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.
Trump administration to end temporary status of another 268,000 Venezuelan migrants, urging them to self-deport:
Unless blocked in court, the move will terminate the legal protections of Venezuelans enrolled in a TPS program created in 2021 by the Biden administration. –CBS News
Defense Department to send up to 600 military attorneys to serve as temporary immigration judges:
The Trump administration has fired more than two dozen immigration judges nationwide so far this year. –CBS News; NPR
USCIS to hire armed agents who can make arrests:
The move is a major change for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency that has been kept separate from immigration arrests and enforcing deportations. –NBC News
Guatemalan migrant children reeling from trauma of attempted deportations:
Unaccompanied minors are at the center of a legal battle over a Trump administration plan to return hundreds of kids to their home country despite immigration protections. –NBC News; NPR
Trump administration targets financial relief for undocumented students
The Justice Department has challenged several states that offer in-state tuition to unauthorized immigrants, contending that the policies discriminate against U.S. citizens. –The New York Times; NBC News
Democrats push Homeland Security Department on DACA recipients:
More than three dozen Democratic and independent senators are asking DHS to clarify the agency’s position on DACA beneficiaries.–NPR
Around the U.S.
ICE opens immigrant detention center in notorious Louisiana prison:
Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history. –The New York Times; The Guardian
California’s newest immigration facility is also its biggest. Is it operating legally?
A new immigration detention facility has quietly opened in California’s Mojave Desert, even though the private prison company that owns it may lack the permits to operate. –KQED
An artist’s love letter to Milwaukee paleteros:
A look at the street vendors selling paletas on the south side of the city. –WUWM 89.7FM
How Chicago and Boston officials are readying for Trump’s promise of more immigration raids:
Immigration enforcement has gone hand in hand with the Trump administration sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles and in the federal takeover of Washington, D.C. –NBC News
New York
Thousands of young immigrants in New York at risk of detention, deportation after Trump ends protections:
New Yorkers are suing to reverse a Trump administration policy change that has upended the futures of tens of thousands of young immigrants. –New York Focus
New York City prepares for potential federal crackdown:
New York City has so far been spared the aggressive immigration enforcement that has rocked Los Angeles. The city is bracing for that to change. –City & State New York
New York sues anti-immigration charity for multimillion-dollar misuse of funds:
State AG Letitia James is taking on Trumpworld favorite VDARE. –Mother Jones; The New York Times
Immigrant groups seek answers for how New York plans to address 750,000 people losing health care coverage:
A provision of President Trump’s megabill decimates funding for the state’s Essential Plan, which provides coverage to roughly 1.7 million people. –Politico
