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Immigration News Today: Tribal Leaders Prepare Members for Potential ICE Encounters

Plus: The results of ICE's New York City raids, a major change to a USCIS form, and more of the latest immigration news

Fisayo Okare

Jan 31, 2025

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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.

Around the U.S. 

Fearing encounters with ICE, tribal leaders offer guidance to their members:

Tribal leaders across the country are preparing their members for what to do if they’re approached by federal law enforcement officials as the Trump administration scales up deportation efforts. — NPR 

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How ‘Dr. Phil’ suddenly became so outspoken about immigration

Phil McGraw has become a vocal supporter of Trump’s immigration positions, and accompanied ICE agents during raids around Chicago.NBC News

DeSantis says he will veto GOP immigration bill in clash with lawmakers:

The veto pledge capped a dramatic few days in which Republican legislators publicly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and portrayed themselves as truer allies of President Trump. — The New York Times

Major USCIS change after Trump’s order — Key immigration form no longer accepted:

The form was part of the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole processes, which in recent years benefited more than half a million citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti. — Miami Herald 

‘Fear hasn’t paralyzed us’ — anxiety and action in Chicago amid immigration raids:

Residents worry about leaving their homes, but many in the city are organizing legal aid, workshops and virtual services. — The Guardian

New York

A life rebuilt, a future uncertain: Shakoure Charpentier’s fight for a pardon:

The fear of deportation looms large for Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier. After years of legal battles and advocacy, he remains at risk of being sent to Haiti, a country he’s never visited. — Documented

Migrant vendors park carts as their American dreams slip away:

Enforcement was already on the rise before Trump’s inauguration. Now street sellers are avoiding any risk of getting a criminal ticket that could make them ICE targets. — THE CITY

Inside the NYC immigration crackdown that yielded 39 arrests:

The arrests on Tuesday exceeded ICE’s average number of daily arrests over the past two years in the New York City area, but it remains to be seen if the agency will be able to maintain or accelerate that pace. — The New York Times

Immigration enforcement actions produce arrests and fear in New York City:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she worked closely with Mayor Eric Adams, and “talked to him four or five times last night about what we were doing, our operations, and how they could support us.” — ABC 7 News

600,000 Venezuelans could face deportation as Trump ends TPS extension:

On Tuesday, Trump’s DHS secretary ended Biden’s Temporary Protected Status extension for Venezuelans, leaving thousands without protection after Sept. 10. — Documented

Tesla driver wanted after hit-and-run leaves migrant mother in ICU:

After a driver ran her over twice, Lili Xu was left with multiple fractures and lung damage. The suspect remains at large. — Documented 

Dramatic arrests rattle Bronx and Upper Manhattan:

Federal authorities detained at least four people in a series of early morning arrests that were posted across government X accounts. — Documented via THE CITY

NYC Council, NYIC launch first-ever language access bank and the Protect NYC Families Initiative:

The Council allocated over $2 million in funding to more than 60 nonprofit organizations to support legal services, rapid response efforts, helplines, and critical community trainings. — Read more here 

Washington D.C.

President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law:

The Laken Riley Act mandates ICE detain undocumented immigrants who have been arrested, charged of, convicted with, or have admitted to, nonviolent crimes like theft or shoplifting. — Read more on its passage and what advocates had to say before it passed

Trump’s orders have upended U.S. immigration. What legal routes remain?

ICE said it removed and deported 7,300 people in one week. Keeping up that pace for a year that would result in the forced removal of more than 350,000 people. — Los Angeles Times

Trump’s Week One orders on immigration law, explained:

Here’s how Trump’s week one executive orders specifically dismantle due process and exacerbate existing barriers that prevent people from accessing representation to defend their rights. — Vera Institute

Fisayo Okare

Fisayo writes Documented’s "Early Arrival" newsletter and "Our City" column. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and earned an MSc. in journalism from Columbia University and a BSc. in Mass Communication from Pan-Atlantic University.

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