Category: Immigration News

6th Circuit Court: Trump’s “mandatory detention” immigration policy unconstitutional    Michigan Public

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors but leaves others waiting    CNN

US rejects UN migration forum declaration, State Department says    Reuters

From Brain Drain To Brain Gain: The Truth About High-Skilled Immigration    Hoover Institution

The rural Montana sheriff who went to bat for one undocumented immigrant    Montana Free Press

Meet the Congresswoman Behind U.S. Refugee Law    U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants – USCRI

Congressman Maxwell Frost and Members of House Oversight Committee Announce Investigations and Legislation To Address ICE Abuse of Holds in Local Jails | Congressman Maxwell Frost of Florida’s 10th District    Congressman Maxwell Frost (.gov)

New Immigration Restrictions On H-1B Visas And Students Are Coming    Forbes

Surge in Immigration Lawsuits Hits Record High in 2026    TRACreports

ICE puts ankle monitor, restrictions on Catholic deacon beloved by Nebraska clergy and Guatemalans    Nebraska Examiner

‘He is not a criminal’: U.S. Rep. Greg Casar demands release of high school student from ICE custody    KXAN Austin

ICE sued over plans to deport Polk County man to Vietnam    Iowa Capital Dispatch

Judge issues injunction to keep DHS from attempting to block web page that monitors ICE    Chicago Tribune

Boxed in: Pelican Rapids family plans for possible deportation    MPR News

ICE leads multiagency operation resulting in arrest of MS-13 member in Florida    ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

Escobar looks to end immigration impasse with new Dignity Act    The Texas Tribune

Teen dies hours after his parents are reunited with him following immigration detention    NBC News

Third federal appeals court rejects ICE’s mandatory detention push    Politico

Democrats express ‘grave concerns’ over secretive ICE deportation flights    The Guardian

Senate passes stronger version of immigrant-focused PROTECT Act    WGBH

‘I will keep defending immigrants’: new bishop, who was smuggled into the US as a teen, joins pope’s resistance to Trump    The Guardian

Colorado lawmakers send bill allowing civil suits against immigration authorities to governor’s desk    Colorado Newsline

We sued the Trump administration for these immigration records    The Guardian

New Dashboard Reveals Insights Into USCIS Backlogs and Processing Trends    American Immigration Council

Restoring Credibility and Humanity: A New Framework for Immigration Enforcement    American Immigration Council

Showing solidarity with immigrants on Mother’s Day    American Friends Service Committee

Another Day in D.C., Another Amnesty Deal Attempt for Illegal Immigrants    The Heritage Foundation

Payano Hails Senate Passage of Bill Limiting Cooperation with US Immigration    WHAV

Trump administration lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting    NBC News

Austin protesters rally for detained immigrant mothers ahead of Mother’s Day    KVUE

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

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE HONORS IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND URGES ECONOMIC EQUITY AND IMMIGRATION POLICIES THAT PREVENT FAMILY SEPARATION – The Bridge    Haitian Bridge Alliance

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months, ICE records show    The Guardian

U.S. Department of Justice sues New Mexico to halt immigrant detention bill    Source New Mexico

ICE leads multiagency operation resulting in arrest of MS-13 member in Florida    ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

‘Everyone has a breaking point’: the immigration judges at the sharp end of Trump’s deportation drive    The Guardian

American CEO says: US Immigration authority needs to have an interactive H-1B visa dashboard updated week    The Times of India

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors but leaves others waiting    CNN

Immigrants are giving up their cases and leaving the U.S. in soaring numbers    The Washington Post

Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship    The New York Times

Senate passes stronger version of immigrant-focused PROTECT Act    WGBH

Colorado lawmakers send bill allowing civil suits against immigration authorities to governor’s desk    Colorado Newsline

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months, ICE records show    The Guardian

New Dashboard Reveals Insights Into USCIS Backlogs and Processing Trends    American Immigration Council

We sued the Trump administration for these immigration records    The Guardian

Restoring Credibility and Humanity: A New Framework for Immigration Enforcement    American Immigration Council

Candidates for Congress debate climate, war, immigration in Oxnard    Ventura County Star

