of “persistent disregard” for the court’s prior rulings on TPS terminations.
Judge rules California must let 20,000 immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses despite Trump administration threats to revoke the state’s authority to issue commercial licenses entirely.
NYC Mayor Mamdani wins Trump backing for 12,000-unit federal housing project and a detained Columbia student’s release in one White House visit after bringing mocked-up newspaper front pages.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks judge to toss smuggling charges as vindictive after unsealed records suggest DOJ leadership directed prosecution because he won his wrongful deportation case.
Federal judge rules IRS violated the law 42,695 times by disclosing confidential taxpayer addresses to ICE through an automated system that matched names and Social Security numbers in bulk.
Chief Judge Schiltz warns Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor and ICE they face criminal contempt after review finds 97 order violations in original cases and 113 more in 77 new cases since January.
U.S. military uses anti-drone laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas, prompting FAA to close more El Paso airspace two weeks after a similar incident shut down the airport.
Mostly blind Myanmar refugee who spoke no English found dead in Buffalo five days after Border Patrol agents dropped him at a Tim Hortons without notifying anyone.
DOJ tells court the $608M federal reimbursement Florida counted on for its Everglades detention facility won’t cover construction costs and may not materialize at all.
Capitol Police arrest Rep. Omar’s State of the Union guest Aliya Rahman for standing silently during the speech, weeks after federal agents dragged her from her vehicle in Minneapolis and injured both shoulders.
Trump’s Treasury undersecretary for terrorism financing exits after objecting to blanket surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community, with administration offering him ambassador to Germany instead.
Supreme Court unanimously rejects GEO Group’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its Aurora immigration detainees were forced to work for $1 a day, sending the case back for trial.
Federal judge rules Trump’s policy of deporting immigrants to countries they have no connection to is illegal, ordering notice and the chance to challenge removals before they happen.
Newark mayor says ICE pursuit of a van led to a crash that struck a vehicle carrying three children, as Sen. Booker vows to block all future ICE funding.
DHS election integrity official with ties to the 2020 election denial movement tells state election chiefs that ICE agents won’t appear at polling places, as secretaries of state say they’re unconvinced.
Vance and Oz announce $259 million Medicaid payment freeze to Minnesota, citing fraud from a COVID-era nutrition scandal as Walz calls it “a campaign of retribution.”
Texas grand jury declines to indict ICE agent who fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Martinez on South Padre Island, days after the only passenger who contradicted the government’s account died in a car crash.
White House weighs executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from all customers, a new enforcement tool that banks say has no clear legal basis.
DOJ sues New Jersey Gov. Sherrill over executive order prohibiting ICE from entering nonpublic areas of state property without a warrant for civil immigration enforcement.
Legal advocates seek court order to stop CBP from pressuring unaccompanied immigrant children to self-deport before reaching shelters where federal law guarantees them attorneys and judges.
Appeals court allows IRS to continue sharing immigrant taxpayer data with ICE, months after the agency erroneously shared thousands of records beyond the agreement’s scope.
Trump declares “golden age” in record longest State of the Union, pivoting from economic sales pitch to blaming Democrats for “destroying” the country.
Trump-appointed judge holds administration in civil contempt after ICE transferred a detainee to Texas in defiance of a court order, then released him without his belongings.
Maryland attorney general sues to block ICE from converting a $102 million warehouse into a 1,500 person detention facility in a town of 2,000 without environmental review or public input.
Border Patrol agent shoots person near Canadian border in New Hampshire after the individual allegedly fired at the agent, FBI investigating.
Only witness to federal agent’s fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas dies in car accident days after his draft affidavit contradicted DHS account.
DHS suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry starting Sunday as 61,000 TSA employees work without pay in the second week of a shutdown while ICE operates uninterrupted on $75 billion in pre-secured funding.
NIST restricts foreign scientists’ lab access and cancels hiring plans, threatening the agency that sets U.S. standards for cybersecurity, semiconductors and AI with roughly 800 international researchers annually.
DHS seeks to build a single biometric search engine combining face recognition, fingerprints and iris scans across all its agencies after dismantling its own privacy review process.
Leaked DHS document reveals plans for “mega” detention centers holding 7,000 to 10,000 people each, more than double previous estimates, with all facilities operational by November.
ICE quietly changes cause of Cuban detainee’s death from “medical distress” to “spontaneous use of force” weeks after medical examiner ruled it a homicide by asphyxiation during restraint.
Lawmakers find ICE holding facility in Mesa designed for 12-hour stays has detained people for days and weeks with no beds, showers, medical staff or oversight policies.
Internal documents reveal Homeland Security agent shot and killed a 23-year-old U.S. citizen during a traffic detour on South Padre Island last March, nearly a year before the public learned of it.
DHS admits its “Worst of the Worst” arrests website was full of incorrect information after CNN found hundreds of people listed for minor offenses like traffic violations and marijuana possession.
HUD proposes evicting families from federal housing if any household member is undocumented, reversing a policy that allowed reduced assistance for mixed-status families.
Federal judge accuses Trump administration of “terror” against immigrants and violence against its own citizens, finding DHS violated her order to end mandatory detention nationwide.
Federal judge holds government attorney in civil contempt with $500 daily fines after ICE released detained Minnesota man in Texas without his identification documents.
Justice Department admits to violating more than 50 court orders in New Jersey immigration cases, including 17 transfers of detainees after judges ruled they could not be moved.
DHS orders arrest and indefinite detention of an estimated 100,000 legal refugees who lack green cards, months after the administration halted the green card process for their countries.
Transportation Department orders more than 550 driving schools shut after inspections find unqualified instructors and inadequate testing, with another 109 schools withdrawing when they learned inspectors were coming.
ICE deports 2-month-old with bronchitis and his family from Dilley detention center to Mexico with $190, a day after the infant was hospitalized for being unresponsive.
Noem diverted over 750 Coast Guard flights from regular missions to deportation runs, using her authority over the only military branch that reports to DHS.
Governor Moore signs law banning Maryland police from participating in ICE’s 287(g) program after finding the majority of those arrested by ICE in the state were never convicted of a crime.
DHS chief immigration spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin departs as administration pivots to “softer” immigration messaging after two citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
FBI formally refuses to share evidence with Minnesota investigators in Alex Pretti shooting, as bystander video appears to show agents took his gun before killing him.
Trump administration sends second deportation flight to Cameroon carrying eight more third-country nationals days after first flight of nine, most with court orders against removal, was exposed.
