ACLU says Trump administration is breaching family separation settlement A settlement was reached to reunite and provide services for immigrant families that were separated at the border, but the ACLU says the Trump administration is severely undermining the agreement. Mark Betancourt
DOJ hires immigration judges after months of layoffs Judges will soon take the bench across 16 states, the Justice Department said. These include courts that saw the biggest losses of judges this year. Ximena Bustillo
It's the deadliest year for ICE in decades. As detentions rise, the trend may continue There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. As the agency is ramping up hiring and increasing detentions, concerns remain about how to stop the trend. Ximena Bustillo
Immigration agencies accessed WA law enforcement license plate data, report finds A new report from the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights found that federal immigration enforcement has been mining license plate data from local law enforcement in Washington state. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
ICE arrests 105 people in southwest Idaho raid, U.S. Department of Homeland Security says In a raid Sunday in southwest Idaho, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 105 people. Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun
9th Circuit rules that National Guard can deploy to Portland The appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court judge in Oregon, and clears the way for President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland. Conrad Wilson
ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived in. Then he lawyered up. Roman Surovtsev is like many others who were detained at their regularly scheduled ICE check-ins. What makes his case different is that his wife has marshalled a team of lawyers on his behalf. Ximena Bustillo
As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Trump ties crime with immigration, blurring the lines with Guard deployment As President Trump pushes to get National Guard troops patrolling American cities, his administration has, in effect, blurred the lines between the military, traditional law enforcement and immigration enforcement. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship. Adrian Florido
