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The Department of Justice has published a new Interim Final Rule, Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals, in the Federal Register. The rule is set to be effective on March 9, 2026. The rule purports "to streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”
A new Congressional report from the Committee on Foreign Relations examines third-country deportations under the Trump administration, “At What Cost? Inside the Trump Administration’s Secret Deportation Deals.” A full copy of the report is available here. The Executive Summary summarizes the report's six important findings: Expensive and
Last year, 28% of completed immigration removal cases among those in detention ended in voluntary departure, a higher share than in any year prior, a CBS News analysis of decades of court records found. According to CBS News, "[t]he percentage of voluntary departures among those detained grew nearly
Good news! The Department of Homeland Security has no immediate plans for large-scale immigration operations targeting specific cities, senior DHS officials told NBC News. The news comes after border "czar" Tom Homan announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. DHS had said it was the largest
NPR reports that two federal immigration officers involved in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis "appear to have lied about the details of the incident, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said . . . ." The agents have been placed on administrative leave after "evidence . . . revealed
NBC News reports that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been "sending experts to its offices around the country or reassigning staff members to focus on whether some citizens processed through those offices could now be denaturalized . . . ." The goal reportedly is 100 to 200 possible denaturalization cases
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* How anti-ICE organising in Minnesota reactivated mutual aid networks started after George Floyd’s murder Gemma Ware, The Conversation Daniel Cueto-Villalobos speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of people in Minneapolis coming together to protect their neighbours. Check out the podcast about a grass roots response to
The Anonymous Officer by Shawn Fields Abstract Masked, plainclothes immigration agents in unmarked vans have terrorized communities in Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and beyond. The indiscriminate violence committed by federal officers who at times appear indistinguishable from paramilitary units has forced immigrants into hiding and left lawmakers scrambling to address
Steve Peoples and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux for the Associated Press report on recent poll data showing that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in immigration operations and that political independents are increasingly uncomfortable with his tactics. About 4 in 10 say they
A packed arena of wrestling fans chanting “F-CK ICE!”... a standing ovation for Bad Bunny at the Grammy’s, simply for saying the words “Ice out”… and a powerhouse Bruce Springsteen anthem with chants of “Ice Out!” from the Streets of Minneapolis hitting no. 1 across all platforms. Much has