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‘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

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

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

Immigration lawyer questions due process of St. Lawrence Co. man    WWNY

Of Course Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits    Center for Immigration Studies

Despite Riots and Antifa Violence, ICE Arrested the Worst of the Worst Including Pedophiles, Murderers, Sexual Predators, and Drug Traffickers in Portland Last Month    Homeland Security (.gov)

DM schools did not use federal E-Verify system in Superintendent Ian Roberts’ hiring    Iowa Capital Dispatch

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives in Portland for Tuesday visit    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk    Michigan Advance

FWD.us Joins Amicus Brief Defending Texas Dream Act, Supporting Students’ Right to In-State Tuition    FWD.us

Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees Launch Investigation into Violent Chicago Immigration Raid    House.gov

Welcome to Zero Migration America    The Economist

ICE Attorneys Increasingly Request Case Dismissals at Immigration Court Hearings—and Immigration Judges Grant Them on the Spot    New American Economy

Stevens: ‘We’re going to throw our humanity out?’ Immigration crackdown taking us down a cruel path    TheDailyNewsOnline.com

Trump Is Weaponizing the USCIS for the First Time in the Agency’s History    American Civil Liberties Union

Judge halts Trump administration from detaining immigrant children after they turn 18    The Guardian

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations    NPR

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to mark 200 years of organized emigration to the US    CBS News

US Country Singer Zach Bryan Slams Immigration Agency In New Song, Faces MAGA Backlash    NDTV

Illegal US-Mexico border crossings hit lowest level in over 50 years    BBC

Providence officials want to further prohibit police cooperation with ICE    Rhode Island Current

Mendelson calls for investigation of traffic stop, possible immigration arrest    NBC4 Washington

Another immigrant dies in ICE custody in California, this time in the Imperial Valley    KPBS

How immigration declines could shape housing demand in U.S. cities    marketplace.org

How MSU Denver supports immigrant and international students and employees    MSU Denver – Early Bird

Immigration isn’t the crime story we’re being told    Michigan Advance

Portland accuses federal officers of violating demonstrators’ constitutional rights    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Latin Kings Gang Member Arrested in Illinois After Placing Hit on Commander at Large Border Patrol Chief Bovino    Homeland Security (.gov)

Pressing pause: The state of immigration law in Los Angeles    laloyolan.com

Filipino American lawyers honor trailblazers, mark 60 years since 1965 immigration reforms    Daily Journal

A decade of immigrants to Wisconsin and immigration enforcement in 9 charts    PBS Wisconsin

How tech powers immigration enforcement    Brookings

Immigration raids loomed, but for these revelers there was no rain on their parade    USA Today

US Politicians Need to Bone Up on Immigration Economics    Bloomberg.com

Inside the Trump administration’s unprecedented purge of immigration judges    CNN

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases    The Wall Street Journal

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago    PBS

Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border plummet to lowest annual level since 1970    CBS News

H-1B visa fee: India wants to lure back its best minds from the US, but it won’t be easy    BBC

Federal judge says Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immigration case may have been “vindictive”    CBS News

Trump sends troops to Portland despite judge’s block    DW

Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’    The New York Times

What we know about National Guard deployment in Chicago and Portland    AP News

Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden    NBC 6 South Florida

ICE releases criminal history on former Des Moines superintendent    KCRG

Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say    The New York Times

Federal judge again blocks National Guard deployment to Oregon    NPR

How a simple question about American hotels led to ‘the greatest immigration story never told’    CNN

Florida awarded $608 million U.S. grant for immigration detention centers    Florida Phoenix

Trump administration announces ‘full investigation’ into how Portland police have handled ICE protests    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s bid to reopen immigration case    CBS News

Apple pulls US immigration official tracking apps    BBC