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.
‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors:
Immigration raids are straining school communities across California, where about 1 million children have a parent who is undocumented. –The Los Angeles Times
Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’:
From Ohio to Florida, the U.S. government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businesses. –The Guardian
How a simple question about American hotels led to ‘the greatest immigration story never told’:
A new short film looks at the little-known phenomenon about Indian immigrants and their descendents controlling over 60% of the hotels and motels in the U.S. despite making up a small percentage of the population. –CNN
ICE arrest reveals hidden past of an Iowa schools superintendent:
Ian Roberts was a beloved leader in the Des Moines public school system. Then parents learned he was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal past. –The Washington Post
Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’
The Homeland security secretary also excoriated the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during the game’s half-time break. –The Guardian; Bad Bunny pushes back: The Guardian
Pritzker says federal agents are trying to make Chicago a ‘war zone’:
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said he had ordered state agencies to investigate a raid on a Chicago apartment building where there had been reports of “nearly naked” children zip-tied by federal officers. –The New York Times
Washington D.C.
Trump administration prepares to offer money to unaccompanied migrant teenagers to voluntarily leave US:
DHS is preparing to offer unaccompanied migrant teenagers the option to voluntarily leave the country and receive a $2,500 payment. –CNN
Judge blocks Trump policy to detain migrant children turning 18 in adult facilities
The decision temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to keep migrant children in detention after they turn 18, halting transfers to adult facilities that advocates said were scheduled for this weekend. –The Associated Press
Supreme Court hands Trump new immigration win that allows for the stripping of temporary legal protections from over 300,000 Venezuelan migrants:
The justices issued an emergency order that pauses a lower-court ruling finding the administration wrongly ended Temporary Protected Status for the group. –Newsweek; Politico
Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges:
The administration wants to bring in as many as 600 military-trained attorneys to help make decisions about which immigrants can stay in the country. –The Associated Press
Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects:
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag ICE sightings, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down. –The Associated Press
Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants:
The pope, who did not single out any country for its treatment of migrants, called on Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters.” –Reuters
New York
Trump reverses $187M funding cuts for New York counterterrorism after bipartisan outcry:
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The cuts would have represented 86% of homeland security funding to the state, impacting the New York City police and fire departments, state police and other law enforcement agencies. –The Associated Press
Hung juries in Syracuse immigration case reveal limits of deportation push:
For all of its might, the federal government’s immigration crackdown faces one formidable obstacle: convincing a jury of ordinary people that it is lawful and just. –Syracuse.com (Editorial Board Opinion)
