NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With @haleaziz.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

NEW: this morning the Trump admin moved to terminate legal status for ~20,000 people: - Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopia, in place since 2022, with ~5,000 beneficiaries - Family Reunification Parole Programs, in place since 2023 and some legacy cases from earlier, covering ~15,000 people.

After Javier Muñoz was put in immigration detention and not allowed to bathe or change clothes for days at a time, he began feeling excruciating pain in his genitalia. A judge ordered his release and chronicled the graphic details of what happened. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...

They Witness Deaths on the Tracks and Then Struggle to Get Help By Jonah Markowitz, Bianca Pallaro and Ana Ley Photos & videos, Jonah Markowitz @la-ley.bsky.social About two people per week die under a subway train. I've often thought about the drivers. Most aren't getting the support they need.

NEW: New York lawmakers say that most immigrants in NYC are skipping court appointments and ICE check-ins to avoid detention, risking their path to legal status. Now they want to pass a law banning the arrest tactic. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...

When immigration agents arrested Fei Zheng with his 6-year-old son, he reportedly became aggressive and told them that he wanted to die. He has since been separated from his child, Yuanxin, as they await deportation to China. With @haleaziz.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...

New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...

Fired Immigration Judge Sues Pam Bondi Lawsuit by former Judge Tania Nemer says she was targeted for being a Lebanese American woman and Democrat, testing the limits of Article II power over the immigration courts. migrantinsider.com/p/fired-immi...

NEW: The Trump administration has fired 8 immigration judges in one day in New York City as feds seek to restrict immigration nationwide (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...

TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota. REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members? TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.

Breaking News: Residents had warned officials of potential fire safety violations over a year before the deadly high-rise fire in Hong Kong.

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USCIS has restored citizenship ceremonies in upstate New York after pausing them abruptly (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump’s decision to call a female reporter “Piggy” on Air Force One, claiming the insult reflected the “frankness” that helped him win a second term.

@nickmiroff.bsky.social reports that the WH will send Gregory Bovino and his "Green Machine" of Border Patrol agents to NYC early next year after Mamdani is sworn in. "No president has ever used the Border Patrol this way. But the agency is modeling the kind of aggressive tactics Trump wants."

NEW: As New York braces for a potential surge in ICE activity, Tom Homan renewed his threat to send more agents to New York. That and more with @la-ley.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...

"This stringent enforcement and stringent examination of what has always been perfectly legal visa categories is new,” said AILA President Jeff Joseph. https://wapo.st/4oMLMBX

In recent months, the Justice Department has filed charges under 18 USC 111 against more than a hundred immigrants, anti-ICE protestors, and random passers-by—accusing them of "assaulting, resisting, or impeding" federal officers

Mamdani Reaches Out to White House to Arrange Meeting With Trump (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/n...

Jubilant day for Joel Camas, the 16-year-old from the Bronx detained by ICE last month. Judge Cathy Seibel ordered his release, and he has just been reunited with his uncle. In court, Seibel lamented that migrant "kids are getting held for six months even though they have a safe place to go"

16 year old Bronx kid is released from custody today. He was grabbed in court by ICE on October 23rd. His mom already self-deported back to Ecuador in the hope of protecting her son. There will still be a battle because ICE still wants to deport him.

Ellis turns to the testimony of U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. How he denied using force against a man he tackled and said he didn't see the Rev. David Black hit by pepperballs. "More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."

BIG news for Texas. State troopers in Texas will now have the authority to make immigration arrests, same as ICE and Border Patrol. Whether this means all state troopers, or only a subset of officers, will get trained and authorized to carry out this duty remains to be seen.

“Mamdani has built his own new coalition of support, uniting younger voters with working-class immigrant enclaves in Queens. But he also made gains in working-class Black and Latino communities compared with the primary.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

“With election night triumphs on Tuesday, Democrats showed that their demoralized party — which spent the past year mired in self-recriminations and soul-searching — could still accomplish the most important goal in politics. They can win. And win big.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

NYC’s first millennial mayor does not splurge on suits: “The suits are, critically, inexpensive. In an interview with the men’s fashion podcast Throwing Fits, Mr. Mamdani said that his midnight blue suit was from Suitsupply, an economical Dutch brand.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...

In a deportation system filled with backlogs, where a win might not produce a green card immediately, all previous administrations, (including the first Trump admin!) have had some basic forbearance policies to align the intent of the law with the reality of execution. No longer.

Congress created Special Immigrant Juvenile Status as a protection against deportation — yet because of procedural quirks, there is a lag/limbo between SIJS and a green card, and a person can have both a removal order AND a SIJS grant. This admin is pushing forward with removal during this lag time.

Gift link The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

“The service members who conduct attacks have to live the rest of their lives with the memory.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia

Yesterday, I went to an ICE check-in with 16-year-old Joel Camas and his lawyer, who expected him to be out in time for school by 8am because he has special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status. Instead, he was detained. Here is what happened (free link): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

On a normal day, Canal Street in Lower Manhattan brims with licensed and unlicensed street vendors peddling purses, watches, sweatshirts and all manner of tchotchkes. Wednesday was not a normal day. Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...

There are at least 170 incidents where ICE held US citizens against their will. This includes 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.

Nearly 450 people registered for @ire.org’s #AccessFest25, which just kicked off! Grateful to the staff and volunteers focusing on our affordability and accessibility goals with this event! #IREforAll

Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far ( free link): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

A hallway on the 12th floor at 26 Federal Plaza, the site of immigration courtrooms in Manhattan, descended into chaos after 2 women got into an elevator with masked agents and a journalist. After a brief melee, another journalist ended up in the hospital. Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/n...

Immigrant dead, ICE officer injured in Chicago www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

NEW: I went to an ICE job fair in Texas this week and spoke to 15 applicants. Here's snapshot of who is joining Trump's deportation force, and why they're signing up: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

Demonstrations over US immigration raids escalated for a third day in the Los Angeles area, as thousands of protesters clashed with security forces and tear gas filled the air outside a downtown federal detention center.

NEW: ICE has quietly rescinded a policy requiring agents to ensure courthouse raids don't clash with state and local laws. WIRED detected the missing language in a superseding memo posted to ICE's website this week. by me and @dmehro.bsky.social:

SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

“Afraid of being next amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, some laborers have not left their homes for weeks except to go to work.” @la-ley.bsky.social‬ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...

'Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,' Says General

One year ago today, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in NY criminal count. I spoke to @jonesieman.bsky.social about his great new book, Dragon on Centre Street, which tells the story of the trial through the eyes of a reporter who was there for it all: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...