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.
LOCAL
- Mayor Mamdani and President Trump have planned to meet in NYC ahead of the UN General Assembly to “focus on issues affecting New York City and New Yorkers,” according to a Mamdani administration spokesperson. (CNN)
- New Jersey’s AG Jennifer Davenport said she will take legal action if ICE has been illegally detaining people at a Roxbury warehouse, in violation of a court order. (Gothamist)
- A NJ family says they lost $10,000 to a scammer impersonating immigration attorney Jesús Suday, who says dozens of other people have been targeted. (NBC Philadelphia)
- A NJ teenager who was in ICE detention for over 50 days is heading to college and plans to become an immigration lawyer. ([Paywall] NJ.com)
ACROSS THE U.S.
- An ICE agent shot and wounded a person in Austin, Texas, according to a report developing at time of writing. (Austin American-Statesman, The Texas Tribune)
- The Trump administration has started building a border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas as part of a $46 billion construction plan spanning the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP)
- A report of unclean drinking water at the Eloy Detention Center has followed just days after a measles outbreak was confirmed at Florence Detention Center, both located in southern Arizona. (Tuscon.com, Tucson Sentinel)
- Christian Castro, an ICE officer charged for lying to investigators about the circumstances of a non-fatal shooting during Operation Metro Surge, pleaded not guilty in court on Friday and has since been released on bond. (Minnesota Reformer, Scripps News)
- [Analysis] The Trump administration’s proposal to cut some immigrants from the 2030 census could end up backfiring on Republicans, and cut House seats in some Red states. ([Paywall] New York Times)
IN COURT
- A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration’s third-country deportations in response to a lawsuit that alleged the policy violates detainees’ right to due process. (CBS News)
- In a separate case related to due process, a U.S. district court judge ordered that Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison last year be returned to the U.S. (ABC News)
FROM THE FEDS
- President Trump pushed back slightly against Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s comment in a recent campaign ad that Trump had “gone too far” with immigration enforcement, while Salazar doubled down on that message this weekend in an interview. (POLITICO, CBS News)
- Trump also signed an executive order extending the $100,000 fee for H-1B visas through September 2027, though the change remains blocked by a June court order. (Reuters, Bloomberg Law)
- The Trump administration’s new public charge rule went into effect on Friday, the same week three federal lawsuits were filed seeking to block the policy. (Spectrum Local News, News 10)
- Stephen Miller, the mastermind behind the federal immigration crackdown, is reportedly seeking to expedite the deportation of migrant children through a mutli-agency effort. (The Guardian)
