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.
Fear, job struggles among DACA recipients mount amid increase in deportations:
Hundreds of Dreamers detained in the last year nationwide as delays in permit renewals put their careers and work in jeopardy. —Caló News, CBS News
Massive calendar hearings become new tactic in immigration courts to speed up deportations:
Called “mega masters,” attorneys report that initial immigration court hearings may now include 100 people or more, and targets those without legal representation. —NPR
Religious congregations in North Carolina fill gaps following Trump admin. cuts to refugee services:
A mutual aid organization that supports a sewing circle for Afghan refugees lost its funding from the federal government, but local faith groups stepped in to keep it running. —Religion News Service
Increase in ICE flights leads to climate costs:
The Trump administration’s deportation campaign has led to an estimated 80% jump in U.S. immigration flights year-on-year. —The Guardian
[Long read] Fake ICE agents terrorize immigrants amid Trump’s crackdown:
An investigation finds at least 30 instances in which individuals posed as federal agents in order to rob, intimidate and sexually assault immigrants. —Noticias Telemundo
Washington, D.C.
ICE ordered to ramp up cases against attorneys accused of filing false asylum claims:
A new DHS memo charges ICE with designing new policies to crack down on alleged fraud in the system as it seeks to narrow pathways to asylum. —The Hill, 📄DHS.gov
Supreme Court sides with Trump in fight tied to speech curbs on immigration judges:
The dispute dates back to a 2017 policy under the first Trump administration that restricted the judges’ ability to speak freely about immigration issues. —Reuters
New York
Protests outside Delaney Hall continue into third day:
Demonstrators have formed barricades outside the ICE detention facility in an effort to block cars that may be transporting detainees who are currently on hunger strike. —Gothamist
Trump administration fires two more NYC immigration judges:
Jem Sponzo and Kyle Dandelet, two experienced judges with higher-than-average grant rates for asylum, were fired last week as five new Trump-appointed immigration judges were hired on to preside over the city’s courts. —New York Focus
[Analysis] Ninety-three percent of ICE’s New York street arrests targeted Latinos:
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. — THE CITY, Documented [Republished]
