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
- The Mamdani administration has issued a warning to ICE to stop the unauthorized use of City property to stage operations, and threatened legal action, according to a statement and letter shared with Documented. It also announced a new policy for NYC Parks workers on what to do if they encounter ICE agents or other non-City law enforcement.
- [Content warning] Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that Trump will “immediately” grant a travel visa to the Ghanaian mother of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old who was shot and killed on the way to school in the Bronx on Thursday. (Gothamist, [Paywall] The Washington Post)
ACROSS THE U.S.
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- The Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, reports living in fear and in hiding as ICE has picked up arrests following the termination of TPS protections. (The Guardian)
- [Content warning] A cellphone video that appears to show an ICE agent pointing a gun at an observer of an immigration raid in North Hollywood has sparked anger and condemnation. ([Paywall] LA Times, NBC Los Angeles)
FROM THE FEDS
- The Trump administration is planning to deport Afghan nationals detained in the U.S. back to Afghanistan, through Pakistan, according to court documents. Advocates say the move could put the lives of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers on the line. (AP)
IN COURT
- A federal judge ruled that ICE and Border Patrol agents in Southern California must have reasonable suspicion to detain a person and cannot target individuals solely because they appear Latino or working class, finding a “mountain of evidence” that the officers engage in racial profiling during operations. (Fulton Sun, Latin Times)
- A grand jury in Houston indicted an ICE agent accused of hitting Miguel Parra Hernandez with his car. The officer will surrender today, according to his attorney. (ABC News, [Paywall] New York Times)
- An immigrant advocacy group filed a lawsuit to challenge new rules in Tennessee that the group alleges will make it more difficult for immigrants to get or renew drivers licenses. (News From The States, FOX17)
ELECTION WATCH
- The DOJ flagged over 20,000 names of potential noncitizen voters in California, but a legal filing from an immigrant rights group finds that over 40% of those names are not on the state’s voter rolls. (PBS, Mother Jones)
- An increase in ICE raids in Latino-majority areas of California is drawing accusations of voter intimidation and suppression among local farmworkers, political candidates, and immigrant advocates. (Reuters, Christian Science Monitor, Times of San Diego)
- For members of mixed-status immigrant families and newly naturalized U.S. citizens, voting in the midterms has a special significance. (NPR)
