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ICE Sends More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Resuming Operations    The New York Times

Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.    Politico

At annual conference, migration advocates consider policy challenges for their cause    Catholic Standard

Trump administration eyes higher food prices as a result of the immigration crackdown    MSNBC News

East Lansing Mayor Requested Trump Admin Remove City From List of Sanctuary Cities; Immigration Agents Came to Meridian Twp    East Lansing Info

‘Something has to be done’: Vigil marks loss of Missouri man who died in ICE custody    STLPR

Your appointment’s rescheduled’: Shutdown cancels US citizenship ceremonies    BBC

Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration over immigration raids    ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Boom time for immigration lawyers as US and UK tighten restrictions    Financial Times

Feeling hopeless in custody, many drop claims to remain in the US, leave voluntarily    AP News

Chicago court losses for Trump and ICE could spur Insurrection Act deployment    NBC 5 Chicago

The quiet toll of Trump’s legal immigration crackdown: ‘I’m trying to stay afloat’    The Guardian

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent    NPR

How Broadview, a sleepy Chicago suburb, became a hot-spot for ICE immigration protests    NBC News

Vance says administration will keep fighting to send National Guard to Chicago    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities?    The Guardian

They treated us like animals’ – Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City    BBC

California expands privacy protections    Spectrum News

Mali imposes retaliatory visa bond fees on US travellers    Al Jazeera

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians    The Guardian

US citizen to file suit after targeted ICE arrest in Portland    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Three workers died at Hyundai’s Georgia plant since 2022, before US immigration raid, WSJ reports    Reuters

Paramjit Singh: Sikh man with brain tumour detained by US immigration    BBC

History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans    The Guardian

National guard troops in Illinois can remain but cannot be deployed yet, judge rules    The Guardian

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians    The Guardian

Ernst’s final Roast and Ride filled with talks on shutdown, DMPS superintendent arrest    Iowa Capital Dispatch

Appeals court rules U.S. troops Trump sent to Illinois can stay, but can’t be deployed for now    PBS

A Texas-Only DACA? Why This Imminent Ruling Could Upend National Policy    American Immigration Council

Temporary Protected Status (TPS): Fact Sheet    National Immigration Forum

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says    ABC7 Los Angeles

Before Trump, ‘Dreamers’ were shielded from deportation. Here’s what’s changed    The Guardian

L.A. County Considers Emergency Declaration Over Immigration Raids    The New York Times

First US flight with third-country deportees arrives in Guatemala    Al Jazeera

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices    The Washington Post

They treated us like animals’ – Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City    BBC

ICE Arrest Illegal Alien Driving an 18-Wheeler with New York Commerical Driver’s License Issued to “No Name”    Homeland Security (.gov)

Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez asks President Donald Trump to consider amnesty for undocumented immigrants with clean records    ABC7 Chicago

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America    ProPublica

Three African nations rebuff U.S. effort to deport Kilmar Abrego García    The Washington Post

‘Fighting for People’s Lives’: Renowned Immigration Lawyer Ira Kurzban ’76 Stays Committed to Helping Refugees    UC Berkeley La

At annual conference, migration advocates consider policy challenges for their cause    OSV News

City councilors look to administrative tweaks to ‘protect Portland’ from federal actions    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Preserving professional policing: How Maryland leaders should respond to federal overreach    Maryland Matters

Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents    Representative Janelle Bynum | (.gov)

Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Unlawful Policy of Re-Arresting Immigrants Without Legal Justification    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

Sheriff proposal to lease Douglas County jail space to feds for migrant detainees appears iced out    Nebraska Examiner

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled ‘Opium’ for the narcotic    NBC News

Video shows ICE agents pulling women from SUV in West Loop    FOX 32 Chicago

ICE agents detain several people at O’Hare Airport rideshare parking lot    NBC 5 Chicago

Blue state in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license    Fox News

Broadview ICE facility: 4 arrested during protests; Trump admin. DOJ files for stay of ruling blocking National Guard deployments    ABC7 Chicago

Trump ICE official tells court U.S. has talked with numerous countries about accepting Kilmar Abrego Garcia    CBS News

US Department of Homeland Security looking to purchase new facilities in Portland    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Half Of The 2025 U.S. Nobel Prize Winners In Science Are Immigrants    Forbes

Judge calls feds ‘unreliable,’ temporarily blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois    Wisconsin Examiner

Douglas County Sheriff urges ICE detention contract for jail, County Board chair balks    Nebraska Examiner

Trotter Multicultural Center and Ford School Center for Racial Justice host US immigration policy teach-in    The Michigan Daily

Amid Democrats’ Government Shutdown, ICE Law Enforcement Officers, Working Without Pay, Continue to Remove Pedophiles and Murderers    Homeland Security (.gov)

Oregon’s congressional Democrats press feds on treatment of immigrants, protestors at ICE facility    Oregon Capital Chronicle

Minnesota man alleges U.S. immigration officials illegally deported him to Ghana    Sahan Journal

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis    The American Prospect

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts    Mother Jones

It was like a movie’ – How immigration raid on Chicago apartments unfolded    BBC

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement    The Guardian

National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders    Reuters

Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, Poll Finds, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far    The New York Times

WR Immigration News Digest    WR Immigration

Texas Bishop visits Vatican with immigration concerns. What has Pope Leo said about Trump?    USA Today

Modernizing the H-2A visa: practical reforms to fuel American farms    Niskanen Center

Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

It was like a movie’ – How immigration raid on Chicago apartments unfolded    BBC

Despite Democrats’ Government Shutdown, ICE Continues to Arrest the Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Pedophiles, Human Smugglers and Thieves    Homeland Security (.gov)

Trump calls to jail Chicago mayor, Illinois governor in immigration dispute    Al Jazeera

Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say    Politico

A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it    ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis    The American Prospect

Chicago immigration enforcement: Warrantless arrests by ICE agents in Chicago area ruled unlawful by federal judge    ABC7 Chicago