Category: Immigration News

County leaders convene to update NACo’s Immigration Consensus Principles    National Association of Counties

Refresher Course: When did immigration become illegal in the U.S.?    New Hampshire Public Radio

Some states push back on Trump recruiting local officers to aid immigration enforcement    PBS

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon    Tennessee Lookout

Governor Moore Signs Legislation to Prohibit Maryland Jurisdictions from Deputizing Officers for Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement    Office of Governor Wes Moore (.gov)

In Minnesota, Legislature braces for federal immigration fight as enforcement surge winds down    NBC News

Maryland bans partnerships with ICE, citing ‘unaccountable agents’    The Washington Post

2-month-old with bronchitis, family held at Dilley ICE facility deported to Mexico, Rep. Castro says    KSAT

US immigration judge rejects Trump bid to deport Columbia student Mahdawi    Al Jazeera

ICE at the polls: Arizona Republicans push plan to require agents at all polling places    Arizona Mirror

Trump’s immigration approval hits new low, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll    Reuters

More than 100 T.C. Roberson High School students walk out to protest against ICE    WLOS

ICE walks back statement, says they have not purchased new facility in Middle Tennessee    WZTV

Judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities    PBS

ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show    The Guardian

NEW BRIEF: Analysis Shows That ICE Has Deputized More Than 13,000 Local Law Enforcement Officers, and Promised Billions in Funding to Local Agencies Through Expanded 287(g) Program    FWD.us

State investigation of Helena renews local control debate    Daily Montanan

Debate Over Future of ICE, Response to Immigration Raids Roils Race for Cook County Board President    WTTW

Trump’s DHS has shot 13 people during immigration enforcement operations since September. Here’s what to know.    NBC News

Article: Ukrainian Immigrants in the United States    migrationpolicy.org

US Homeland Security Department’s funding negotiations stall    Al Jazeera

U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated    PBS

A Simple Test of What People Really Think About Immigration    The Free Press

Deadly Evasion: Illegal Immigrant Flees ICE, Crashes Car, and Kills Innocent Driver    Homeland Security (.gov)

Data on sweeping immigrant detentions underscores US bishops’ concerns, says policy expert    OSV News

Fresno’s Mexican Consulate busier amid immigration crackdown across US    ABC30 Fresno

Spokane mother taken into ICE custody    KING5.com

ICE looks to lease office space on San Antonio’s Northwest Side, report says    San Antonio Express-News

Savannah teacher killed after Guatemalan driver flees ICE traffic stop    AJC.com

What Merrimack documents reveal about Trump’s plan for nationwide immigrant detention network    New Hampshire Bulletin

AG Paxton investigating alleged ‘facilitation’ of student ICE walkouts at North East ISD    KSAT

Attorney General Paxton launches investigations into three Texas school districts over students protesting ICE    The Texas Tribune

Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats    The New York Times

Are there fewer federal agents in Minnesota?    CBS News

Fees, fines and ordinances: Cities push back against Trump’s immigration enforcement    Politico

Teen girl whose Chicago father was detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer    CNN

ICE-free zones and blocked liquor licenses: US cities fight back against immigration raids    The Guardian

Agreements that allow local police to work with ICE skyrocket    NBC News

Trump’s border czar says smaller force of ICE agents will remain in Minnesota amid drawdown    PBS

Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks ‘threat to civil rights’    The Guardian

What should the future of federal immigration enforcement look like?    NPR

U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated    PBS

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

Trump border czar Tom Homan says small security force to remain in Minnesota    The Washington Post

Chicago leaders speak out after teen daughter who called for dad Ruben Torres Maldonado’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer    ABC7 Chicago

D.C. bishop: Catholics should ‘get the facts’ on immigration, Church teachings    EWTN News

Four men ordered released from ‘Camp 57’ immigration unit at Angola    Louisiana Illuminator

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations    American Immigration Council

Teen girl whose Chicago father was detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer    CNN

I-765, Application for Employment Authorization    USCIS (.gov)

Singers gather in downtown Indianapolis to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement    Fox 59

Border czar Tom Homan says “I don’t like the masks” on ICE officers, but they “have to protect themselves”    CBS News

DHS watchdog warns shutdown could imperil immigration enforcement oversight    Politico

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.    Reuters

Partial government shutdown drags on amid immigration oversight battle    PBS

This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized.    The Washington Post

How the case against a Venezuelan man who was shot by an ICE agent fell apart    CNN

Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow    NPR

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts    The New York Times

US teen who pushed for her father’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer    The Guardian

As ICE taps Medicaid database, hospitals wrestle with warning immigrant patients    Local News Matters

Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’    The Guardian

Judges Have Rebuked Trump’s Mass Detention of Immigrants Thousands of Times    Mother Jones

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights launch annual policy platform to protect immigrants    CBS News

When an immigration agent shot a man in the leg last month in Minneapolis, the Trump administration rushed to sell a version of events that demonized the wounded man. It was the latest instance of the federal government providing an account of a shooting t    Facebook

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say    The New York Times

Rubio urges US-Europe unity, slams European policies on climate, migration    Al Jazeera

Salinas, Merkley, immigrant rights advocates speak against ICE in Woodburn    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

ICIRR 2026: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Summit launching state campaign against ICE, Border Patrol agenda    ABC7 Chicago

Pope supports solidarity with immigrants in US, Catholics must stand together, archbishop says    usccb

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations    American Immigration Council

Immigration is in the spotlight at the Supreme Court – and not just because of President Trump    SCOTUSblog

Detention Management    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated    PBS

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention    ProPublica

S.F. nanny released 12 hours after being seized by ICE agents    San Francisco Chronicle

5 of the most-botched deportations of Trump 2.0    Axios

Teen daughter of Ruben Torres Maldonado, Chicago man detained by immigration agents in Niles, released, dies after cancer battle    ABC7 Chicago

DHS says immigration agents appear to have lied about shooting in Minnesota    NPR

Obama compares ICE’s ‘rogue behavior’ in Minnesota to dictatorships    CNN

What is it about Minnesota that made it a target for Trump’s ICE crackdown?    The Guardian

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.    Reuters

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts    The New York Times

DHS Announces End of TPS Designation for Yemen    Immigration Blog

Immigration is in the spotlight at the Supreme Court – and not just because of President Trump    SCOTUSblog

US Rep. Maxine Dexter on the state of immigration policy after rescue of Gresham family from Texas detention center    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

Partial US government shutdown could mean airport delays, travel groups say    BBC

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations    American Immigration Council

Homeland Security agency taking occupancy of Romulus facility, mayor says    The Detroit News

Three Federal Officers Injured in Los Angeles Protests, D.H.S. Says    The New York Times

Federal agent attacked and hospitalized during anti-ICE protest in Downtown LA    Fox News

Calls mount for release of Palestinian protester held by ICE for nearly a year    The Guardian

‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged    MPR News

‘Elderly nanny’ arrested by ICE in S.F. is ordered released    Mission Local

Reported ICE arrest of San Francisco nanny draws response from Mayor Lurie    San Francisco Chronicle

ICE agents detain men on their way to work at Illinois sawmill    ABC7 Chicago

DHS Set to Shut Down With No End In Sight Amid Impasse Over Immigration    Time Magazine

Department of Homeland Security on track to shut down with lawmakers leaving Washington and an unresolved ICE fight    CNN

DHS has no immediate plans for sweeping city-specific immigration enforcement operations, officials say    NBC News

‘It’s happening here’: ICE turns quiet Minnesota suburbs into conflict zones    The Guardian