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.
Trump calls for a new census to exclude undocumented immigrants:
Trump announced that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new U.S. census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. –CNN
Some immigrants seeking green cards may be placed in removal proceedings, USCIS says:
A new Trump administration could make immigrants seeking green cards through marriage could be vulnerable to deportation, as well as those seeking lawful permanent residency through other family members. –NBC News
What Trump’s immigration crackdown means for the 2028 Olympics:
The 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles will draw thousands of foreign visitors to the United States. –The New York Times
‘This is sending a message’: DOJ moves to sanction lawyer who took pro bono deportation case:
The move comes after Trump directed the department to seek to sanction lawyers “who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation.” –Politico
ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside:
The Trump administration is convincing judges to dismiss immigrants’ cases — thus depriving the immigrants of protection from arrest and detention — then taking them into custody. –Stateline
New York
New York groups challenge ICE’s courthouse arrests:
Several New York organizations are suing the federal Department of Homeland Security, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, and ICE. –City Limits
After deadly Chinatown crash, NYC makes long-sought safety upgrades on Canal Street:
The city transportation department will install new physical barriers in the coming weeks to protect pedestrians from runaway drivers at Bowery and Canal Street, officials said. –Gothamist
Slain NYPD Det. Islam’s family offers hopeful message as Cuomo, Adams go on attack:
The family called for unity in their first remarks since his killing, distancing themselves from the mayoral politics swirling around the mass shooting that took his life. –Gothamist
Around the U.S.
ICE detainee found dead by suicide detention facility, agency says:
Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old citizen of China from Flushing, Queens, died by suicide at the Pennsylvania facility where he was being held, officials said. –ABC News and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Indiana immigration detention center dubbed “Speedway Slammer” draws backlash:
Indiana will build a facility with 1,000 detention beds about 75 miles from the actual Indianapolis Motor Speedway.–CBS News
Haitians in Minnesota lose jobs, weigh options after Trump cancels immigration programs:
Haitian Minnesotans are losing important legal status and the right to work after the Trump administration canceled humanitarian parole and moves to end TPS. –Sahan Journal
Florida prepares to build second immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’:
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has awarded at least one contract for what’s labeled in state records as the “North Detention Facility.” –Associated Press
Seven potential tuberculosis cases reported at Tacoma immigrant detention center:
ICE disputed that the disease is present at the facility, but an attorney for one detained man says his client was treated for it. –Washington State Standard
After a lull, agents conduct a big immigration raid in L.A.:
A rented Penske truck was used to ferry agents to the Home Depot where the raid was conducted, days after an appeals court upheld an order limiting some enforcement tactics. –The New York Times
