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Rümeysa Öztürk settles with US government and returns to Turkey    Vermont Public

ICE reports death of 27-year-old Cuban migrant at Federal Detention Center in Miami    WLRN

Reyes: Hochul’s immigration proposal appeals to the GOP    City & State New York

Pushback leads Homeland Security to compromise on some warehouse detention centers for immigrants    Stateline

The US may already have a negative immigration rate. That’s bad for construction.    Construction Dive

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation    NPR

New ICE Arrest Statistics Shed Light on Who the Agency is Targeting in American Communities    American Immigration Council

Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey    The Boston Globe

Lawsuit plaintiff arrested by ICE; Attorneys alleging ‘Shocking act of retaliation’    Los Angeles Times

A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.    ProPublica

Newly-released records detail federal response to Portland ICE protests    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Cuban man dies in ICE custody in Miami after apparent suicide attempt, agency says, amid recent detainee deaths    CBS News

They’ve been detained by ICE and ordered deported. Judges are releasing them from custody.    Politico

Conservative US town grapples with potential ICE detention centre    BBC

ICE’s hiring spree led to influx of recruits with questionable qualifications, investigation shows    The Guardian

Acting ICE director says he’s resigning amid record-breaking shutdown    NPR

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons to leave agency    BBC

Texas immigration court interpreter detained by ICE says ‘they want to make me disappear’    The Guardian

Mum is finally free!’ Pensioner detained by ICE in US returns to France    BBC

Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, Detained by ICE in Alabama, Is Released    The New York Times

House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.    NPR

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies    The Texas Tribune

Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week    Roll Call

ICE head Todd Lyons planning to leave agency this spring    CBS News

Alaska musher sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over immigration case    Alaska Beacon

Froid man has federal immigration charges dropped    Daily Montanan

Last arguments of the term: huge cases for the Fourth Amendment and immigration    SCOTUSblog

WR Immigration News Digest    WR Immigration

One ex-immigration judge in Mass. recounts her firing    WBUR

Why were these two US immigration judges fired? | Seth Stern    The Guardian

16 Million Eligible Immigrant Voters May Help Decide the Winners and Losers of the 2026 Elections    American Immigration Council

Understanding community effects of Asian immigrants’ US housing purchases    MIT News

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

Alaska musher sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over immigration case    Alaska’s News Source

US fires more immigration judges, including two who blocked deporting pro-Palestinian students    Reuters

Bremerton man detained by ICE, 30 years after a teenage crime    Kitsap Sun

Study finds Trump administration cut legal immigration far more than illegal crossings    PBS

Thomson Reuters faces growing pressure over US immigration work    Financial Times

Death rate in immigration detention has reached a 22-year-high, raising physicians’ concerns    NBC News

Texas immigration court interpreter detained by ICE says ‘they want to make me disappear’    The Guardian

US State Department restricts visas for those who ‘support adversaries’    Al Jazeera

ICE Has Detained Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, an 85-Year-Old Widow    The New York Times

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons submits resignation letter: reports    WJLA

ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says    NPR

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons to leave agency    BBC

Federal Immigration Enforcement Officials Testify on Trump Administration’s Budget Request    C-SPAN

Rutgers Law School professor breaks down immigration    THIRTEEN – New York Public Media

House advances bill to shield Haitian immigrants in defiance of Trump    NBC News

The Government Is Connecting the Dots: How AI, Structured Data, and a Quiet Form Change Are Transforming Immigration Vetting    JD Supra

Spanberger acts on immigration bills, seeks changes to ICE-related measures    Virginia Mercury

Alaska musher sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over immigration case    Alaska Beacon

After pushback in Georgia communities, Congress looks at bill on local approval for immigration facilities    WABE

Last arguments of the term: huge cases for the Fourth Amendment and immigration    SCOTUSblog

Amid surge in immigration arrests, RI federal judge OKs out-of-state lawyers to represent detainees    Rhode Island Current

Just 2% of immigration arrests by Memphis Safe Task Force were for violent crime, records show    Tennessee Lookout

Portland immigration operation spanned months, included 100 ICE agents    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, Sexual Predators and More Depraved Criminal Illegal Aliens    Homeland Security (.gov)

How immigration enforcement is harming US schools and students    Brookings

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

Miami leads the nation in immigration arrests without the high-profile ICE raids, new data shows    CBS News

Brazil’s fugitive ex-intel chief detained by US immigration authorities    Al Jazeera

Study finds Trump administration cut legal immigration far more than illegal crossings    PBS

Alaska musher sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over immigration case    Alaska’s News Source

ICE deported 442,000 last fiscal year, 1st data released under Trump 2.0 shows    Axios

Drop in immigrant tax filings may cost government billions as IRS shares data with ICE    The Washington Post

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp    The Guardian

Thomson Reuters faces growing pressure over US immigration work    Financial Times

Undocumented Immigrants Fear Tax Data Will Be Shared With ICE    The New York Times

As immigrant deaths in custody grow, ICE reduces what details are made public    NBC News

Mexico’s President Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump over migrant deaths and Cuba    PBS

Spanish government approves amnesty programme for undocumented immigrants    Al Jazeera

Immigration enforcement to be funded for 3 years under US Senate GOP plan    News From The States

People with no criminal history top list of Dallas ICE arrests for 6 months straight, new data shows    KERA News

Spanberger proposes amendments to immigrant protection bills    VPM

CT Senate passes bill limiting federal immigration actions    CT Mirror

Carter leads resolution thanking ICE for their service and helping TSA airport lines    U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (.gov)

Felony immigration charge dropped against Froid mechanic    Montana Free Press

PolitiFact FL: Would Florida US Rep. Maria Salazar’s ‘Dignity Act’ grant mass amnesty to immigrants?    WLRN

Hawaiʻi Legislature Moves To Guard Against Federal Immigration Enforcement    Honolulu Civil Beat

Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration    Cato Institute

Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth    migrationpolicy.org

DOJ fires US immigration judges who ruled for pro-Palestine activists    Jurist.org

How immigration enforcement is harming US schools and students    Brookings

Alaska musher sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over immigration case    Alaska Beacon

Voices: Immigration reform begins in our neighborhoods, not in Washington, D.C.    The Salt Lake Tribune

US fires more immigration judges, including two who blocked deporting pro-Palestinian students    Reuters

Brazil’s fugitive ex-intel chief detained by US immigration authorities    Al Jazeera

2025 was one of most volatile years ever for U.S. naturalizations    NPR

No jail time for US citizen arrested in Sacramento immigration raid at Home Depot    Sacramento Bee

Opinion | ICE reportedly targets “birth tourism” amid Trump’s attacks on birthright citizenship    MS NOW