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U.S. Taps Private Prison Industry For Expanding Immigrant Detention
The Trump administration is moving quickly to expand dramatically the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not have legal...
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4 days ago2 min read
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U.S. Enters 6,000 Immigrants In Database For Dead People
The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Justices Say U.S. Must Try To Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported
The Supreme Court said the Trump administration must try to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El...
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4 days ago2 min read
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NYC Allows Immigration Office to Open at Rikers Jail
New York City Mayor Eric Adams ' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Trump Administration to Screen For Antisemitic Activity on Immigrants' Social Media
President Donald Trump ‘s administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Lawyer for Alleged MS-13 Leaders Asks Virginia Court to Delay Dismissal of Gun Charge, to Avoid Deportation Without Due Process
Two weeks after the arrest of 24-year-old Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos in northern Virginia, authorities decided to drop a gun charge...
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5 days ago2 min read
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An Autistic Young Man Loses His Caregiver as Immigration Crackdown Expands
Alfredo “Alex” Orellana, 31, was more than a caregiver for Luke Ferris, a 28-year-old with severe autism, writes Miriam Jordan for The...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Washington AG Questions Role of Local Sheriff in Aiding Mass Deportation Efforts
A dustup in Washington state is raising questions about what role state and local authorities should play in helping to enforce...
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5 days ago2 min read
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After Supreme Court Ruling, Lawyers File New Challenge To Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act In Texas
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Texas to bar the White House from using the Alien...
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6 days ago2 min read
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US Given One Day To Show Evidence For Deporting Columbia Student
An immigration judge on Tuesday gave the U.S. government a day to show evidence that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Acting IRS Commissioner Resigns After Data-Sharing Agreement Reached With ICE
Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff Tuesday she is leaving the agency amid internal chaos ...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Lawyer Who Defended University Protestor Detained At Detroit Airport
A lawyer's spring break trip to the Dominican Republic with his family ended on a troubling note at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday: He...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Justices, Split 5-4, OK Deportations Under 1798 Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision tossing out a closely watched district court decision that blocked President Trump’s attempt to...
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7 days ago2 min read
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Officials, ACLU Criticize ICE Arrests At Milwaukee Courthouse
Two people have been arrested at the Milwaukee County Courthouse by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Wisconsin Examiner...
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Apr 72 min read
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Judge Has Probable Cause For Contempt In Migrant Flight Case
Federal Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., is considering holding Trump officials in contempt over deportation flights conducted...
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Apr 41 min read
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ICE to Release Detainee Who Came to the U.S. to Give His Brother a Kidney
In what advocates consider it a victory for humanitarian relief, a Venezuelan man who came to the United States to donate a kidney to his...
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Apr 32 min read
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Judge Orders Legal Aid To Unaccompanied Migrant Children Be Restored By Trump Administration
A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of...
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Apr 22 min read
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ICE Agent Held In Contempt After Detaining Suspect Mid-Trial
A judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was...
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Apr 22 min read
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'Violent Criminals' Among 17 More U.S. Sent To El Salvador, Rubio Says
The U.S. sent another group of suspected gang members to El Salvador. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X that the group...
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Apr 12 min read
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Local Police Officers Say ICE Arrests Make Immigrants Fearful Of Them
In Santa Fe County, N.M., last month, local police leaders stood before a packed auditorium and showed photos of their uniforms so...
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Mar 312 min read
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