On June 9, House Republicans approved a $70 billion bill that provides funding for the entirety of Donald Trump's term in office for agencies responsible for his tough immigration policies, The Guardian reports. The vote ended a decades-long conflict with Democrats.
A Politico analysis shows that courts rule against ICE detention practices in approximately 90% of cases. This has been the case since the agency began detaining migrants en masse during deportation proceedings. Courts have upheld migrant detentions more than 10 times…
Citing the project's high cost, state officials warned contractors on May 12 to prepare to dismantle the camp. Dismantling will begin next month, The Guardian reports. Back in March, it was reported that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was spending approximately $1,2 million on...
The main driver of Trump's immigration enforcement campaign is the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To understand how this agency has changed, The New York Times interviewed more than 80 former and current DHS employees, as well as representatives of the US Department of Justice, which oversees…
As part of its mass deportation program, the Trump administration is focusing on expelling certain undocumented immigrants to third countries. To this end, the US is negotiating deportation agreements around the world, Migration Policy reports. The administration has concluded deportation agreements in…
Following Pam Bondi's appointment as Attorney General early last year, the Justice Department began closing criminal cases en masse. Among them were high-profile investigations into dangerous crimes, ProPublica reports. Among the closed cases was an investigation into abuse of patients at a nursing home in…
President Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Kristi Noem and announced that she will be replaced by Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, NPR reports. Trump said Noem will "become the special envoy for Project Shield of the Americas, our new initiative…"
Employees of five federal departments unrelated to immigration policy admitted to Wired that they are being pressured to support Trump's anti-immigration campaign. The current administration has made immigration a central element of its policy agenda. The departments are tasked with finding new facilities for immigration authorities, sharing data on…
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump praised his administration for reducing the number of people attempting to illegally cross the southern border. He also reiterated his support for legal immigration, PBC News reports. "Over the last nine months, not a single...
Sources within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirm that Border Patrol units under the command of Gregory Bovino will change their tactics for immigration enforcement operations, Newsnation reports. Instead of large-scale raids like those carried out at Home Depot stores,…