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.
New York
Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s appeal of deportation case:
Lawyers for the Palestinian activist and former Columbia student announced he was issued a final order of removal, and allege the move is politically motivated. —The Hill
Manhattan DA tells Meta to remove fraud accounts on social media platforms, including those targeting immigrants:
A letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg draws attention to fraudulent legal services schemes on WhatsApp and Facebook that have scammed immigrants out of tens of thousands of dollars. —ABC News, 📄manhattanda.org
New Jersey pastor released after three weeks in ICE detention:
Yeison Cortes Vasquez, a pastor at a church in Elizabeth, was detained on March 20 while working his day job as a delivery worker. —CBS News
Around the U.S.
Second Venezuelan doctor detained while traveling in South Texas:
Trump’s travel ban list has made it difficult for foreign professionals, including dozens of physicians, to continue working in the U.S. —New York Times
Sex toys lobbed at detention facility during anti-ICE protest in L.A.:
Protesters also attached “silicone phalli of all colors” to the chainlink fence surrounding the Metropolitan Detention Center on Saturday, leading to several arrests. —LA Times, KTLA
ICE to appeal state orders stalling opening of two detention centers in Pennsylvania:
The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has blocked sewage and water access for two buildings pending detailed plans for the facilities. —Philly Voice
[Long read] Medical delays and misdiagnoses lead to deaths in ICE detention facilities:
Last year, 33 people reportedly died in ICE custody — the highest death toll on record. —SF Chronicle
Washington, D.C.
Judges who blocked deportation of pro-Palestinian students fired:
Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who were fired along with four other immigration judges on Friday, are the latest to be hit in the administration’s court purge. –New York Times
National Nurses Union to demand Congress abolish ICE in Washington D.C. rally:
“We demand that this war against immigrant communities ends now. Nurses don’t believe any human is illegal; we care for everyone,” said Jamie Brown, RN and president of NNU, in a statement. —NNU
Trump endorses “focused” immigrant enforcement funding bill:
球迷须注意，当心这些世界杯骗局！
He lends his support to GOP leadership who have faced intraparty pushback on the scope of a reconciliation bill to provide additional funding to DHS. —POLITICO
USCIS announces H-2B visa hits cap for second half of FY2026, announces supplemental visas:
A second allocation for 27,736 supplemental visas, intended for temporary nonagricultural work, is now open from April 1 to April 30. —VisaHQ, USCIS.gov
