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 admin. appears to make U-turn on new Green card policy following backlash:
Officials appear to be walking back an earlier DHS memo that said most individuals seeking lawful permanent residency would have to return to their home country to apply. —CBS News
ICE looks into buying advertising data, raising ethical debate in industry:
Leading trade groups in the adtech industry, concerned that it may be bad for business, are proposing rules that would limit selling information to law enforcement. —POLITICO
New York
Pro- and anti-ICE protesters face off at Delany Hall over weekend as hunger strike continues:
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka established a mandatory, nightly curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. within a half mile of the detention center over escalating tensions and safety concerns. Meanwhile, ICE agents will reportedly leave the site as local law enforcement takes over and visits resume. —The City Reporter, Bloomberg [Paywall], 📹AP, New York Times [Paywall]
Hochul signs sweeping measures to restrict federal civil immigration enforcement in New York’s budget plan:
The immigration package has drawn backlash from the Trump administration, with DHS chief Markwayne Mullin calling Gov. Kathy Hochul a “sanctuary politician.” —Gothamist, governor.ny.gov
DHS chief threatens to pull CBP officers from Newark airport over Delaney protests:
The U.S. Travel Association has warned the move would cause a “severe, self-inflicted economic wound,” and disrupt travel just weeks away from the start of the World Cup. —ABC News, ustravel.org
Around the U.S.
Detainees launch hunger strikes in ICE facilities across the U.S.:
Some migrants detained in California’s Desert View Annex, Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center and Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center are also striking to draw attention to inhumane conditions. —Stateline
Migrants sue Texas ICE facility, alleging human rights abuses:
Camp East Montana, the largest ICE detention center in the country, is being sued over alleged “horrific” conditions, “severe medical neglect” and abuse. —The Texas Tribune, 📄Complaint
Second ICE agent to be criminally charged following Operation Metro Surge arrested in Texas:
Christian Castro was charged with four counts of second-degree assault after allegedly shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan migrant, in January. —MinnPost, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Georgia town’s novel use of state law to fight ICE jail could have wider impact:
Social Circle’s suit argues against the Trump administration’s planned warehouse conversion not just on environmental grounds, but by invoking the state’s “public nuisance” law. —The Guardian
