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.
Washington D.C.
Over 60,000 are in immigration detention, a modern high, records show:
The numbers reflect the significant effort the Trump administration has put into its escalating immigration crackdown. –The New York Times
Migrants vanish into opaque ICE detention system:
Frequent long-distance moves leave families and lawyers struggling to keep track of people facing deportation. –The Wall Street Journal
‘We lost everything’: Families of detained immigrants are drowning in debt:
The consequences of Trump’s immigration policy are also economic. Without their primary breadwinners, family members are losing everything they worked to achieve. –EL PAÍS
New York
NYC is the nation’s capital of immigration courthouse arrests, new data analysis shows:
Half of all immigration courthouse arrests nationwide earlier this summer were in New York City, where the Trump administration has mostly kept ICE enforcement off of the streets. –THE CITY
‘They’ve gone off the map’: fear drives immigrants away from clinics:
NYC Care enrollment is declining for the first time as doctors warn that New Yorkers worried about their immigration status are avoiding care out of deportation fears. –THE CITY
Adams says his administration has housed 3,500 unsheltered New Yorkers:
Several people who work closely with homeless people in the city questioned whether even more progress could have been made with a different approach to homelessness. –Gothamist
Around the U.S.
Agonizing choices confront undocumented immigrants needing aid after floods:
Immigrant aid organizations in Central Texas worry that, amid an immigration crackdown, undocumented victims of the deadly floods are not receiving assistance. –The New York Times
Fear of immigration raids turns California community into ghost town:
Huntington Park is 95.6% Latino, and as many as 45% of the residents are undocumented, according to the city. –CBS News
Factories from GE to Kraft Heinz lose immigrant workers, stressing those who remain:
“This is a new area for us,” said the head of corporate communications for GE Appliances. –NPR
Immigration crackdown causing ‘Trump slump’ in Las Vegas tourism, unions say:
International visitors to one of the world’s largest tourist destinations dropped 13% in June, and workers now face layoffs. –The Guardian
What to know about how bail works in the U.S.:
Conservatives argue that revisions in bail law have contributed to increased lawlessness, but the data does not support their argument. –The New York Times
