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News Articles: immigration crackdown

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
A person holds a sign with a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a protest in New York City.

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  • Law

After a scathing rebuke, judge grants DOJ an extension in deportation case

A federal judge gave the Trump administration another week to answer detailed questions about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose illegal deportation has raised concerns about due process.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Westervelt and
  • Joel Rose
A woman who asked that we use only her first initial, S., says her family already got their U.S.-born children their American passports so that if they go back to El Salvador, the kids can return to the U.S. eventually.

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  • National

Should I stay or go? Immigrants across U.S. consider self-deportation

In the face of raids and threats to previously safe spaces, some immigrants in the U.S. without legal status are weighing whether to heed Trump's call to voluntarily leave the U.S.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd and
  • Ximena Bustillo
Nursing homes already face serious staffing issues and researchers say health care worker shortages could get worse under Trump's immigration policies.

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  • Health

How Trump's immigration policies could worsen the health care worker shortage

Hospitals and nursing homes rely on the immigrant workforce to fill many key roles, research finds. Trump's crackdown on immigration threatens to exacerbate shortages.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Ronnie Cohen
Lewelyn Dixon, a green-card holder who lives near Seattle, was detained when she returned from a trip to the Philippines in February.

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  • National

Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump's immigration crackdown

A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville to meet with friends Tuesday night when she was detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court. Khanababai called the arrest by masked agents "terrifying."<br>

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  • National

Masked officers in Tufts student arrest raise fears among immigrants and bystanders

Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?

March 28, 2025
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  • Martin Kaste
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents direct vehicles re-entering the U.S. from Canada at the Ambassador Bridge Port of Entry in Detroit.

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  • News

'Felt like a kidnapping': Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal

A Guatemalan immigrant without legal status says she took a wrong turn on a highway near the Canadian border and was detained with her two children, who are American citizens. They were held for five days.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd and
  • Joel Rose
James Boasberg shown here on Monday, March 13, 2023.

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  • Law

4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights

Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador on Sunday.

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  • Politics

4 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump's efforts to use it

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem oversaw immigration enforcement operations in New York City in January.

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  • National

ICE is making more arrests, but critics say some claims don't add up

Immigration authorities are making more arrests than they did under President Biden. But the Department of Homeland Security's own data shows that they're not keeping pace with White House demands.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during operations in New York City last month.

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  • National

ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion

The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • National

How Trump's crackdown plays into misperceptions about immigrants and crime

The White House portrays its immigration crackdown as a success. Critics say the administration is trying to look tough for the cameras, and worry about the "tail wagging the dog."

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
President Trump speaks with governors in the White House last week. He challenged Maine Gov. Janet Mills about her state's policy on transgender student athletes, prompting her to answer, "See you in court."

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  • National

From deportations to health care, state lawmakers are key for much of Trump's domestic agenda

Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, health and how cities and counties handle immigration.

February 25, 2025
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  • Larry Kaplow
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