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.
Houston Congress member to re-introduce a bill seeking citizenship for DACA recipients:
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat, first introduced the American Dream and Promise Act in 2021 and refiled the bill in 2023. It failed to pass both times. –Houston Public Media
How teachers are preparing themselves and students for immigration sweeps:
In cities across the nation, educators, students and parents are grappling with fear that ICE agents will show up at schools or their homes. –CNN
‘Families that are being ripped apart’: Migrant farm workers go on high alert amid immigration raids:
Deportations could lead to a farm labor shortage, which could have a severe impact on the U.S. economy. –ABC News
Trump administration is also going after immigrants who live here legally:
The administration has instructed resettlement agencies to stop using federal funds on services like job placement and medical assistance for refugees already in the U.S. –The Los Angeles Times
‘The fear is real’: Rhode Island immigrants avoid hospitals, schools:
“The streets of Central Falls have looked like an abandoned wasteland because people are literally afraid to go outside,” Rhode Island state Sen. Jonathon Acosta said. – The Boston Globe
U.S. border czar blames leaks for hindering immigration raids in Colorado suburb:
Tom Homan said details on a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in a Denver suburb had been leaked, putting officers at risk. –Associated Press
New Orleans’ sanctuary city status could be put to the test as ICE ramps up immigration sweeps:
Census data says there are more than 10,000 non-citizens living in New Orleans, the only sanctuary city in the Gulf states.—CBS News
Protesters denounce Trump immigration policies outside his Florida golf club:
A handful of demonstrators gathered outside Trump International Golf Club on Saturday to protest while the president spent leisure time at the club. –Reuters
New York
‘If one day I don’t come to pick you up from the bus, don’t cry’:
In New York City, many children are afraid to go to school out of fear that they or their families will be deportated. – El Pais English
The lawyer priest from Ireland who counsels New York’s immigrants:
Msgr. James Kelly has been helping people obtain citizenship since he moved to Brooklyn in 1960, but his job has never felt more urgent — or controversial. –The New York Times
NYC hospitals scramble to send a clear message to patients, staff amid ICE threats:
A review shows there’s variance among NYC hospitals’ messaging on what employees should do if an ICE agent shows up. – Gothamist
NYC launches interpreter bank to expand language access for immigrants: The City Council has allocated $3.4 million for interpreter services and nonprofit legal assistance amid rising demand. –BKReader
Washington D.C.
U.S. is holding migrants in cells that once held Al Qaeda suspects:
The Trump administration said 10 men who were sent to a prison on the base at Guantanamo Bay are affiliated with gangs. – The New York Times
How Trump’s immigration crackdown blurs the lines between reality, rumor and theater:
While ICE arrests are up, experts say the data is incomplete and hoaxes are rampant. –The Marshall Project
‘They’re way behind’: White House pressures ICE to pick up pace of migrant arrests, sources say:
The Trump administration has boasted about the arrest of thousands, but senior officials behind the scenes have expressed frustration with ICE for not meeting its marks. –CNN
Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement:
ICE is reviving and expanding a decades-old program that trains local law officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation. –Associated Press
ICE has arrested scores of migrants in the U.S. who have no criminal records:
The story of one immigrant from Venezuela who came via the CBP One mobile app highlights the broader issue. –NPR
Immigration raids ignore a looming global workforce crisis:
As California farmers wonder who will grow and harvest our food, falling birthrates are likely to soon force nations to compete for immigrants. –Fast Company
