Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
New York
NY farmers worry about how Trump’s immigration policies will affect farm workers:
Farmers in New York reported that the feds arrested individual workers during the first Trump administration, but nothing large scale. — NCPR
Drizly, an Uber-owned alcohol delivery app, owes millions in stolen tips from delivery workers:
Over 8,300 delivery workers didn’t get their tips as Drizly misrepresented its tipping practices to customers. — Documented
Around the U.S.
‘No place to hide’: Trapped on the border, immigrants fear deportation:
Undocumented immigrants whose children or spouses are U.S. citizens are feeling particularly vulnerable to President-elect Trump’s threats to push them out. — The New York Times
The U.S. Census Bureau is adding refugees to its immigrant count:
The change aims to better reflect population shifts this decade. The new estimates will show how the populations of the 50 states changed this year. — ABC News
Sudden loss of undocumented workers threw tech supplier into upheaval:
Jabil, a major manufacturer of electronics components, discovered it had been relying on undocumented workers, contracted from a staffing agency, to power its manufacturing sites. — The New York Times
Washington D.C.
EOIR completed nearly one million cases in FY 2024:
Immigration courts completed 914,812 cases — nearly 850,000 of which involved deportation — in FY 2024, the most closures in a single fiscal year on record. — TRAC
Trump says he would consider pardoning Adams, who is facing federal charges on corruption:
Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida when asked whether he would consider a pardon for the Democratic mayor: “I think that he was treated pretty unfairly,” and added that he would “certainly look at it.” — USA Today
