Sun, April 20, 2025:
Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers; Conditions are deteriorating as many detention centers approach capacity and the Trump administration closes two agencies overseeing health and safety at the facilities. – WP
Trump claims unfettered presidential power on immigration; The president’s deportations have created a clash between the rule of law and due process, and his assertions of presidential power and resistance to challenges by federal judges. – WP/Balz
Sat, April 19, 2025:
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law – AP
Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented. A group of Venezuelan migrants had been scheduled to be flown out of the country under the little-used wartime statute – NYT Timeline
Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law – Reuters
“The case raises questions about the Trump administration’s adherence to limits set by the Supreme Court. It carries the risk of a significant clash between the two coequal branches of government and potentially a full-blown constitutional crisis.”
Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label; The immigrants are among more than 6,000 who were falsely added to a deaths database by DHS and the U.S. DOGE Service in a bid to pressure them to leave the United States. – WP
Wed, April 16, 2025:
ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies; It is unclear how many immigrants ICE is seeking addresses for and how much data would be available because Medicare does not cover undocumented immigrants. – WP
Judge Boasberg to launch contempt proceedings for Trump administration; “The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders,” a federal judge writes in the case of Venezuelan migrants removed from U.S. – WP
Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Administration in Criminal Contempt – Court order says Trump officials willfully defied court order – WSJ
Tues, April 15, 2025:
Judge says Justice Department must provide details of attempts to return wrongly deported man
The order for records and, potentially, depositions of Trump administration officials further a legal standoff in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia – WP
DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs – WP
Sat, April 12, 2025:
Trump officials have the private goal of deporting at least 1 million immigrants this year. Analysts say that’s unrealistic. – WP
Thurs, April 10, 2025:
Supreme Court says Trump officials must ‘facilitate’ return of wrongly deported man; Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen, was deported to a mega-prison despite a court ruling forbidding his removal. – WP
Tues, April 8. 2025:
Acting IRS chief to resign over deal to share taxpayers’ private data with immigration officials – WP
“Acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause clashed with Treasury officials over taxpayer privacy concerns, according to two people familiar with the situation. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem this week signed an agreement allowing the practice, which IRS lawyers said probably violates privacy laws.”
Fri, March 28, 2025:
FEMA has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented migrants – Politico
Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they’re not citizens; federal judge said deportees must first have “meaningful opportunity” to seek humanitarian protection in U.S. – WP
Sat, March 22, 2025:
ICE and IRS near deal to use tax records to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants – WP “Under the draft agreement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be able to submit names and address to the IRS to cross-reference with confidential taxpayer databases…. The IRS has for years told undocumented workers that their tax information is confidential and that it is safe to file income tax returns without fear of being deported. About half — possibly more — of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country file income tax returns to document their payments to the U.S. government, according to researchers.”
