A DC police officer described the department's cooperation with ICE at a community meeting last week: "We work with ICE, all different federal partners. And we go out in teams, about, I probably say roughly about 10 to 15 teams." Story from @nbcwashington.com

U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will consider chronic health conditions and even factors like retirement age as reasons to deny visas to immigrants www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction at the U.S. Immigration Courts MPI has a new report out describing the crisis at the courts--there are 3.8 million deportation cases pending That means people in need of protection aren't getting it, and people ineligible aren't being removed

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris... w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Scott Kupor, the federal government's human resources director www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Trump officials preparing to deport some Ukrainians despite conscription fears Deportations to Ukraine have declined in recent years. An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “We’ll find good use for them.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

New: The Trump admin is targeting the parents and potential guardians of migrant kids for deportations, turning the tiny HHS office that cares for those kids into another arm of its enforcement force. The effort has yielded nearly 3,000 arrests so far. www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

2 weeks ago, @popville.bsky.social posted about 6-7 ICE agents questioning people boarding a flight at BWI A commenter said it also happened at IAD "They checked every single person and their passport, they asked me why I was traveling" www.instagram.com/p/DQO8izTDnH...

Senate Committee To Investigate Impeachment Of Judges The Senate Judiciary Committee will have a hearing next week to consider impeachment of "rogue" federal judges, according to an announcement www.law360.com/articles/240...

Attorneys who are alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview will be able to take photographs, talk to detainees and include a detention expert in an unusual tour of the west suburban facility, which will unfold over on Thursday.

Justice Department struggles as thousands exit – and few are replaced - The Washington Post share.google/DiTf61DAhYBA...

"No child is prepared to represent themselves in front of the court” This is an upsetting update on immigrant children facing deportation proceedings alone because of funding cuts for legal service providers From @alisazairareznick.bsky.social www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...

Illegal entries up along San Diego coastline according to the acting deputy chief of US Customs & Border Protection He said the increased military presence & border wall infrastructure in the area are pushing migrants into the ocean for unlawful crossings www.borderreport.com/immigration/...

Private prison operator GEO Group predicts ICE electronic monitoring will climb to 465,000 people monitored over the next 2 years, up from 181,000 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: 'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche described a “war” against the federal judiciary at the Federalist Society conference today and called on young conservative lawyers in the audience to join the fight, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Breaking up the feed

UK looking at Denmark model to cut illegal migration Last month, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood dispatched officials to the Nordic nation to study its border control and asylum policies, which are considered some of the toughest in Europe. news.sky.com/story/uk-loo...

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison They said they were told by officials that they would die in the Salvadoran prison, that the world had forgotten them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

ICE's detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high, statistics show www.cbsnews.com/news/ices-de...

In short, federal officials do not have blanket immunity from state criminal prosecutions for on-the-job acts.

Chicago laundromats targeted by immigration agents are struggling with low sales and fearful employees. blockclubchi.co/3JOIsH0

Federal judge blasts Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino for lying and extends an order restricting his agents' use of force in Chicago. blockclubchi.co/3WJRPe5

Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."

Judges See An Immigration Court Gutted From Inside In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."

"In Albuquerque and elsewhere, ICE has attempted to recruit officers from local law enforcement, a desperate move local police chiefs rightly warn will compromise local public safety. Diverting local officers from investigating violent crimes... does nothing to make our streets safer."

Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

I talked to @ximenabustillo.bsky.social about the firing of immigration judges I noted that the way the Trump administration is approaching the immigration courts reflects a really high prioritization of immigration enforcement & its whole of govt. approach to increasing deportations

CBP expands mobile facial recognition to local police through new app This story from @biometricupdate.bsky.social is a big deal. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly rolled out a new mobile face-scanning app called Mobile Identify for local law enforcement officers working under...

ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal The call center is expected to receive and process 6,000 to 7,000 calls per day. abcnews.go.com/US/ice-open-...

Salt Lake City launches program encouraging immigrants to pursue US citizenship www.ksl.com/article/5139...

Testimony from the agent who shot a woman multiple times in an immigration enforcement action revealed how he touted his marksmanship in leaving seven wounds despite firing five bullets. He later texted fellow agents, ‘Put that in your book boys.’ trib.al/97UP2pu

The U.S. federal judge is requiring officials at the de facto ICE detention center to provide detainees with a clean bedding mat, hygienic supplies, three meals with water per day, and access to lawyers and a phone, among other requirements. trib.al/qdTsaoY

CBS: "Two ICE agents detained a pre-K teacher inside a Chicago day care, video shows. In a statement to CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security denied targeting the center and said the woman ran into the building after speeding away from ICE agents" www.instagram.com/reel/DQscPXo...

"La ‘histórica’ deportación de Trump ha llevado el terror a las calles, pero mantiene insatisfecho al presidente" I talked to El Pais about the Trump administration bringing border policies & personnel into the interior of the US to speed deportations

Washington County, Oregon declared a state of emergency amid SNAP cuts and increased immigration enforcement The county board also authorized $250,000 to help bolster local food resources & $200,000 towards supporting immigration-related services www.kptv.com/2025/11/04/w...

Zohran Mamdani declared that New York City will "remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant," and told President Trump, "to get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us." From @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

Today's hearing, which @jonseidel.bsky.social has been livetweeting, is in a lawsuit about conditions inside Broadview. One man held for 3 days broke into tears as he testified to the awful conditions. Multiple sworn declarations says ICE uses the threat of longer stays to get deportation orders. 🧵

How Stephen Miller is turning the US State Department into an ‘anti-immigration machine’ This whole article is worth a read, but some highlights: "The historic shifts in US immigration under Donald Trump have been dictated by a relentless voice over a telephone line:

Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers An investigation has uncovered credible reports of medical neglect & poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide--with detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days

Masked agents, tear gas, and raids: the tactics used in Trump's deportation drive. I talked to Jake Horton for BBC Verify's look at 70 videos of immigration arrests, including at hospitals and courthouses. I highlighted that immigrants face a catch 22...

DC Circuit probes Trump bid to block asylum with ‘invasion’ proclamation "The whole ballgame now is asylum,” an ACLU attorney argued Monday, warning the Trump admin’s wider mass deportation efforts have eroded other forms of removal protections. www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-p...

Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees (!) news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/i...

The rate of 911 calls made in Chicago, IL dropped precipitously in the 2 months since DHS' Operation Midway Blitz started, with the decrease most pronounced in the city's largest Mexican American neighborhood, Little Village www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/9...

Another thing that this story shows is how often attorneys are litigating to seek the release of their detained immigrant clients This all affects the federal court system, which was already bogged down with immigration cases, as we reported here: www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/defaul...

"Border Patrol agents are presently helping ICE in Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Detroit; El Paso, Texas; Harlingen, Texas; Houston; Miami; Minneapolis; New Orleans; New York City; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; San Diego; and Seattle"

NEW: More than 100 federal judges have now rejected the Trump administration’s new policy to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation — including 12 judges appointed by Trump, according to a POLITICO analysis. Only 2 judges have sided with ICE. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...