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.
Health care workers strategize to protect undocumented patients amid rollback of ‘sensitive locations’ guidelines:
The acting Homeland Security Secretary rolled back guidance that prevented immigration and border officers from entering “sensitive locations” such as hospitals. — Prism Reports
Federal judge blocks Trump’s suspension of refugee resettlement program:
A U.S. district judge in Seattle said Trump’s executive order suspending the refugee admission system exceeded his powers. — The Guardian
Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’:
The 26-page proposal delivered to Trump’s advisers before the inauguration would put $25 billion toward dedicated planes for deportations and other efforts. — Politico
New York
Moldy food and sometimes not enough of it. Cuisine at NYC shelters under the spotlight:
A New York City Council oversight hearing on the food served up at city shelters is looking into reports of “inedible” food. – Gothamist
New York City set to close a controversial migrant shelter at the Roosevelt Hotel:
Mayor Eric Adams said this week that the Roosevelt Hotel and more than 50 other migrant shelters will close by June. – Associated Press
Washington D.C.
Turned away at the U.S. border, migrants make a dangerous trek in reverse:
Trump’s hard-line immigration policies have sparked a reverse migration wave, with migrants traveling south through Panama and Colombia. — Washington Post
Trump proposes fines, prison time for migrants who don’t join registry:
Documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal reveal the Trump administration plans to arrest undocumented immigrants who don’t submit information to a newly created registry. — Wall Street Journal
(Opinion) Trump pits immigrants against other working people. But we have a common enemy:
Advocates Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martínez Rosas say billionaires are pitting working people against each other, when our fights are all the same. — The Guardian
A look inside nearly vacant deportee migrant camps in Ciudad Juárez:Since its opening on Feb. 20, a new migrant care center in Ciudad Juárez, has remained largely unoccupied. — El Paso Matters
