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

Breaking news: Kilmar Abrego García was detained by ICE on Monday after arriving at the agency’s Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in after his release pending trial on human smuggling charges, his attorney said.

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEW w/ @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATED Kilmar Abrego García set free but ICE threatens to deport him to Uganda www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Breaking news: Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland man illegally deported to his native El Salvador, has been released while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Trump administration claimed he would “never go free” in the U.S. again.

NEWS W/ @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Reupping @drewharwell.com 's story with some background on Noem. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BIG SCOOP by @danlamothe.bsky.social & co at the @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Rad the penultimate Sunday Take by the incomparable Dan Balz who is retiring: Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration. Trump promised a new “Golden Age," but six months in, the public isn’t buying all the hype. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

NEW Immigrants could be deported to third countries with little to no notice—> www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Federal judge bars Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers
: The judge ruled that the president cannot create an “alternative immigration system” that tramples on existing federal law.
 Story w/ @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & Marianne Levin www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW via @arelisrhdz.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

EXCLUSIVE Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally. Now he’s being freed. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Kilmar Abrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Trump administration has cast the undocumented as criminals responsible for California's woes and the ICE protests as an overreaction to basic deportation operations. The reality is very different @mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW Data tell a far different story about immigration to California than the political fury unfolding in Washington and in Los Angeles. The number of undocumented immigrants in CA is well below peak levels. LAUSD enrollment? Way down. There’s more: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATED ICE says the 8 detainees in Djibouti and the officers guarding them are in dire conditions. Their lawyers say the government hasn't let them talk to the men. And a Defense official says ICE exaggerated. The camp has a Pizza Hut, wifi, AC & more. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face threats of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The Guatemalan man is the first deportee known to have been returned by the Trump administration under a judicial order. He arrived in California on a commercial flight Wednesday and was immediately taken into custody by ICE @mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATED

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

"Under Trump, some immigrants lose protections — others don’t. Why?" @mariasacchetti.bsky.social wrote recently about how Trump hasn't revoked Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans. A quid pro quo for CECOT & deportations assistance? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The plans disclosed in a court filing mark a sharp contrast with the administration’s refusal to publicly share similar information in other cases involving wrongfully deported migrants. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... ✍️ @mariasacchetti.bsky.social

NEW Trump administration says it is making plans to return deported Guatemalan man AND a blistering ruling from a Trump-nominated judge about the govt’s efforts to return a Venezuelan man from a prison in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Immigrants are being detained by ICE when they show up at court for scheduled hearings. Read @arelisrhdz.bsky.social and @mariasacchetti.bsky.social on the new Trump admin directive that critics say punishes people for complying with the law. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Internal documents show ICE officers in more than 22 states were instructed to arrest people immediately after judges order them deported or prosecutors move to drop their cases, and those eligible will be placed in expedited removal, a fast administrative deportation process

Under Trump, some immigrants lose protections — others don’t. Why? 🎁 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump’s push for mass deportations W/new info on the directives behind ICE’s courthouse operations by @arelisrhdz.bsky.social & me www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW During his first term, President Trump tried to terminate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador. And then he and President Bukele struck a deal. This year Trump hasn't touched TPS for Salvadorans, as it sends Venezuelans to that nation's prisons.

UPDATED Trump says undocumented immigrants can try to come back but WH fact sheet says bonus is for those who leave “permanently” Link:—> www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATED Trump says undocumented immigrants can try to come back but WH fact sheet says bonus is for those who leave “permanently” Link:—> www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEWS U.N. migration agency will help with Trump’s plan for immigrants to ‘self-deport www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEWS 200+ migrants now facing criminal charges for crossing the border into Trump's new "National Defense Area." Some are now facing as many as three criminal charges. LINK --> www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...