Showing solidarity with immigrants on Mother’s Day    American Friends Service Committee

IMMIGRATION: National clash plays out in divided Northeast and Central Pennsylvania    WVIA Public Media

Second federal appeals court rejects Trump’s no-bond immigration detentions, deepening circuit split    WABE

10 facts about Cubans in the U.S.    Pew Research Center

Legislators Denounce “Appalling and Horrific Treatment” of Mothers in Immigrant Detention    Mother Jones

OPINION: Community policing and federal immigration enforcement are different roles. Don’t mix them.    The Clinton Chronicle

Trump administration lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting    NBC News

U.S. citizen detained for third time by federal immigration agents in Alabama    AL.com

Judge Says DHS Violated Order on Warrantless Immigration Arrests    Bloomberg Law News

Senate Pushes Ahead with $70 Billion More for ICE and CBP, Excluding Accountability Measures    American Immigration Council

Blanche says immigrants who committed fraud to become U.S. citizens should worry    CBS News

ICE leads multiagency operation resulting in arrest of MS-13 member in Florida    ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov)

U.S. Department of Justice sues New Mexico to halt immigrant detention bill    Source New Mexico

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors but leaves others waiting    CNN

‘Everyone has a breaking point’: the immigration judges at the sharp end of Trump’s deportation drive    The Guardian

Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship    The New York Times

Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration    The New York Times

NM ICE detainee says he was subject to sudden transfer, poor conditions amid 10-day hunger strike    Source New Mexico

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Immigration Policy Denying Bond Hearings    Law Commentary

Protest in St. Albans led Customs and Border Protection office to close for the day, activists say    VTDigger

NC man arrested on federal charges for threatening U.S. immigration officials    WCTI

DHS Rule Proposing Changes to F, J, and I Visa Programs Under Final Review    Ogletree

Charge: NC man mailed threats to federal immigration officers    WRAL

U.S. Department of Justice sues New Mexico to halt immigrant detention bill    News From The States

Nearly 70% of Houston-area residents disapprove of ICE, according to recent survey    Houston Public Media

ICE misses Rhode Island federal judge’s deadline to re-detain immigrant    Rhode Island Current

Showing solidarity with immigrants on Mother’s Day    American Friends Service Committee

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting    AP News

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

U.S. Department of Justice sues New Mexico to halt immigrant detention bill    Source New Mexico

Senate Pushes Ahead with $70 Billion More for ICE and CBP, Excluding Accountability Measures    American Immigration Council

Judge Says DHS Violated Order on Warrantless Immigration Arrests    Bloomberg Law News

Restoring Credibility and Humanity: A New Framework for Immigration Enforcement    American Immigration Council

ICE activity hurts some U.S.-born workers, study finds    Axios

Trump administration lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting    NBC News

The extraordinary power sought by the Trump administration in the TPS case isn’t anything new in immigration law    SCOTUSblog

Blanche says immigrants who committed fraud to become U.S. citizens should worry    CBS News

We sued the Trump administration for these immigration records    The Guardian

Immigrants are giving up their cases and leaving the U.S. in soaring numbers    The Washington Post

Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship    The New York Times

DHS blames funding lapse for shutdown of internal detention oversight    NPR

Man accused of ramming ICE officers says he panicked after being approached by ‘masked men’ outside San Antonio Walmart    KSAT

No deportation date for Bolivian immigrant tabbed for Congo    Times Republican

I’d rather live in hiding in the US than return to Somalia’    BBC

Growth, immigration are key factors in race for Washington County chair    Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting    Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, urges federal review of case after immigration court reinstates deportation proceedings    Columbia Daily Spectator

Atlanta-based federal appeals court rejects Trump’s no-bond immigration detentions, deepening circuit split    Georgia Public Broadcasting

Deported Texas DACA recipient returned to U.S. freed after detainment    The Texas Tribune

Colorado legislature passes bill to allow lawsuits against ICE agents, other immigration officers    KUNC

Federal Court Requires Trump Administration to Comply With Order Halting Unlawful Warrantless Immigration Arrest Policy in D.C.    ACLU of DC

10 facts about Cubans in the U.S.    Pew Research Center

WR Immigration News Digest    WR Immigration