My latest on ICE looking for private companies that can train, recruit and provide liability protection for local law enforcement involved in 287(g) agreements.

Trump admin plans to temporarily stop issuing work permits to asylum seekers — a pause that could last decades. www.notus.org/immigration/...

ICE is taking over Democratic primaries www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Republicans are meeting with local leaders after receiving pushback on DHS’s warehouse purchases in lawmakers’ districts. https://www.notus.org/immigration/republicans-are-pushing-dhs-over-ice-warehouse-purchases

Geo Group wants to get contracts to operate the ICE warehouse-turned-detention-centers in the Sun Belt and Republican states. Still, its executive chairman called the implications of operating the massive warehouses concerning. Link below

NEWS: At least 3 Trump appointees at DOE used their personal emails to discuss government business. Here's one quote from those personal emails: "Please keep in mind that my DOE emails (and your replies) will be easily discoverable by outside parties.”

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver to ICE acting director Todd Lyons: "Do you think you are going to hell?"

3,000 out of 13,000 ICE agents on the field have body cameras, the agency's acting director Todd Lyons tells the House Homeland Security Committee.

At least 32 kids entered foster care in 2025 after immigration agents detained their parents. That includes four toddlers ages 1-3 in Vermont. Here’s my story on the patchy tracking of family separations through the foster care system. www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, who maintained TPS for Haitians, orders DHS to detail steps it has taken to conduct enforcement operations targeting Haitians in Springfield, OH, and South Florida.

President Trump posted a video to Truth Social depicting former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle. Republican Sen. Tim Scott called it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Trump admin’s mass deportation campaign is about to receive a forceful boost through the DOJ quickly and automatically dismissing immigration cases on appeal. Via @josepagliery.bsky.social www.notus.org/immigration/...

These Democrats decry President Trump’s immigration actions. They also invested in ICE contractor Palantir. https://www.notus.org/congress/palantir-stock-investing-democrats-immigration

“We’re here because the Department of Homeland Security, ICE and, of course, broader agencies across DHS are completely out of control, and because Congress has a responsibility to step in when constitutional rights are being violated,” Rep. Robert Garcia of California said.

The White House falsely labeled a man as having committed child sex crimes in one of several erroneous graphics posted Jan. 26 on its X account about immigrants detained in Minnesota. Via @violetjira.bsky.social www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...

Federal judge issues a scathing opinion maintaining TPS for Haitians for now. Decision comes hours before deportation protections were set to expire for 330,000 people. www.notus.org/immigration/...

We found so many examples of missing federal government data that we couldn’t put them all in this story. “The status quo was, the federal government is going to collect and disseminate data. That is no longer a reasonable assumption.”

NEW: Trump's immigration agenda is under scrutiny — and so is Stephen Miller "I have no confidence in Mr. Miller," Sen. Thom Tillis said Other Senate Republicans demurred when I asked them about him Meanwhile, a WH official said Miller won't be fired www.notus.org/immigration/...

scoop: Kristi Noem has more than $1 billion in disaster prevention projects piling up on her desk. Somehow, three states w/ powerful GOP politicians have escaped the logjam — Georgia, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Everyone else left begging for help.

NEW: Senate Republicans' trust in Kristi Noem is fading quickly Some, like Murkowski and Tillis, want her removed as head of DHS Others who previously supported Noem would not say if they still do so "That’s the president’s judgement call," Thune said www.notus.org/congress/sen...

Republicans' response to federal immigration agents detaining Native Americans: It's wrong but "there will be mistakes." www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: Some anti-abortion leaders are speaking out against Trump and JD Vance addressing today's March for Life in DC "Why would we put a mic in their hand after they have just betrayed the pro-life movement?," Abby Johnson said "It's problematic," Lila Rose said www.notus.org/2026-electio...

There's a growing call from concerned citizens for local police to protect them from federal agents. Read @josepagliery.bsky.social’s interview with MN’s AG Keith Ellison about amping up his fight with ICE. www.notus.org/immigration/...

ICE Is keeping Maine’s congressional delegation in the dark about operations in the state via @torriestorie.bsky.social www.notus.org/maine/ice-ma...

ICYMI this morning: USCIS says there's rampant fraud in VAWA, citing a backlog of 181,000+ petitions. Advocates worry the changes to the domestic violence program are going to shut out immigrants with legitimate claims.

