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
NYC suburb deploys detectives to aid Trump’s deportation crackdown:
Nassau County, on Long Island, becomes the second county in New York state to join a federal program that uses local law enforcement officers as ICE agents. — The New York Times
ICE has restaurant workers terrified:
Nearly 60% of the city’s restaurant workforce is foreign-born, but the industry’s reliance on undocumented labor is not so much an “open secret” as an indisputable truth. — Grub Street
‘Nobody’s in the streets’ now in Brooklyn’s Little Haiti:
Along the Flatbush thoroughfare Friday, residents and business owners said they’ve seen activity decline in Little Haiti since Trump launched his immigration crackdown. — THE CITY via Haitian Times
Serving immigrant, refugee and marginalized communities during Trump 2.0:
The Arab American Family Support Center has been training staff on how to properly respond to an ICE raid. — City & State New York
Trump’s new tariffs concern Bronx wholesale produce markets:
One wholesale produce seller believes Trump’s delayed tariffs will force distribution companies to increase their prices, which would likely also increase grocery prices for New Yorkers. — Spectrum News NY 1
Around the U.S.
The propaganda behind Trump’s immigration crackdown:
The White House is conducting a far-reaching immigration propaganda effort. Michael D. Shear, a correspondent for The New York Times, explains what its goals are. — Check out the video here
Opinion: There’s a reason Trump is going after birthright citizenship:
New York Times columnist Carlos Lozada and editor Aaron Retica say Trump’s order attacking birthright citizenship is aimed at challenging the very idea of what it means to be American. — The New York Times
Explainer: ICE arrests and deportations from the U.S. interior:
Experts at the Migration Policy Institute explain ICE cannot simply put deportees on planes; but must secure the home country’s agreement to accept the deportee and arrange transportation. — Migration Policy Institute
Letters to the editor: The targeting of migrants:
New York Times readers object to Trump’s harsh line against immigrants: “Deporting individuals in military planes, handcuffed and dehumanized, reflects poorly on a nation that claims to uphold human rights and justice.” — The New York Times
‘Panic benefits ICE’: local newsrooms fight back as immigrants face misinformation:
As rumored raids fuel anxiety about mass deportations, news outlets in California are offering resources and debunking falsehoods. — The Guardian
ICE enforcement official tapped to lead unaccompanied migrant children office, triggering alarms:
The new head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement has experts and advocates concerned that information about children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations. — ProPublica
Opinion: “I was an undocumented immigrant. I beg you to see the nuance in our stories:”
Almost 14 years ago, Jose Antonio Vargas risked the life he had built in the U.S. by coming out as an undocumented immigrant. This past December, he became documented. — The New York Times
Washington D.C.
El Salvador agrees to let U.S. deport migrants from different countries there:
El Salvador has agreed to accept U.S. deportations of “criminal illegal migrants from any country,” including members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua. — Official State Department
U.S. set to begin migrant flights to Guantanamo Bay:
A flight Tuesday from Fort Bliss in Texas to Guantanamo, which left in the afternoon, had roughly a dozen migrants on board, people familiar with the matter said. — The Wall Street Journal
