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Exclusive: ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows    Reuters

US tax agency broke privacy law ‘approximately 42,695 times’, judge says    Al Jazeera

Teen detained by ICE last year leaves State of the Union after being targeted in DHS tweet: “Everyone said it was ok.”    CBS News

‘The dominos are falling’: Minneapolis haunts Trump’s detention rollout    Politico

Detained Columbia student released after Mamdani talks with Trump    The Guardian

Federal Judge Accuses Trump Administration of Repeatedly Disobeying Orders – The New York Times    The New York Times

Report: ICE detention center planned for Indianapolis    WFYI

Catholics react to economic, immigration comments in Trump’s State of the Union    EWTN News

California must let immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses, judge rules    CalMatters

Maine lawmakers advance state-level ‘sensitive locations’ immigration policy    Maine Morning Star

Turn Up Turnout hosts civic engagement panel on U.S. immigration system    The Michigan Daily

DHS official promises that federal immigration agents won’t be at polling places during the midterms    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

New book captures hidden toll of immigration enforcement on families    UC Irvine

Secretary Noem Backs Dalilah Law to Bar States from Granting Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens following President Trump’s Proposal at State of the Union    Homeland Security (.gov)

Worms, Bugs and Mold: Conditions for Detained Immigrant Children Worsen Under Trump    The Imprint

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

Judge rules Trump deportation flights to ‘third countries’ unlawful    The Guardian

Lawsuit: Warrantless immigration arrests in North Carolina targeted U.S. citizens    NC Newsline

Court says the IRS can continue to share immigrants’ taxpayer data with ICE    Federal News Network

US judge rules Trump policy of ‘third country’ deportations unlawful    Al Jazeera

Policy Brief: It Was Never About Unlawful Migration—Attacks on Legal Immigration Harm America    AILA

Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds    The Washington Post

Judge rules Trump administration’s policy for “third-country” deportations is unlawful    CBS News

Federal officials: Fewer than 1,000 immigration agents remain in Minnesota    MPR News

Fact-checking Trump’s State of the Union claims on the economy, immigration and crime    PBS

Trump Live Updates: Immigration, State of the Union Speech and More News – The New York Times    The New York Times

Inside Trump’s purge of U.S. immigration courts    Axios

‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota    CNN

Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo    The Guardian

Trump turns to familiar uncompromising immigration stance during State of the Union    News From The States

Trump’s immigration crackdown forces federal judges to dismiss criminal cases, including one involving the Sinaloa cartel    Los Angeles Times

Death of key witness complicates accountability in March 2025 immigration agent shooting of US citizen from San Antonio    Texas Public Radio | TPR

Border state bishops urge immigration enforcement reform before State of the Union    National Catholic Reporter

Border bishops issue immigration policy wish list ahead of State of the Union    EWTN News

Still Happening: ICE Abuse and Overreach    FWD.us

Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases    ProPublica

Dreamer Freed, DHS Dismisses Removal Proceedings    ACLU of Nebraska

Unpacking Immigration Themes in Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address w/ Andrea Flores and Austin Kocher    Austin Kocher | Substack

Rümeysa Öztürk on How ICE Detention Impacts Child Development    American Civil Liberties Union

Court says the IRS can continue to share immigrants’ taxpayer data with ICE    ABC7 San Francisco

Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders    The New York Times

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

Close friend of U.S. citizen killed by ICE agent in Texas disputed official account of shooting    CBS News

Nebraska DACA recipient freed from ICE custody and deportation case due to program protections    Nebraska Examiner

Inside Trump’s purge of U.S. immigration courts    Axios

Dems tap ICE detainees, suspected illegal immigrants as guests for Trump’s speech: DHS    Fox News

What do the numbers show about Trump’s immigration enforcement record?    Reuters

This South Texas region flipped for Trump. Now it’s seeing red over his immigration policies.    NBC News

WATCH: Whistleblower and former ICE attorney calls agent training ‘deficient, defective and broke’    PBS

A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her    NPR

‘We got hooked’: arrests on US army base spark fear of military coordination with ICE    The Guardian

Trump’s Justice Department Sues New Jersey Governor Over ICE Enforcement    The New York Times

ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

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

Immigration and Customs Enforcement    Homeland Security (.gov)

Immigrant father’s detention draws questions from Deluzio, Sewickley community    90.5 WESA

The Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration’s immigration agenda    Tennessee Lookout

New Research Finds Reducing Immigration Does Not Help U.S. Workers    Forbes

Immigrants Use Less Welfare, Even Counting Their US-Born Children    Cato Institute

Updated ACE Brief Offers Practical Steps for Campuses Facing Immigration Uncertainty    American Council on Education

Trump again centers crime in immigration debate with White House vigil    The Washington Post

Colorado senators hold heated debate on latest immigration bill    Colorado Politics

Maryland sues to block ‘unlawful’ immigration detention center in Washington County    Maryland Matters

STOP MILITARIZED IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS IN THE USA    Amnesty International

Ranking Member Jayapal Demands Answers on the Expansion of Immigration Detention in WA    House.gov

Congress Must Rein in ICE to Improve the State of the Union    American Civil Liberties Union

US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show    The Guardian

Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal    The Guardian

VOTE: Do you think President Trump’s immigration policies have made your community safer?    The National News Desk

Con Men Posing as Lawyers and Judges Preyed on Immigrants, U.S. Says    The New York Times

Churches and advocates mobilize as ICE activity continues in WA    Washington State Standard

The U.S. deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal    Los Angeles Times

U.S. has a quarter fewer immigration judges than it did a year ago. Here’s why    NPR

‘Horror on a shocking scale’: resurgent US movement calls for end to family ICE detention    The Guardian

Another Minnesota federal judge issues contempt finding over U.S. government violating immigration court orders    Star Tribune

Ex-ICE instructor testifies that agency slashed officer training, lied to Congress    The Washington Post

Human Smuggling    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

Policy Brief: Right-Sizing Vetting for a Secure, Fair, and Efficient Immigration System    AILA

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

Despite protesting ICE at Olympics, EU shifts toward Trump | Opinion    USA Today

Grant Sovern on changes to the US immigration system’s rules    PBS Wisconsin

Department of Homeland Security shuts down Global Entry while partial government shutdown remains in effect    PBS

Opinion | One of the Bible’s Greatest Moral Revolutions    The New York Times

Wilson County Mayor: ICE eyes immigrant detention ‘mega center’ in Lebanon to house up to 16,000    Tennessee Lookout

Think Immigration: Trump’s Chaotic Policies Show America Needs a Better Way Forward    AILA

Trump Administration Will Collect Social Media Handles from Legal Immigrants and U.S. Citizens    Brennan Center for Justice

US immigration news: Donald Trump administration deports gay woman who fled Morocco to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal    ABC7 Chicago

US group allegedly ran fake law firm and court proceedings to scam immigrants    The Guardian

Federal judge accuses Trump administration of ‘terror’ against immigrants in scathing ruling    AP News

Majority of Americans think Trump’s deportation campaign is going too far    The Washington Post

DHS agent killed US citizen in March last year, records reveal    Al Jazeera

Bill of Rights put to the test over Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota    NBC News

US immigration news: Donald Trump administration deports gay woman who fled Morocco to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal    ABC7 Los Angeles

New Research Finds Reducing Immigration Does Not Help U.S. Workers    Forbes

Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal    The Guardian