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Uthmeier Expands Weigh Stations Into Immigration Checkpoints

Effective August 25, 2025, Florida converted all 23 weigh stations into immigration checkpoints under 287(g). FDACS officers are fully certified…

Boeing Faces Union Showdown as Aerospace Activism Spurs St. Louis Strike

On August 4, 2025, about 3,200 IAM District 837 members struck Boeing’s St. Louis-area plants after rejecting a revised offer.…

Six New York Counties and One Village Sign 287(g) Deals with ICE

As of August 24, 2025, seven New York agencies adopted ICE 287(g) agreements under WSO, JEM, and Task Force models.…

Supreme Court May Let Agents Stop and Question Latinos Nationwide

An August 7, 2025 emergency appeal asks the Supreme Court to permit ICE to use ethnicity, language, occupation, and location…

Immigrant Officer Sparks Firestorm: Councilors Demand U.S. Citizenship Requirement

New Bedford’s hire of Edwin Yat Toj, a 25‑year‑old legal permanent resident, prompted the City Council to draft an ordinance…

‘It makes us…less safe’: Federal immigration enforcement disrupting Hennepin prosecutions

In 2025 intensified ICE actions in Hennepin County are disrupting state prosecutions by deporting defendants and deterring witnesses. The county…

Farage unveils plan for mass deportation of small-boat migrants

Reform UK proposed mass deportations on August 22, 2025, aiming for five daily charter flights and 24,000 detention places, and…

Poll Finds Trump’s ICE Raids Backfiring Politically in California

A July 12 TRO limited ICE’s roving sweeps in California after findings of stops without reasonable suspicion; the administration appealed…