Billal Rahman for Newsweek and other news agencies are reporting that the "alleged ringleader of a foiled plot targeting an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House is a Mexican national who received . . . . relief under an Obama-era program after overstaying a tourist visa, the Department of Homeland
Former President Barack Obama has been in the news lots lately. Doesn't it seem like a long time ago when he was President? His dignified and thoughtful tone was a pleasing change of pace. President Obama was committed to immigration enforcement but not in the way that President
Natasha Lennard for the Intercept analyzes the Department of Justice's indictment earlier this week of protesters for alleged actions taken in response to the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement operations in Minneapolis earlier this year. "The federal prosecutor in the case, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel
Pew Research Center provides information about the newest federal holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. "This year, administrative calendars show that at least 33 states and the District of Columbia will mark Juneteenth with a paid day off for most
From the Migration Policy Institute: "Each year ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the world takes a moment to acknowledge refugees and other displaced people. At this important time, we at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) invite you to explore our library of research and analysis examining
From the Department of State: Rising tensions between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and the Ethiopian government have threatened to reignite the conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine peace and security across the entire region. Earlier this year, members of the Tigray Security Forces (TSF) clashed with Ethiopian
I am in the middle of listening to Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim. Normally, I'd wait until the end to pass along a recommendation, but I'm going to go ahead and tell you to pick it up now. It's that good. The book is
Kyle Cheney for Politico reports that federal judges have concluded more than 13,000 times in recent months that ICE has illegally detained people. A flood of cases brought by ICE detainees allege that their bond hearings in immigration courts violated due process. The response: "Federal judges — who by
A Human Rights Watch report released today finds that * The Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized residents, and spotlighted the deeply abusive patterns in US immigration enforcement. * In addition to unlawful killings, excessive force, racial profiling, and
85 Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients with no criminal records that have been deported since Trump started his second term, according to a report from the San Antonio Express-News (registration required). Federal records show that 658 DACA recipients and applicants have been held in custody between January 2025
Minnesota Public Radio News reports that the U.S. government announced yesterday that a grand jury has indicted 15 Minnesotans “for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers,” and for efforts to allegedly “violently oppose immigration law enforcement” during the surge of immigration enforcement operations in the state earlier this
ICE Un-Documented: How Campos-Chaves Allows ICE to Disobey Congress With Defective Notices to Appear by Alexander Holtzman & David Sizer, 40 Georgetown Immigration LAw Journal (Winter 2026) Abstract The issuance of defective Notices to Appear (“NTA”), the charging document in immigration court, has become a recurrent and systemic failure in