Old News: "Worst of the worst"? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal

Kevin R. Johnson

23 Feb 2026

A Guardian (UK) analysis of U.S. government records has found that 77% of the noncitizens placed in removal proceedings for the first time "in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality." President Donald Trump had proclaimed that the administration would remove the “the worst of the worst.”

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Urban Institute: Impacts of Heightened Immigration Enforcement on Children’s Education by Hamutal Bernstein, Diana Guelespe, Laura Betancur, Julio Salas

New from the Urban Institute: Impacts of Heightened Immigration Enforcement on Children’s Education by Hamutal Bernstein, Diana Guelespe, Laura Betancur, Julio Salas "The study’s key findings are as follows: * -- Nearly half of parents reported that their children had expressed concern about going to school because of

From the Bookshelves: When Africa Comes to America How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States by Neeraj Kaushal

When Africa Comes to America: How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States Neeraj Kaushal Columbia News: "Africans are the fastest-growing immigrant group to the United States. Only a tiny fraction in the 1960s, they represented 10% of documented immigration in 2022. Without attracting much notice,

Law360: BREAKING: Justices To Weigh If Cooking For Terrorists Bars Asylum

Britain Eakin for Law360 reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today granted review "whether a Nigerian man's short stint as a cook for a terrorist group constituted `material support' that would render the already deported man ineligible for asylum." The Court granted the U.

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Apps Open for Guadalajara Program Jan 8-13, 2027

Urban Institute: Impacts of Heightened Immigration Enforcement on Children’s Education by Hamutal Bernstein, Diana Guelespe, Laura Betancur, Julio Salas

From the Bookshelves: When Africa Comes to America How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States by Neeraj Kaushal

Law360: BREAKING: Justices To Weigh If Cooking For Terrorists Bars Asylum