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News Articles: immigration crackdown

Federal immigration officers get in a car as they prepare to deploy tear gas at a protest Monday in Minneapolis.

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  • USPS

Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies

More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and
  • Meg Anderson
Anti-Maduro demonstrators fly Venezuelan flags outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, New York, on Monday, January 5.

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  • USPS

DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been in limbo since the Trump administration removed their temporary protected status late last year. That uncertainty has intensified as U.S. immigration officials again push for those migrants to return to Venezuela.

January 07, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Then-Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins holds a press conference on Dec. 10. Miami is home to many Venezuelan expats.

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  • World

Miami mayor calls for Trump to 'immediately' reinstate TPS for Venezuelans

Higgins said the Trump administration ending TPS for Venezuelans in early 2025 was "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."

January 05, 2026
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, center, depicted in a court sketch as jury selection in her trial begins in Milwaukee, Wis.

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  • USPS

A federal jury finds Milwaukee judge guilty of obstructing immigration agents

A jury returns a guilty verdict in the case of Hannah Dugan.  The Milwaukee judge was accused of allowing an undocumented immigrant defender to evade immigration agents

December 19, 2025
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By:
  • Maayan Silver
President Donald Trump holds up a photograph as he speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in social media screed

President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.

November 28, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A worker works on the roofing structure of new home under construction, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Richardson, Texas.

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  • Business

ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry

The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.

November 06, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Organizers with the People's Patrol  talk to immigrant kids in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago, on October 10, 2025.

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  • USPS

As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape

Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois.

October 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
A federal agent wears a badge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement while standing outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, on June 10.

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  • USPS

DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston

These announcements by DHS are just the latest escalation of federal action in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — all led by Democrats.

September 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga.

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  • World

South Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plant

More than 300 South Korean workers were detained in an immigration raid on Thursday. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home.

September 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A child looks at the badge of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

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  • USPS

FAQ: More details emerge about the 76 Guatemalan children whose deportations were stopped by a federal judge

Attorneys for the children ask for a longer-term block, saying deportation would put them in danger and violate their rights.

September 03, 2025
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
The Trump administration is trying to get access to data held by states, such as information about people who have been enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food aid to people.

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  • Politics

The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states

States hold troves of sensitive personal data that were previously never shared with the federal government or across federal agencies. The Trump administration is trying to change that.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
Earlier this month, immigration authorities gave Sae Joon Park an ultimatum: Leave voluntarily or face detention and deportation.

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  • National

Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S.

Sae Joon Park left for South Korea on Monday. His removal order was the result of drug possession and bail jumping charges from over 15 years ago — offenses that, he said, stemmed from untreated PTSD.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer prepares a Salvadoran immigrant without legal status for a deportation flight.

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  • Politics

Trump administration plans to deport migrants to Libya

A U.S. official has confirmed to NPR that the Trump administration is planning to deport migrants to Libya, as immigration lawyers scramble to block any flights.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
The Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, where ICE says Marie Ange Blaise was declared dead on Friday evening.

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  • National

Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Jessica Rodriguez Aguilar is a U.S. citizen. She told NPR during a routine immigration visit, her husband Josue (right) was detained. Lawyers are warning their clients that they are increasingly seeing clients detained at scheduled court hearings and immigration check-ins.

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  • Law

Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins

Immigration attorneys are advising clients who have deportation orders when they show up at court dates and immigration appointments, there is an increased risk of getting detained.

April 24, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
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