Trump Administration
Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.
Minneapolis has been the latest battleground for the Trump administration in its ongoing campaign of aggressive immigration enforcement across the country. In the year since resuming office, President Trump directed a surge of immigration enforcement officers into several localities, including Los Angeles; Chicago; New Orleans; Portland, Oregon; Charlotte, North… Read More
New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System
When President Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was holding roughly 40,000 people in a national network of detention centers on any given day. In just one year, this number has increased by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people being held in detention as… Read More
Capture of Maduro Proves Trump Has Used Venezuelans as Political Pawns in Immigration Policy
With the capture and prosecution of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, the United States’ convoluted—and often contradictory—policies toward Venezuelan immigrants have been thrown into stark relief. And Venezuelans living in the United States continue to feel the whiplash. Over the past five years, Venezuelans fleeing political persecution or economic… Read More
President Trump Expands His Travel Ban: What You Need to Know
In June, President Trump built on the legacy of his first term by implementing a new travel ban under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to “suspend the entry” of nationals from 19 countries. The initial action in June called for federal officials to suggest additional… Read More
ICE Uses a Growing Web of AI Services to Power Its Immigration Enforcement and Surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an updated version of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Case Inventory this summer. At first glance, the changes seemed routine—some AI software programs were marked “inactive,” and a new one was added. But upon closer examination, the removal of the AI… Read More
Why You’re Seeing Border Patrol in Places Like Charlotte and Atlanta, So Far From the Border
When Border Patrol agents descended upon Charlotte, North Carolina last week, many wondered why they were allowed to stop and question people so far from the border. Typically, it’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who have become ubiquitous with the largescale enforcement operations of the second… Read More
The Trump Administration’s New Mass Deportation Playbook
Donald Trump has put his whole government toward mass deportation. One of the most visible aspects of that is a playbook that’s beginning to become standardized in city after city around the country: Border Patrol and ICE urban terror playbook. We’ve seen it in LA, Chicago, and now… Read More
As ICE Courthouse Arrests Continue, Few Immigration Courts Resist Pushing Cases Into Expedited Removal
Immigration courthouse arrests and dismissals have become a cornerstone of the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan. Since May 20, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys have been asking immigration judges to dismiss noncitizens’ immigration court cases to funnel them into expedited removal—a faster deportation process with… Read More
Charlotte’s Immigrant Community Continues to Fight for What They Helped Build
Pictures and videos poured onto social media over the weekend and early this week showing unsettling images of Border Patrol agents descending on Charlotte, North Carolina. The city had been on high alert since last week, as reports surfaced that the operation would involve armored vehicles and as… Read More
Can Undocumented Immigrants Get SNAP or Medicaid? The Truth About Federal Benefits
Amid widespread misinformation about immigrants, SNAP, Medicaid, and government benefits, it’s critical to know the facts. Who qualifies for specific federal public benefits can be complicated, relying on a sweeping checklist of eligibility criteria. The recent passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)… Read More
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