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.
ELECTION WATCH
- The DOJ stated that FBI and ICE agents will not act as poll monitors in the midterm elections this year, according to a court filing. (Reuters, The Hill, 📄Filing)
- The federal immigration crackdown is splitting Latino voters in New York and across the country as people have turned against the Trump administration’s policies. (New York Amsterdam News, [Paywall] Newsday, Wall Street Journal, AP, Maryland Matters)
- GOP candidates in New York, meanwhile, have continued to attack “sanctuary” policies, even as attitudes towards ICE and federal immigration policies have taken a dive. It’s a dissonance that could show up at the ballot box. (Gothamist)
- Immigrant rights groups in California are organizing to protect the vote and spread civics information ahead of Nov. 3 amid an uptick in ICE raids across the state. (Capital & Main, [Paywall] New York Times)
- In other California news, teachers in San Diego have been patrolling the streets for the past month to protect students from ICE before and after school, and are planning a day-long patrol on Nov. 3 to protect voter safety. (inewsource)
- A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s request to sequester 20,000 ballots in California over alleged noncitizen voting. ([Paywall] LA Times, NPR)
- Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against USCIS and DHS over the so-called “Unlawful Voter Initiative,” alleging it targets and intimidates naturalized citizen voters. (ACLU, 📄Complaint)
- And speaking of targeting voters, DHS reported arresting dozens of people as part of its nationwide campaign to root out voter fraud. (DHS.gov, WRAL)
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- [Guide] Ballots, guides and other election-related materials are available to New Yorkers in multiple languages to ensure fair access to information. (City Limits)
- [Opinion] Raysa S. Rodriguez, executive director of the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, grew up in Marble Hill. She writes about the importance of protecting not just NYC schools, but also sidewalks, from federal agents after the ICE shooting in her neighborhood earlier this month. (The 74)
- Clara Tan, a transgender woman from Singapore who filed an asylum claim in 2019, reported that ICE tackled her at Rochester, New York’s airport and held her in a men’s detention facility. (WXXI)
- A Republican-led House committee published a report accusing the NYPD of refusing to honor 10,000 ICE detainers in “roughly” the past year. (📄Report)
ACROSS THE U.S.
- A “hacktivist” group called the “Department of Peace” broke into DHS databases and exposed the information of 41,000 employees and contractors, including undercover ICE agents. (Wired, The Verge)
- Chicago clergy and activists briefly met with Pope Leo XIV to advocate for immigrants who are being detained in his hometown at the Broadview ICE facility. (Chicago Tribune, Vatican News)
- ⏳[Long read] Farmworkers in Kansas and Nebraska are being targeted in the federal immigration crackdown, leading to disruptions in America’s food system. (Civil Eats)
IN COURT
- Immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday after the Trump administration removed locations of thousands of immigrants in ICE custody with removal orders from its detainee locator tool online. (AP, [Paywall] Boston Globe)
- The NYCLU filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE for allegedly refusing to release records that show the agencies threatened an activist over a social media post demanding following the death of Renee Good. (📄Complaint)
