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US appeals court upholds Trump’s immigration detention policy    Reuters

City Manager update: February 2026 –    City of Vancouver, WA

Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families    PBS

Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans    American Immigration Council

Immigration restrictions and natives’ intergenerational mobility: Evidence from the 1920s US quota acts    CEPR

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pounces on Gavin Newsom over release of jailed illegal immigrants    New York Post

Minnesota speaks: How residents feel about U.S. immigration operations in the state    InForum

Fight to release hundreds of detained immigrants returns to federal appeals court in Chicago    cbsnews.com

Lincoln students walk out, march in protest of recent immigration sweeps    Sacramento Bee

Ten Simple Questions for Congress to Ask Senior Immigration Officials in Public Hearings    Just Security

Have Denver’s Flock cameras been used for immigration enforcement?    The Colorado Sun

Minnesota courts buckle from flood of immigration cases    The Washington Post

Trump’s Radical Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Upheld by US Appeals Court    American Immigration Council

Judge orders 3 families returned to US after finding agents used ‘lies’ to deport them    ABC News

Trump’s Immigration Policy Is 100 Years Old    The New York Times

Senators Clash Over Immigration Enforcement, Risking a D.H.S. Shutdown    The New York Times

Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink    The New York Times

Episcopal Church, partners argue appeal in suit seeking immigrant protections at houses of worship    Episcopal News Service

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Casey Chlebek, Polish immigrant, talks immigration reform, taxes, ‘cultural Marxism’    IPM Newsroom

Proposal requesting report on workforce impact of immigration laws fails at Tyson shareholders meeting    5newsonline.com

Democrats demand reforms to Homeland Security over immigration operations    Al Jazeera

United States – DOS Suspends Immigrant Visa Issuance for 75 Countries    kpmg.com

Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE on masks, cameras and judicial warrants    PBS

Federal judge blocks immigration agents from making warrantless arrests in Oregon    Oregon Capital Chronicle

Criminal Illegal Alien Who Attempted to Illegally Purchase a Gun Indicted for Assaulting an ICE Officer in Pittsburgh    Homeland Security (.gov)

Held by ICE, Nebraska Dreamer Turns to the Courts    ACLU of Nebraska

NYC Comptroller Mark Levine Calls for Oversight of Palantir’s Involvement with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement    NYC.gov

Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.    American Immigration Council

Brazilian Federal Police Detain Melk, But Release Him After Lecture on Immigration Policies    Payday Report

“Tsunami” of immigration detention cases strains U.S. Attorney’s offices across America    cbsnews.com

Two men charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting released by a judge, re-detained by ICE    Minnesota Reformer

Trump administration names 33 new immigration judges, most with military backgrounds    Reuters

Top Minnesota prosecutor says ICE cases are sidelining ‘pressing priorities’    Politico

Trump touts ‘softer touch’ on immigration as federal force is reduced in Minnesota    BBC

Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement    The Guardian

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far in immigration crackdown    PBS

ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern    NBC News

Hundreds of Immigration Agents Left Minnesota, but Residents Report Little Change    The New York Times

Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has ‘gone too far’ in immigration enforcement    NPR

Trump Says He Ordered Withdrawal of 700 Immigration Agents From Minneapolis    The New York Times

Same storm, different ships: Residents learn from those opposing U.S. immigration policy    The Needham Observer

Texas state leaders target school walkouts as students rally for Houston teen detained by ICE    Houston Public Media

Bill introduced to ‘strengthen’ Idaho’s court-blocked immigration law    Idaho Capital Sun

Judge grants motion to bar warrantless immigration arrests in Oregon    Statesman Journal

ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, US judge rules    ABC News

Trump news at a glance: president hints at ‘softer touch’ on immigration as federal drawdown planned in Minnesota    The Guardian

‘ICE is not welcome’: urban raids, capacity and the politics of US immigration enforcement    Real Instituto Elcano

Immigration agents’ surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties    PBS

US Justice Department removes lawyer who told judge in immigration case, ‘This job sucks’    Reuters

Congresswoman Escobar Reiterates Her Opposition to Any New Migrant Detention Facilities in El Paso    Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (.gov)

Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities    AP News

Trump touts ‘softer touch’ on immigration as federal force is reduced in Minnesota    BBC

Trump administration to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota    NBC News

His mistaken deportation was thought to be unique. But ‘the problem is getting worse’    NPR

Trump tells Minnesota to help more with US immigration enforcement. What does it already do?    Reuters

US border security chief withdrawing 700 immigration agents from Minnesota    Al Jazeera

What Democrats are demanding in the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding    ABC News

Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement    The Guardian

Video shows immigration agents clashing with protesters in Ventura County    CBS News

Workers urge Target and US firms to speak up over ICE raids    BBC

‘This job sucks’: Government lawyers, drowning in immigration cases, have had it    Politico

President Says He Ordered 700 Agents to Leave Minnesota    The New York Times

Osborn, Ricketts navigate ICE stances with funding debate on horizon    Nebraska Examiner

Most Americans Distrust U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Believe Federal Funding Increases Have Gone Too Far    PRRI

Notre Dame Professors discuss the U.S. immigration crackdown    ndsmcobserver.com

Independent probe sought in fatal shooting of Los Angeles man by off-duty ICE agent    Reuters

After Watching Minneapolis Protests, Local Groups are Preparing for a Surge in Immigration Enforcement    East Lansing Info

Polls Show Strong G.O.P. Support for Trump on Immigration    The New York Times

‘No excuse’ for immigration agents’ excess use of force, says former DHS head Napolitano    PBS

Tennessee governor leaves immigration enforcement out of final address    Tennessee Lookout

Brothers of Renee Good call for action in Congress    NPR

Congressional Democrats vow justice for US citizens harmed by immigration agents: ‘You deserve peace’    The Guardian

Enforcement and Removal Operations    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

Federal immigration officials scout warehouses as they eye more detention space    ABC News

A Theology of Immigration    The New Yorker

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994    Cato Institute

Support for immigration is rising and a majority of Americans say the Alex Pretti shooting was not justified    YouGov

Opinion | The Risk We Face in Opposing Trump    The New York Times

ICE Attorney: ‘This job sucks’    FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE    BBC

New York attorney general launches federal immigration officer monitor project    ABC News

Most Americans OK with some moves to counter US immigration crackdown, survey shows    KSL News

Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities    NBC News

Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE    The Guardian

Brothers of Renee Good describe family’s grief, urge action at Democratic forum on ICE force    Los Angeles Times

His mistaken deportation was thought to be unique. But ‘the problem is getting worse’    NPR

US judge temporarily blocks lifting of deportation protections for Haiti migrants    BBC

What is ICE and what powers do its agents have to use force?    BBC

Haitian immigrants can retain protected status for now, federal judge rules    GBH

Colorado legislators advance proposal allowing lawsuits against federal immigration agents    Colorado Politics

SACUA discusses immigration at UMich, funding challenges for languages    The Michigan Daily

Trump administration sued over pause on immigrant visa processing    Reuters

Federal officers in Minneapolis to get body cameras ‘effective immediately’    BBC