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Many Mexican Immigrants in L.A. Raids Are Deeply Rooted in U.S. Communities
Large-scale raids in Los Angeles in June 2025 targeted mostly noncriminal Mexican immigrants with strong US ties. Legal measures challenge…
Inside America’s Booming Immigration Detention Industry in 2025
In 2025, U.S. immigration detention reaches over 59,000 detainees, mostly in private centers funded heavily by ICE contracts. Overcrowding and…
Federal Judge Grants Detained Portland Mother Access to Immigration Lawyer
Jackeline Merlos was detained for two weeks without legal access, prompting a federal judge to block her deportation with a…
Bipartisan Bill Proposes Legal Status for Certain Undocumented Workers
Introduced in 2025, the bipartisan Dignity Act offers legal status to undocumented immigrant workers here before 2021. It includes restitution…
Children Targeted in Trump’s Expanding Deportation Machine
In 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was enacted, expanding detention with $45 billion funding, revoking TPS and DACA…
Massachusetts Sees Surge in Unlawful Reentry Prosecutions After Deportation
Massachusetts enforcement efforts in 2025 surged, with 370 arrests during a major ICE operation and doubled ICE arrest rates nationwide.…
Supreme Court Lifts Injunction on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
The 2025 Supreme Court ruling lifted blocks on enforcing Executive Order 14160, challenging birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizen…
Manhunt Continues for Former Marine in Coordinated Texas ICE Center Attack
On Independence Day 2025, armed attackers assaulted Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, injuring an officer. Ten suspects arrested, including an…