Judges in Maine cases admonish ICE for falsehoods and violating court orders
Four federal judges have ordered ICE to release detainees after discovering the agency filed documents that were false or ignored a judge’s order.
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025
It’s the most rapid loss in legal status for immigrants in recent United States history, experts in immigration policy told States Newsroom. The Trump administration curtailed legal immigration by terminating Temporary Protected Status for more than 1 million immigrants and ending Humanitarian Parole protections for half a million more individuals.
Korean PhD student detained in California despite green card, lawyer says
A green card holder from South Korea who has lived in the United States since the age of five was taken into government custody by immigration authorities, a spokesperson for the National Korean American Education and Service Consortium (NAKASEC) told ABC News.
Violated a judge’s order and shackled, detained, and deported a college student
Lopez Belloza grew up in Austin and was attending Babson College, a top-tier university in Massachusetts. She was deported to Honduras during Thanksgiving week. Members of Congress are now pushing for her return to the United States.
‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn’t follow court order on deportations
The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday, hours after the Trump administration said it had expelled eight immigrants convicted of violent crimes but refused to reveal where they would end up. The judge’s statement was a notably strong rebuke to the government’s deportation efforts.
Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order
The botched deportation is the latest in a string of errors that have at times marred the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. The Trump administration sparked national headlines and an ongoing legal battle when it illegally deported a Salvadoran man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to his home country despite an immigration judge’s ruling that not be sent there because he could be targeted for gang violence. The administration also worked to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico without being afforded a chance to lodge fear of persecution there.
ICE's novel strategy allows for more arrests from inside immigration courts
"This is all part of a strategy by the current administration to essentially bypass the legal system, to bypass courts, deny people the opportunity of getting a fair day in court in order to rapidly deport as many people as possible without respect for the rule of law," said Greg Chen, senior director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The Administration Misleads & Ignores Courts Most Often in Immigration Cases
The immigration cases—which include conclusions by numerous judges appointed by presidents of both parties—include striking rhetoric quoted in part in the long list below. One judge condemned the “willful disregard” of orders that are defied “willfully and gleefully”; another repudiated the “deliberate evasion” of the administration’s obligations to the court; another merely saw “zero effort to comply”; others puzzled over “shoddy affidavits and contradictory testimony” and why officials were “putting words in people’s mouths” or making claims “untethered to the facts.” Some bluntly determined to put aside the administration’s “nakedly misleading characterizations” and “outright lying.”
Pregnant women report medical neglect in ICE detention, rights groups say
Pregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations.
Throwing a grandmother on the ground and cutting off her wedding ring
“Pretty soon they were throwing me on the ground and handcuffing me and putting me in their unmarked truck,” Tincher said, estimating that the whole interaction just took a few seconds. “There were other watchers, who were asking me what my name was and everything, so I identified myself to them, then I started yelling, ‘Help!’ because I was being kidnapped.”
US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’
A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.
Hauled a U.S. citizen out of her car at gunpoint in Chicago
'Terrified': Video of masked agents hauling woman from car renews outrage in Chicago
Detained hundreds of U.S. citizens, and lied about it
A congressional investigation out today has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
ICE Arrest of a Citizen, Barely Dressed, Sows Fear in Twin Cities
Masked federal agents descended on a one-story home in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday and dragged a man wearing nothing but his underwear and slip-on shoes from his doorstep, through an icy snowbank and into an idling S.U.V.
Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol is dead
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee from Burma, was nearly blind and spoke no English. He was dropped off by agents in Buffalo on the other side of town from his home. His family was not notified of his release. Police are investigating.
Shot a pastor repeatedly in the head with pepper balls for peacefully protesting
A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.
Chicago police: Dozens of officers ‘affected’ by tear gas deployed by federal agents
Chicago’s police chief said Monday that more than two dozen officers were impacted by tear gas deployed by federal law enforcement when responding to a shooting over the weekend.
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said 27 officers were “affected” by chemical agents deployed by federal agents during a clash with protesters on Saturday.
Racial profiling by ICE will have a marked impact on Latino communities
The recent SCOTUS decision opens a new chapter that will disproportionately alienate the Latino community. As our research demonstrates, many Latino citizens will be directly impacted by the expanded criteria now considered legitimate grounds for immigration enforcement.
'We’re not going away': DHS vows to stay in LA as ICE arrests spread to churches, schools
While the federal government insists that ICE agents are going after criminals, images shared online and local witness accounts from people show a stark difference… with raids reportedly occurring at churches, hospitals, schools, agricultural fields, even during court check-ins.
Shooting deaths climb in Trump's mass deportation effort
The killing of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 by federal officers under U.S. Customs and Border Protection is at least the fourth shooting fatality linked to immigration enforcement since Trump returned to the Oval Office. At least eight other shootings have led to injury, according to a PBS News review of news coverage, as well as tallies from The Trace, NBC News and The Washington Post.