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News Articles: immigration policy

A federal agent wears a body camera as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on March 04, 2026 in New York City.

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  • Immigration

DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn't happened

In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.

July 16, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to testify during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3.

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  • Politics

New lawsuit alleges U.S. shared asylum application details with Iran

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is divulging details of Iranian asylum seekers to the government of Iran.

July 07, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump nominates former Oklahoma state trooper to head ICE

President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama administration.

June 27, 2026
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By:
  • Nathan Rott and
  • Chandelis Duster
A sign marks the entrance to Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13, 2026.

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  • Immigration

Report: ICE wasted millions, endangered detainees in largest immigration facility

Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed concerns about conditions inside the facility.

June 10, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Media members tour the locker rooms at Kansas City Stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on June 8 in Kansas City, Mo.

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  • Immigration

A warm World Cup welcome? U.S. immigration policies have chilling effect

As the World Cup begins later this week, match officials and team members have faced enhanced immigration scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. A FIFA referee from Somalia was turned away.

June 09, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Tagged as: 

  • Immigration

Deported Filipino sailors say they were falsely linked to child sexual abuse material

NPR has tracked deported Filipino sailors who say they were accused without evidence of possessing child sexual exploitation material. Almost none have been charged or prosecuted.

June 06, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally and prayer vigil for him before he enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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  • Immigration

Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw accused the Justice Department of conducting a vindictive prosecution against the Salvadoran man.

May 22, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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  • News

Atlanta-based federal appeals court rejects Trump's no-bond immigration detentions, deepening circuit split

An Atlanta-based appeals court has rejected a no-bond policy implemented by the Trump administration for people in immigration proceedings.

May 07, 2026
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By:
  • Associated Press
Rosa María Carranza attends a protest supporting the temporary protected status program outside the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2025. Carranza, a resident of neighboring Oakland, worries she could lose her legal status and risk indefinite detention or deportation.

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  • Health

She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage

A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.

April 06, 2026
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By:
  • Vanessa G. Sánchez
Dr. Acklema Mohammad checks a patient at El Nuevo San Juan Health Center in the Bronx in New York City in 2024. Community health clinics, like this one, are often located in immigrant communities and rely on Medicaid.

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  • Health

Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear

When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.

March 13, 2026
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By:
  • Alex Olgin
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C.  The agency wants to ban families with any undocumented member from federally subsidized housing.

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  • National

HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes

A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don't get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.

February 19, 2026
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Trump's harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit

President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.

February 06, 2026
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
A photograph of the pistol recovered by immigration agents after a shooting in Minneapolis is shown on a screen behind U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as she speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. Federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti that day during operations in Minneapolis.

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  • USPS

DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern

Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security.

January 31, 2026
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block,
  • Huo Jingnan,
  • and 1 more
Two women look over their documents by a line snaking around the block outside the San Francisco Immigration Court in 2019.

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  • USPS

Trump administration to shutter an immigration court, adding to judges' backlog

The planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations.

January 14, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Anusha Mathur
An immigrant from Venezuela tries in vain to access the CBP One app a day after the second inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 21, 2025, in Nogales, Mexico. The incoming administration shut down the app, which was created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States.

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  • USPS

Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump

The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

December 23, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
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