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Federal judge orders bond hearing for Nebraska DACA recipient, despite ICE resistance    Nebraska Examiner

As ICE arrests reach record highs, percent with criminal record plummets    University of Colorado Boulder

Think Immigration: Build Community Close to Home by Engaging with Your Local AILA Chapter    AILA

Public Opinion Memo: Americans oppose additional DHS funding as President Trump’s immigration approval drops to an all time low    FWD.us

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities    MPR News

Trump administration gives ICE broader powers to detain legal refugees, citing security concerns    CBS News

Moore signs bills banning agreements between local police, federal immigration agencies    Maryland Matters

The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE    NPR

DOJ acknowledges violating dozens of recent court orders in New Jersey    Politico

ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention    American Immigration Council

US judge throws out immigration board’s ruling endorsing Trump mass detention policy    Reuters

ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show    The Guardian

Former Minnesota prison guard detained by ICE, accused of multiple acts of immigration fraud    Star Tribune

US lawmaker sounds alarm over health, immigration status of detained baby and mother    Anadolu Ajansı

Yemeni Americans feel ‘betrayed’ as Trump revokes immigration protections    Al Jazeera

US immigration judge blocks Trump administration’s bid to deport Palestinian student    Anadolu Ajansı

Little-used ICE agreements with local police have exploded under Trump    NPR

Federal officials say ICE won’t move into Northwest Side office building in San Antonio    Texas Public Radio | TPR

US lawmaker says infant with bronchitis and his family deported by immigration enforcement    Anadolu Ajansı

Another Democrat Government Shutdown Dramatically Hurts America’s National Security    Homeland Security (.gov)

Federal judge continues to block ICE officers from using tear gas, other munitions outside Portland facility    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi    The Guardian

County leaders convene to update NACo’s Immigration Consensus Principles    National Association of Counties

Refresher Course: When did immigration become illegal in the U.S.?    New Hampshire Public Radio

Some states push back on Trump recruiting local officers to aid immigration enforcement    PBS

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon    Tennessee Lookout

Governor Moore Signs Legislation to Prohibit Maryland Jurisdictions from Deputizing Officers for Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement    Office of Governor Wes Moore (.gov)

In Minnesota, Legislature braces for federal immigration fight as enforcement surge winds down    NBC News

Maryland bans partnerships with ICE, citing ‘unaccountable agents’    The Washington Post

2-month-old with bronchitis, family held at Dilley ICE facility deported to Mexico, Rep. Castro says    KSAT

US immigration judge rejects Trump bid to deport Columbia student Mahdawi    Al Jazeera

ICE at the polls: Arizona Republicans push plan to require agents at all polling places    Arizona Mirror

Trump’s immigration approval hits new low, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll    Reuters

More than 100 T.C. Roberson High School students walk out to protest against ICE    WLOS

ICE walks back statement, says they have not purchased new facility in Middle Tennessee    WZTV

Judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities    PBS

ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show    The Guardian

NEW BRIEF: Analysis Shows That ICE Has Deputized More Than 13,000 Local Law Enforcement Officers, and Promised Billions in Funding to Local Agencies Through Expanded 287(g) Program    FWD.us

State investigation of Helena renews local control debate    Daily Montanan

Debate Over Future of ICE, Response to Immigration Raids Roils Race for Cook County Board President    WTTW

Trump’s DHS has shot 13 people during immigration enforcement operations since September. Here’s what to know.    NBC News

Article: Ukrainian Immigrants in the United States    migrationpolicy.org

US Homeland Security Department’s funding negotiations stall    Al Jazeera

U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated    PBS

A Simple Test of What People Really Think About Immigration    The Free Press

Deadly Evasion: Illegal Immigrant Flees ICE, Crashes Car, and Kills Innocent Driver    Homeland Security (.gov)

Data on sweeping immigrant detentions underscores US bishops’ concerns, says policy expert    OSV News

Fresno’s Mexican Consulate busier amid immigration crackdown across US    ABC30 Fresno

Spokane mother taken into ICE custody    KING5.com

ICE looks to lease office space on San Antonio’s Northwest Side, report says    San Antonio Express-News

Savannah teacher killed after Guatemalan driver flees ICE traffic stop    AJC.com

What Merrimack documents reveal about Trump’s plan for nationwide immigrant detention network    New Hampshire Bulletin

AG Paxton investigating alleged ‘facilitation’ of student ICE walkouts at North East ISD    KSAT

Attorney General Paxton launches investigations into three Texas school districts over students protesting ICE    The Texas Tribune

Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats    The New York Times

Are there fewer federal agents in Minnesota?    CBS News

Fees, fines and ordinances: Cities push back against Trump’s immigration enforcement    Politico

Teen girl whose Chicago father was detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer    CNN

ICE-free zones and blocked liquor licenses: US cities fight back against immigration raids    The Guardian

Agreements that allow local police to work with ICE skyrocket    NBC News

Trump’s border czar says smaller force of ICE agents will remain in Minnesota amid drawdown    PBS

Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks ‘threat to civil rights’    The Guardian

What should the future of federal immigration enforcement look like?    NPR

U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated    PBS

Detainee Death Reporting    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

Trump border czar Tom Homan says small security force to remain in Minnesota    The Washington Post

Chicago leaders speak out after teen daughter who called for dad Ruben Torres Maldonado’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer    ABC7 Chicago

D.C. bishop: Catholics should ‘get the facts’ on immigration, Church teachings    EWTN News

Four men ordered released from ‘Camp 57’ immigration unit at Angola    Louisiana Illuminator

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations    American Immigration Council

Teen girl whose Chicago father was detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer    CNN

I-765, Application for Employment Authorization    USCIS (.gov)

Singers gather in downtown Indianapolis to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement    Fox 59

Border czar Tom Homan says “I don’t like the masks” on ICE officers, but they “have to protect themselves”    CBS News

DHS watchdog warns shutdown could imperil immigration enforcement oversight    Politico

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.    Reuters

Partial government shutdown drags on amid immigration oversight battle    PBS

This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized.    The Washington Post

How the case against a Venezuelan man who was shot by an ICE agent fell apart    CNN

Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow    NPR

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts    The New York Times

US teen who pushed for her father’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer    The Guardian

As ICE taps Medicaid database, hospitals wrestle with warning immigrant patients    Local News Matters

Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’    The Guardian