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.
LOCAL
- ICE is planning a $17 million expansion of a detention center in Batavia, NY, likely using temporary structures like tents and trailers, according to documents. The facility will be used to hold women arrested in New York and other states. (Investigative Post, Spectrum News)
- ⏳[Long read] Activists in Buffalo are pushing local companies to kick ICE off their properties as part of the growing “Evict ICE” campaign. (Truthout)
ACROSS THE U.S.
- Hundreds of people gathered in Springfield, OH, to attend the funeral service for Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel, who took his own life after ICE fitted him with an ankle monitor following the end of TPS. (Springfield News-Sun, Religion News Service, [Paywall] Columbus Dispatch)
- Two sheriff races in Wisconsin will allow voters to decide on whether to keep — or scrap — ongoing partnerships between local law enforcement and ICE, highlighting competing visions of cooperation that will be tested across the country in November. (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service)
- Fear has gripped the small town of Moroni, Utah, after immigration agents reportedly began targeting people outside a local turkey-processing plant that has operated in and supported the town’s economy for over 85 years. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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- About 100,000 immigrants with legal status lost Medicaid coverage on Oct. 1 due to cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. (The Hill, AZ Luminaria, MPR News)
- ICE has been building up a photo database of protesters with the help of Palantir, according to unsealed court documents. (Wired)
- Following a corruption scandal with a previous contractor, DHS has awarded a $2.06 billion contract to ResponseAI Solutions to help manage its self-deportation program run through the CBP Home app. (Raw Story, [Paywall] PunchUp, Project Salt Box)
RESISTANCE
- Hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday on San Antonio’s East Side to march against a planned detention center slated to open next spring. (KENS5, KSAT)
- Dozens of musicians, poets, comedians and artists collaborated on an album, released Saturday, to raise funds for immigrant rights groups. (CALÓ News)
- Mexican immigrants in Washington State carry on the tradition of making Barbacoa, a slow, pit-style barbecue, even as they face increasing threats from ICE. (KUOW)