New: The DOJ is arguing that protestors don’t have a Constitutional right to observe immigration agents. https://www.notus.org/courts/lawsuit-aclu-minnesota-ice-protesters-allege-retaliation

SCOOP: Trump officials faced pushback from some House Republicans at last week's classified briefing on Venezuela Huizenga said he has "no confidence" in Delcy Rodríguez Baumgartner asked when the U.S. will work with opposition leaders, who Trump has sidelined www.notus.org/republicans/...

NEW: ICE's personnel has increased by 5,368 employees (7,114 hired, 1,746 people left) in Trump's second term, per federal workforce data released Thursday. Number is thousands lower than the 12,000 the admin has championed. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Gov. Tim Walz has put the Minnesota National Guard on standby following an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis. https://www.notus.org/us-news/tim-walz-minnesota-national-guard-standby-after-dhs-ice-shooting

New: DHS says an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota. https://www.notus.org/us-news/dhs-minnesota

BREAKING: US will "indefinitely" take control of Venezuela's oil sales and the US government will be controlling the revenue from those sales, Chris Wright said. Controlling revenue = controlling govt. Unclear what the US will do with the money. www.notus.org/energy/chris...

New: Trump says the U.S. is ‘running’ Venezuela But Senate Republicans have no idea what ‘running’ Venezuela even means “That’s a matter of interpretation,” Sen. Jim Risch, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told me w/ @riley-rogerson.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/run...

Hilton Hotels said it's investigating an independently owned hotel under its brand in Minnesota after the DHS claimed it canceled reservations for immigration agents. www.notus.org/us-news/hilt...

USCIS and DHS acknowledge refugee status isn't an option for Venezuelans who lost TPS despite Kristi Noem's Sunday comments stating the opposite. www.notus.org/immigration/...

The CDC will no longer explicitly recommend children get vaccinated for rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, reducing the number of diseases covered by the childhood immunization schedule from 17 to 11. www.notus.org/health-scien...

Top brass at DOJ personally oversaw the post hoc effort to slap criminal charges on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia after he’d been deported to a Salvadoran prison. Latest from @josepagliery.bsky.social www.notus.org/courts/abreg...

SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

NEWS: White House suggested to me that they’re dismantling the nation’s most important weather research institute bc Trump is mad at CO Gov. Jared Polis “If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”

NEW: Family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who were authorized to enter the country will now be at risk of deportation in 30 days. www.notus.org/immigration/...

ICE must immediately release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from detention, a federal judge ordered Thursday. www.notus.org/immigration/...

I got documents that give insight into the Tennessee car magnate who - donates liberally to MAGA + Christian evangelical causes - owns the DC townhouse Mike Johnson lived in - Trump nominated for a utility board seat, despite having no energy experience

EXCLUSIVE look into ICE’s secretive plans for a 200-person detention center on the coast of Oregon. Contractors told @notus.com they worry the facility is too small to meet detention standards. www.notus.org/immigration/...

EXCLUSIVE: @notus.com‬⁩ obtained a transcript of a recent meeting between ICE and building contractors at the potential site of an Oregon detention facility. It didn’t go well. — via @taylorgiorno.bsky.social and @llanosjackie.bsky.social:‬⁩ www.notus.org/immigration/...

As the Trump administration cancels visas for Afghans and moves to review the status of those already in the country, some Republicans lawmakers aren’t so eager to exclude people who worked with U.S. troops. www.notus.org/congress/rep...

NEW: Democrats feel confident about their chances in red areas In TN-5, Dem Chaz Molder outraised GOP Rep. Andy Ogles in Q3 $790K vs $61K — and some Republicans are concerned Ogles isn't taking his race seriously "He’s raising like no money," one GOP strategist said www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Per the DHS notice to end TPS for Myanmar: It’s safe to return to the country because of a ceasefire China brokered in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and its military chief’s announcement that the country planned to hold elections in December and January. www.notus.org/immigration/...

DHS is terminating TPS designation for Burma.

More than 65,000 people are in immigration detention, a 67% increase from the average daily population in detention centers of 38,990 last November. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Until recently, the EPA had a pretty legendary group of scientists using cutting-edge computer science to speed up chemical toxicity research. This team helped with East Palestine, w/ GenX, etc. I found that at least 16 of them have now left for a single private lab.

Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Alex Padilla lambasted the training standards for newly hired immigration agents in a scathing letter to the Trump administration on Thursday. Deatils on the letter first reported by @notus.com www.notus.org/immigration/...