When my friend came home from Maduro’s torture prison powerful story by Ana Vanessa Herrero www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

DHS silent on threat status amid war in Iran, spate of violent acts www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

SCOOP: Ex-DOJ prosecutor who proclaimed ‘this job sucks’ will run for Congress www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

How ICE officers defied court orders as immigrant arrests soared in Minneapolis This powerful photo by Jaida Gray Eagle shows the effect the unlawful detentions still have, weeks later. Story link below

The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce. via @emilydavies.bsky.social @merylkornfield.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW ICE violated dozens of court orders in Minneapolis. Here's why -- and what happened to the people they detained: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The Post examined cases of 66 people arrested in Minneapolis: 52 involved immigrants with pending applications for asylum or another legal status. None had final deportation orders. Most weren’t criminals; more than a third lived in US for over a decade. @mariasacchetti.bsky.social wapo.st/4sF7tp3

NEW ICE violated dozens of court orders in Minneapolis. Here's why -- and what happened to the people they detained: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jesse Jackson's was the first presidential campaign I had ever covered. One day stands out in my memory more than any other (giftlink): wapo.st/4aTlHMK

The main thing that changed is that Trump backed off. Homan said MN won’t have to hold people on detainers—the opposite of what Trump wants. Read it here w/@marianne_levine & @mollyhf 🎁 wapo.st/4kGo9d2

NEW Those seeking to sue ICE for injuries or damage face an uphill battle Contact us/ Comuníquese con nosotros: Signal: mariapost.45, amybrittain.27, klemko.84 En español: [email protected] para recibir mi whatsapp) READ --> www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Thank you to all for the kind notes. This week has been shattering. Somehow I’m still here. I’ll do my best for as long as I can. Here’s how to help the ones we lost: Hire them. They’re brilliant. Donate: US www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... International www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

DHS proposed gutting ICE’s body-cam program this FY. A Trump admin official told us, hours before Pretti was killed, that they did not want mandatory body cams for ICE. That mandate didn’t make it into the House budget for DHS that just passed.

DHS proposed gutting ICE’s body-cam program this FY. A Trump admin official told us, hours before Pretti was killed, that they did not want mandatory body cams for ICE. That mandate didn’t make it into the House budget for DHS that just passed.

Significant. Some thought the budget was a done deal after House passage. But many Dem-supported reforms were left out. And money for DHS body-worn cameras doesn’t make them mandatory — Trump admin opposed that. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

People confronted and clashed with law enforcement in Minneapolis on Saturday after a U.S. Border Patrol officer fatally shot a man. The victim was a 37-year-old White male believed to be a U.S. citizen and appeared to lawfully own a gun, the police chief said. https://wapo.st/3M62eyV

SCOOP Trump administration confirms it opposed mandating body-worn cameras for ICE. The program was supposed to have been fully deployed by September. The FY budget proposal sought to gut the program. More in link:

The Trump administration proposed massive cuts to ICE’s body camera program for this fiscal year as officers surged into U.S. cities to arrest immigrants, calling into question the agency’s commitment to deploying cameras.

SCOOP Trump administration confirms it opposed mandating body-worn cameras for ICE. The program was supposed to have been fully deployed by September. The FY budget proposal sought to gut the program. More in link:

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EPA says it will no longer consider health costs in pollution regulations www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

ICE tactics and training under scrutiny after Minneapolis shooting www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Updated w/info about why ICE in MN aren’t wearing body cameras, who the officer who killed Renee Good is, and more

UPDATED More details about the ICE officer under investigation for the fatal shooting of Renee Good. Last month he testified that he didn’t wear a body camera because it wasn’t office policy. He also served in Iraq & was in the Border Patrol, and more. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The ICE officer, now identified as Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman in her SUV, had been seriously injured in June when he hooked his arm into the car window of an alleged fugitive who sped off and dragged him down the street.

Breaking news: Federal agents shot and injured two people in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Keith Wilson said. He did not identify the agency involved but called on ICE to end operations in the city, citing the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

“If he has PTSD or a health issue, he shouldn’t be on the street until that’s addressed,” lawyer says. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

After President Trump ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and declared that the U.S. will “run” the country temporarily, Venezuelan immigrants ponder whether things might actually improve enough to return or spark another exodus.

The Department of Education investigates Brown after shooting. Brown launches its own reviews, beefs up security and places security chief on leave. @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/48QpQQL

Breaking: Multiple people have been shot and a suspect is at large at Brown University, police said Saturday evening. Students remain under lockdown, and campus and city police are responding to the incident. Read more here:

Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s godson was released last night, according to lawyer Todd Pomerleau.

UPDATED: Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew to be freed from ICE detention. DHS, after characterizing Brazilian mom with ties to Karoline Leavitt as a "criminal," did not oppose her release at a hearing today. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

EXCLUSIVE: Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1

Chart of the decade, from a new blockbuster reportage on how billionaires took over American politics www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

No response yet from DOJ on this but Abrego’s attorneys have already flagged it for Judge Xinis. See @rparloff.bsky.social ticktock of the hearing below

SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ wapo.st/485rAFz

SCOOP w/@marianne_levine @John_Hudson & @siobhan_ogrady Ukraine has not always cooperated with deportations. But that’s changing. “The U.S. can deport as many as they want,” a Zelensky advisor said. “We’ll find good use for them.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW: Great deep dive into the Iowa superintendent’s past, by Marianne Levine www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case The judge, who works for DOJ, found “insufficient evidence” that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda. DHS had said “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Deportations drive a new wave of family breakups www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATED ICE is referring hundreds of immigrant children to federal shelters from the US interior, not from the border. Among them are parents separated from their children, an issue raised at a Senate hearing today: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

FAMILY SEPARATION: As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation. ✍🏼 @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

SCOOP: Sulma arrived in the US with her daughters in 2019. ICE pulled her over weeks ago. She has no criminal record. She’s a crime victim. By nightfall she was in detention. Her twins were in US custody, among hundreds of minors ICE referred to shelters this year. Gift link: wapo.st/46r573F