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.
Federal judge blocks Trump admin. from deporting 3,000 Yemeni refugees:
An emergency order extended Temporary Protected Status for the country, which was set to expire today. —AP
Former ICE official running for office in Ohio receives GOP backlash:
Ohio Republicans are worried that Madison Sheahan, a former ICE deputy director, might upset their chances of winning a contested House district primary. —POLITICO
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s personal ties to Haiti scrutinized as she weighs in on future of Haiti TPS:
Two of the justice’s seven children were adopted from the Caribbean country. —New York Times
New York
Masked ICE agents drag man from Brooklyn hospital:
Protesters and NYPD had an hourslong standoff outside a Bushwick hospital on Saturday night following the ICE raid. —amNY
At least five arrested during May Day demonstrations in Washington Square Park:
The New York Immigration Coalition was among the organizers of the Friday protest whose themes included “No ICE, No War.” —ABC7
Around the U.S.
Population in Mississippi ICE facility plummets over three weeks, investigation reveals:
Evidence points to a drop in about 1,000 detainees over that time period, but ICE said that the fluctuation in population is normal. —Wisconsin Examiner
USCIS exempts foreign doctors from travel ban visa freeze in policy reversal:
The previous freeze has been especially harmful to healthcare providers in underserved parts of the country. —New York Times, KFF Health News
ICE reports 18th death in custody this year:
Denny Adan Gonzalez, a 33-year-old man from Cuba, died in a Georgia detention center last week, according to an agency press release. —WABE
ICE hired private contractor accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children:
Two Guatemalan fathers sued Virginia-based security contract MVM in 2024 over the role it played in family separation at the southern border during the first Trump administration. —The Guardian
Man shot seven times by ICE charged with assaulting federal agents:
Prosecutors allege that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a national from El Salvador, used his car to assault officers after being stopped at a traffic light in Patterson, California. —KTVU
