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.
ACROSS THE U.S.
- Twenty people living in the U.S., mostly from Cuba and Venezuela, were deported to Liberia this week, as part of the federal government’s deal with the West African nation to receive 1,200 migrants. (Reuters, The Guardian)
- San Diego County voted to end its gun range agreement with ICE and Border Patrol following a community campaign. (Daylight San Diego)
- Transgender immigrants are being denied access to basic rights and medical care in detention amid a wider crackdown on trans rights under the Trump administration. (New York Times [Paywall], LGBTQ Nation)
- [Long read] Deaf people in ICE detention and immigration proceedings are facing lack of access to language assistance, especially since the Trump administration gutted DHS’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in March last year. (Mother Jones)
- [Long read] The grievance system in immigration detention has been functionally dismantled, according to a new investigation, removing another channel for individuals in the system to blow the whistle. (NPR)
- A new report from advocacy group Ohio Immigrant Alliance has tracked 152 ICE agents that have either faced discipline or criminal penalties for violent crimes. (The 19th)
IN COURT
- Colorado sued The GEO Group, operator of the Aurora immigration detention center, to force it to comply with an investigation into tuberculosis on the site. (CPR, Colorado Sun)
- Just eight judges nationwide, six appointed under President Trump, have been delivering the legal support for the federal government’s detention without bond policy, according to an analysis. (POLITICO)
- A judge appointed a pair of monitors to track that children are receiving the legally required standards of care inside detention centers, following widespread reports of inhumane conditions. (New York Times [Paywall], The American Prospect)
- Mexico has now filed 20 complaints with U.S. authorities over the deaths of 17 Mexicans in ICE custody. (Mexico Solidarity Media, El País [Paywall])
LOCAL
- Over 10 people detained in Delaney Hall are seeking visas for victims of crime, called a U visa, in a new legal strategy that might protect them from deportation. (Gothamist)
- Schools and community organizations in NYC are preparing support for Haitian students ahead of the start of the new year, and following the end of TPS. (NY Carib News, Gothamist)
- NYC resident Victor Hernandez says he was scammed out of thousands of dollars while seeking help from an immigration attorney that turned out to be an AI-generated scam. (ABC7)
D.C.
- Lance Schroyer, President Trump’s nominee for ICE director, spearheaded efforts at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to collaborate with ICE and drive up arrests, according to officials. (The Washington Post [Paywall])
- The Treasury Department and IRS proposed new rules that would make potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants ineligible for certain refundable tax credits. (CNBC, The Center Square, 📄Treasury.gov)
