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
- Attorney General Letitia James told New York voters that federal agents, including ICE, are legally barred from policing the polls as early voting is underway across the state. (Patch)
- New York county jails made nearly $20 million from deals with ICE between January 2025 and July 2026, according to records, giving insight into why some sheriffs have resisted complying with the state’s new law banning 287(g) agreements. (Documented, New York Focus)
- Local activists in New Jersey have expressed frustration that neither Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) nor Attorney General Jennifer Davenport (D) have taken legal action following news that ICE was using a warehouse in Roxbury as a detention site. (Gothamist)
ACROSS THE U.S.
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- Roberto Jimenez Gutierrez, a 43-year-old Guatemalan man, died in Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego on Saturday, according to a news release from ICE. The agency reports he was found “unresponsive.” (Daylight San Diego, ICE.gov)
- Families living in cities along the U.S.-Mexico border are facing new difficulties following the Trump administration’s crackdown on border crossing cards. (NPR)
- Some Chicago immigrants say they are becoming “gente de la noche,” or “people of the night,” opting for nighttime hours in order to avoid ICE. (Chicago Sun-Times)
FROM THE FEDS
- In a social media post, President Trump offered a $1 million bounty to anyone who reports an instance of “voter fraud” that leads to a conviction. (Democracy Docket)
IN COURT
- A judge held several top officials, including DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in civil contempt after ICE rearrested a man that a court ordered released from immigration detention. (Courthouse News)
- A federal judge has temporarily paused a Trump administration policy that would have cut down the time for refugees to contest the ending of their status from 30 days to 10 days. (NHPR)
- The Supreme Court declined to reinstate a regulation from the Biden administration that permits immigration judges to suspend deportation cases. (SCOTUSblog, Reuters)
- The DOJ has ramped up its targeting of alleged noncitizen voting, charging 48 people across several states with fraud on Monday, and requesting that Washington state exclude 400 ballots from tabulation after alleging the voters are not U.S. citizens. (Spectrum Local News, CBS News)
ELECTION WATCH
- Private prison firms, including CoreCivic and a subsidiary of GEO Group, have donated over $1 million to support GOP candidates and political committees, according to records. (Truthout)
- A new poll finds 56% of Americans have an unfavorable view of ICE, with both left- and right-leaning voters developing more negative views over the past year. (Pew Research Center)
