Immigration

NBC News reports: The government must secure the return of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted it deported in error. More than three weeks after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained and flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a federal judge said Friday that the government must return him to the U.S. by …

Forbes reports: Judge James Boasberg suggested Thursday he believes it’s likely the Trump administration defied his court order blocking deportation flights and acted in “bad faith” by sending Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, as the judge considers whether to possibly move forward with holding Trump officials in contempt for proceeding with the flights. The judge accused Trump officials of intentionally …

Axios reports: The Trump administration’s pace of removing immigrants from the U.S. continues to lag behind Joe Biden’s pace last year, even as detentions have jumped under President Trump, new numbers show. The pace of removals under Trump is actually slowing compared to his first two weeks in office, despite several high-profile raids and the targeting of foreign students as part …

The Independent reports: The Trump administration accidentally sent a Salvadorian immigrant to a notorious Salvadorian prison and says it can’t do anything to get him back. That’s even though the man had protected immigration status in the U.S., specifically barring him from being sent back to that country for fear of persecution. On Monday, in a filing in Maryland federal …

Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo reports: According to documentation seen by Zeteo and interviews with university officials, the administration is deploying the rarely-used risk-to-foreign-policy immigration provision they used to detain Mahmoud Khalil to now target students across the country. ICE appears to be manually revoking students’ immigration status – an authority typically left to university staff. And some students and universities are …

The Washington Post reports: Henrry Albornoz Quintero’s family had been tracking his whereabouts through an online detainee locator ever since he was arrested and put in deportation proceedings after a routine check-in with immigration officials in late January. But on Friday — less than a week before the expected birth of his son — the Venezuelan man disappeared from the …

CBS News reports: The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process, urging them to self-deport or face arrest and removal by deportation agents. The termination of their work permits and deportation protections under an immigration authority known as parole will …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor says jobs for immigrants come at the expense of gainful employment for native born youth. “What’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part time now? That’s how it used to be when I was growing up,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a discussion at New College. “Why do we say we need …

Seattle’s ABC affiliate reports: The Fife Police Department is investigating after a suspicious vehicle with no license plate and misspelled, incorrect ICE and U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblems was seen patrolling around a local Ukrainian grocery market on Sunday. The vehicle in question was a black Ford SUV styled to resemble a law enforcement vehicle, with decals stating “ICE” …

Axios reports: Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States this week, warning of stricter immigration enforcement at the border. Upping an advisory for visiting an ally country could be construed as a serious step, and comes as travelers from both Germany and elsewhere have been detained while in the U.S. under Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. The change comes …

Axios reports: The agency charged with carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation promises has warned Congress it is short a whopping $2 billion for this fiscal year, Axios has learned. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repeatedly has faced significant budget shortfalls in recent years. Trump’s immigration plans — which include deporting “millions” of unauthorized immigrants — would rack up costs …

San Diego’s ABC affiliate reports: A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday. “Every single guard that sees me is like ‘What are you doing here? I don’t understand – you’re Canadian. How are you here?’” Jasmine Mooney said in an interview …

The Daily Beast reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested on Sunday that children brought to the country illegally by their parents “have a choice” in the matter. “Remember, everybody has an option,” Noem said on Face the Nation. “They have an option to be here legally or illegally, and they can self-deport as well.” “The kids don’t really have …

USA Today reports: Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem on Friday said her agency has identified two alleged “criminal leakers” who may have thwarted immigration raids. The two individuals will be referred for criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice, she said. Noem didn’t say what statute the leakers are accused of violating. A DOJ spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a …

Newsweek reports: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has not ruled out the possibility of deploying bounty hunters to assist law enforcement in apprehending suspected undocumented immigrants. “Governor Abbott fully supports law enforcement using every tool and strategy to aid in the Trump administration’s deportation of illegal immigrants,” Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, said. Republican lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri have proposed …

Gothamist reports: A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request from New York City to temporarily block the federal government from pulling $80 million in emergency funding that went toward sheltering migrants. But while New York federal Judge Jennifer Rearden denied the temporary restraining order, she ruled the lawsuit can proceed, officials said. The Trump administration decided to claw back …

Politico reports: A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases, a private fleet of 100 planes, and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests. The blueprint — laid out in …

NBC News reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the city will close the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at the Roosevelt Hotel, a site that was the frequent target of criticism from Elon Musk and the Trump administration. On top of closing the arrival center at the hotel, Adams also announced the closure of the Humanitarian Emergency …

Rolling Stone reports: The Department of Homeland Security has budgeted up to $200 million to run anti-immigrant ads in the United States and overseas that repeatedly thank President Donald Trump for leading an immigration crackdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday night that these ads were Trump’s idea, and during the administration’s transition to power, the president asked her …

The Wall Street Journal reports: The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, administration officials and other people familiar with the matter said, amid frustration in the Trump administration that deportations haven’t accelerated faster. The administration is shaking up the leadership at ICE and is soon expected to announce a new acting …