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.
Increased ICE-TSA collaboration drives immigration arrests at airports nationwide:
Former acting ICE director John Sandweg said the agency is “mining” TSA data to “pad” arrest statistics, in an interview transcript and clip CNN sent to Early Arrival yesterday. —📹CNN, Truthout, ABC7, CBS News
ICE’s new detention center contracts say state laws “shall not apply,” federal documents show:
One day after a judge ordered a Tacoma ICE jail to open its doors to state health inspectors, ICE published new language for detention contracts saying that state and local laws would not apply to facilities. —WIRED
ICE admits it missed 800 doses of medication for detainees in Indiana detention center in April:
Acting ICE Director David Venturella said in a letter, published days after an IndyStar investigation exposed the facility’s subpar medical conditions, that 750 doses were missed because individuals “refused to come to the pill line.” —IPM, IndyStar [Paywall]
Geo Group inks deal with ICE to create 1,300-bed facility in North Carolina:
The detention center, which will be one of the largest on the East Coast, is expected to generate $80 million in its first year of operations, according to estimates from the private prison contractor. —WUNC, The Carolina Journal
New York
Support grows among New York Dems to abolish ICE:
A mix of 143 state and local officials signed a letter to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both Democrats, calling on them to “leverage” their positions and work to “defund and dismantle” the agency. —City&State, 📄Letter
Deportations, detentions rise in Upstate New York in 2025, data shows:
There was a 2.6-fold increase in deportations in the region last year, and while time in detentions dropped compared to 2024, shuffling between different facilities became more frequent. —WAMC
Washington, D.C.
Trump’s mandatory detention policy loses for fifth and sixth time in appeals courts:
The Seventh and Ninth Circuits, issuing rulings on the same day, have joined four other appeals courts in opposing the federal government’s policy of refusing bond hearings to individuals in detention. —The New Republic
Thousands of migrant children set to lose legal representation as contract expires:
Contracts that have been funded by the Department of Health and Human Services since 2003 are set to expire today, potentially cutting off some 24,000 migrant children facing deportation from nonprofit legal access. —El País, LA Times [Paywall]
Trump admin.’s new $100 asylum fee is speeding up deportations, attorneys and advocates say:
Asylum seekers are reportedly receiving late notifications to make a payment, or are not receiving notification at all, increasing fears that their applications will be automatically denied. —POLITICO
[Explainer] How the Trump admin. has undercut the asylum program, in charts:
Amid a broad attack on the asylum system, approvals have hit a historic low of 2% in 2026. —NPR
Washington, D.C.
Trump’s mandatory detention policy loses for fifth and sixth time in appeals courts:
The Seventh and Ninth Circuits, issuing rulings on the same day, have joined four other appeals courts in opposing the federal government’s policy of refusing bond hearings to individuals in detention. —The New Republic
Thousands of migrant children set to lose legal representation as contract expires:
Contracts that have been funded by the Department of Health and Human Services since 2003 are set to expire today, potentially cutting off some 24,000 migrant children facing deportation from nonprofit legal access. —El País, LA Times [Paywall]
Trump admin.’s new $100 asylum fee is speeding up deportations, attorneys and advocates say:
Asylum seekers are reportedly receiving late notifications to make a payment, or are not receiving notification at all, increasing fears that their applications will be automatically denied. —POLITICO
[Explainer] How the Trump admin. has undercut the asylum program, in charts:
Amid a broad attack on the asylum system, approvals have hit a historic low of 2% in 2026. —NPR