Fri, March 21, 2025:
DHS shuts down internal watchdog agencies that advocated for immigrants – WP
Wed, March 19, 2025:
Trump team makes plans for military to hold migrants at border; If enacted, miles of buffer zone would become a temporary military installation, giving U.S. troops their most direct role yet in the president’s enforcement mission. – WP
Thurs, March 13, 2025:
Trump asks SCOTUS to okay partial plan to end birthright citizenship – WP
Fri, March 7, 2025:
Trump Immigration Policy Ending Protection For 1.8 Million Immigrants – Forbes
Wed, March 5, 2025:
Trump officials are reopening a sprawling detention center in Texas to hold migrant children and their parents – WP
Fri, Feb 28, 2025:
ICE memo details how Trump officials will try to deport more than 1 million migrants admitted during Biden administration – WP
Wed, Feb 26, 2025:
Trump prepares to use controversial 1798 “Alien Enemies” law to speed deportations – CNN
Tues, Feb 25, 2025:
Trump proposes selling $5 million “gold cards” to wealthy immigrants – WP
Judge blocks Trump’s executive order suspending refugee admissions to the U.S. – Politico
Invasive frisks, suicide attempts: Three migrants describe Guantanamo detention – WP
Thurs, Feb 20, 2025:
Trump Cuts Protections for Haitians, Putting Them on Track for Deportation – NYT
Wed, Feb 19, 2025:
Nearly half of new migrant detainees have no criminal record – NBC
Sunday, Feb 16, 2025:
Relatives and records cast doubt on Guantanamo migrants being “worst of the worst” – WP
Friday, Feb 14, 2025:
Musk companies relied on undocumented workers while he pushed for border crackdown – Bloomberg
The Trump administration toughened requirements for sponsors of migrant children, a move that could make it more difficult for minors who cross the border alone to be released from federal custody and united with family members. NYT
Tues, Feb 11, 2025:
Faith groups are suing Trump Administration to stop ICE raids at houses of worship – WP
Mon, Feb 10, 2025:
Advocay groups sue Trump over freeze on refugee admissions program – WP
Thurs, Feb 6, 2025:
DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago for allegedly interfering with immigration crackdown – WP
Wed, Feb 5, 2025: ‘Frankly Insane’: Trump’s plan to ship migrants to Guantanamo could quickly collapse – Politico
Tues, Feb 4, 2025: Can the right to asylum be saved? – WP
Mon, Feb 3 2025: Guantanamo Bay prepares for President Trump’s migrant surge – NYT
Sun, Feb 2, 2025: DHS to end protection for 350,000 Venezuelans who fled autocracy – WP
Wed, Jan 29, 2025: Trump says U.S. will hold migrants at Guantanamo – NYTimes
Mon, Jan 27, 2025: Johnson vows “no daylight” between Congress, Trump on tariff-immigration threats – Politico
Thurs, Jan 23, 2025:
Judge blocks Trump’s “blatantly unconstitutional” order ending birthright citizenship – CNN
Federal judge blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship – Roll Call
Wed, Jan 22, 2025: DOJ issues memo threatening to prosecute officials who resist immigration crackdown – CNN
Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Flights canceled for refugees scheduled to travel to US – CNN
Tues, Jan 21, 2025: Cities brace for raids after Trump allows immigration arrests at schools, churches
“The administration also moved to disband the Biden-era Family Reunification Task Force, which worked to reunite children who were split up from their parents under Trump’s first-term family separation policy. Roughly 4,600 migrant children were separated from their parents during the Trump administration. As of March, about 70% had been reunited with their families, according to a DHS status report…. In a separate move, the administration reinstated the controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols. The program forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are adjudicated in the US immigration courts. Most migrants subjected to the policy were ultimately denied asylum…. During Trump’s inauguration celebrations on Monday, the administration abruptly ended the CBP One app system, which had allowed migrants to schedule appointments along the southern border. The decision effectively closed legal avenues for most asylum seekers.” – Bloomberg
Tues, Jan 21, 2025: 24 states, cities sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship – CNN
Mon, Jan 20, 2025:
“Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and revived a policy called Remain in Mexico, which requires migrants seeking asylum to live in northern Mexican border cities during U.S. court proceedings. He also called for resuming construction of the border wall… and pausing refugee resettlements for four months.” – WSJ
Wed, Jan 8, 2025: Congress hasn’t passed a major immigration bill since 1986, but the dynamics are changing – WashPost
Thurs, Dec 12, 2024: Why Trump can’t just end birthright citizenship – Bloomberg
Wed, Dec 11, 2024: Recent immigration surge has been largest in U.S. history – NYTimes
Mon, Dec. 9, 2024:
Republicans start making immigration plans for next year – Roll Call
How many millions of American kids migh see their parents deported by Trump-WashPost
Tues, Nov 26, 2024: Trump eyes funding showdown w/ sanctuary cities over immigration; allies of the president-elect discuss pulling funding from Chicago – WashPost
Thurs, Nov. 21, 2024: Effects of immigration on federal budget – CBO