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.
Inside “Detention Alley,” the ICE centers in the south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish:
Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are sometimes transported thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and courts. –The Guardian
Immigration officials silent after another graduate student detained at the University of Minnesota:
Local, state and national leaders are demanding answers from immigration enforcement after the detention of yet another university student. –CNN
Immigrant students and scholars detained at remote facilities in Louisiana:
Louisiana is emerging as a linchpin for immigrant detention under Trump, where facilities are beyond the immediate reach of most rights groups and attorneys. –Associated Press
Migrants in the U.S. legally and with no criminal history caught up in Trump’s crackdown:
Three people’s stories paint a picture of the impact of the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history. –PBS NewsHour
Florida plans to hire minors to fill jobs after immigration crackdowns:
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would significantly roll back child labor protections to make it easier for employers to fill roles previously held by undocumented immigrants. – Fortune
Trump’s immigration crackdown could wreak havoc on a rural Pennsylvania town:
Farmers who rely on year-round immigrant labor to produce 70% of the nation’s mushrooms fear their town and industry will be upended by deportations. –NBC News
Lawyer for immigration activist suspects ICE is retaliating against her:
A lawyer for prominent immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra said her client was being targeted because she was exercising her First Amendment right to speech. – Associated Press
In Trump’s dragnet:
Over the past two months, Trump has been doing what he promised on the campaign trail: Assaulting every aspect of the U.S. immigration system. – The New York Review of Books
New York
New documentary “The Arrivals” highlights volunteers helping migrants in NYC:
The film will screen on Tuesday, April 1, at NYU with a talkback from the director. – Gothamist
Columbia’s interim president steps down after bowing to Trump demands:
Katrina Armstrong became interim president of the school last August after President Minouche Shafik resigned amid criticism of the university’s handling of campus protests of Israel’s war in Gaza. – Gothamist
Washington D.C.
What basic rights do people have if ICE stops them? A lawyer explains: Immigrants should know they have constitutionally guaranteed rights to due process in the U.S. –NPR
What green-card and visa holders should know before traveling abroad: Traveling or returning to the U.S. from abroad has become increasingly risky, even for people with valid visas and green cards. –NPR
Crossing the U.S. border? How to protect yourself:
Searches of phones and other electronics are on the rise for those entering the U.S. –The Intercept
FEMA blocks $10 billion in disaster aid over immigration concerns:
The move is part of a review of 56 FEMA programs to ensure they meet Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts. –Politico
Trump deportation fight reaches Supreme Court:
The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process. –New York Times
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations:
The order prevents migrants from being sent to countries with which they had no existing relationship without giving them a chance to make a claim that they would be in danger there. –Reuters
Trump administration advances immigration crackdown on foreign student protesters:
The administration has revoked an estimated 300 student visas so far as penalties are ramped up against students who protested against the war in Gaza. –NPR
