Borders/Immig

TRAVEL BANA Guide to the Countries on Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban List
By Mariel Ferragamo
The White House’s latest travel ban imposes restrictions on citizens from nineteen countries. Many of those affected are contending with crises at home.
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DEPORTATIONSLocal Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight
By Rafael Carranza and Gabriel Sandoval
ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. But advocates warn such agreements come at a high cost to communities.
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IMMIGRATIONStates, Sheriffs Puzzle Over Trump’s Error-Filled List of Immigration Sanctuaries
By Tim Henderson
A list of 14 states, 298 counties and 200 cities deemed immigration sanctuaries by the Trump administration has disappeared from a government website but continues to hang over the heads of officials who face threats of losing federal funding. “The list is gone. Am I satisfied that it was rectified? Yes. Am I satisfied that it’s over? No,” said Sheriff Charles Blackwood of Orange County, North Carolina.
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TRAVEL BANTrump’s Justifications for the Latest Travel Ban Aren’t Supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism
By Charles Kurzman
This travel ban, like the earlier ones, will not significantly improve national security and public safety in the United States. That’s because migrants account for a minuscule portion of violence in the U.S. And migrants from the latest travel ban countries account for an even smaller portion.
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TRAVEL BANTrump Practically Bans Travel and Immigration from 12 Countries with Flimsy Security Justifications
By Alex Nowrasteh
The US government has a responsibility to keep terrorists and criminals out of the country and to remove those who make it through. But the government should pursue a rational and evidence-based approach when evaluating the threat posed by foreign nationals. The Trump administration has banned large swaths of travelers and immigrants from many countries based on evidence that it likely won’t release and, if it does, will likely raise more questions than answers.
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DEPORTATIONS50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to U.S. Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law
By David J. Bier
Shortly after the U.S. government illegally and unconstitutionally transported about 240 Venezuelans to be imprisoned in El Salvador’s notorious “terrorism” prison, a CBS News investigation found that 75 percent of the men had no criminal record in the United States or abroad. Less attention has been paid to the fact that dozens of these men never violated immigration laws either.
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DEPORTATIONSTrump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
By Mica Rosenberg, Perla Trevizo, Melissa Sanchez, Ronna Rísquez, Adrián González, and Gabriel Sandoval
Homeland Security records reveal that the Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants it sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the United States. DHS still labeled them “terrorists” and deported them.
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CRIMESurge of ICE Agreements with Local Police Aim to Increase Deportations, but Many Police Forces Have Found They Undermine Public Safety
By W. Carsten Andresen
The federal 287(g) program allows ICE to train state and local authorities to function as federal immigration officers. The use of 287(g) has surged since January, and as a criminal justice scholar, I believe this surge sets a dangerous precedent for local policing, where forging relationships and building the trust of immigrants is a proven and effective tactic in combating crime. The expansion of 287(g) will erode that trust and makes entire communities – not just immigrants – less safe.
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IMMIGRATIONThe “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
By Molly Redden
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
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DEPORTATIONSupreme Court allows Trump Administration to Terminate Venezuelan's Protected Status
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
The protected status was granted to roughly 600,000 Venezuelans, with one group’s status ending in April of this year and another in March of next year. The court’s decision applies to roughly 300,000 Venezuelans released into the country by the Biden administration.
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DEPORTATIONSU.S. Supreme Court Blocks Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
By Brett Rowland, The Center Square
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday extended a previous ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members detained in northern Texas. The Court pointedly criticized the administration’s grudging approach to due process: “Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster.”
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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPWhat Is Birthright Citizenship and Could the Supreme Court End It?
By Diana Roy
The Trump administration’s efforts to nullify birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children could overturn a nearly 160-year legal precedent.
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DRUG CARTELSTrump Administration Moves to Block the U.S. Travel of Mexican Politicians Who It Says Are Linked to the Drug Trade
By Tim Golden
In what could be a significant escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption.
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IMMIGRATIONStates Are Telling Sheriffs Whether They Can — or Can’t — Work with ICE
By Tim Henderson
Cooperation between sheriffs and ICE lies at the heart of Trump’s immigration policy.
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U.S. SHIPBUILDINGShipbuilding to Citizenship: Solving the U.S. Skills Shortage with Immigration
By Austin Wu
Skill-based immigration can help the United States fill its severe shortage of shipbuilding workers, for both naval and civilian construction.
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TRAVEL BANA Guide to the Countries on Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban List

DEPORTATIONSLocal Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight

IMMIGRATIONStates, Sheriffs Puzzle Over Trump’s Error-Filled List of Immigration Sanctuaries

TRAVEL BANTrump’s Justifications for the Latest Travel Ban Aren’t Supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

TRAVEL BANTrump Practically Bans Travel and Immigration from 12 Countries with Flimsy Security Justifications

DEPORTATIONS50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to U.S. Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

DEPORTATIONSTrump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

CRIMESurge of ICE Agreements with Local Police Aim to Increase Deportations, but Many Police Forces Have Found They Undermine Public Safety

IMMIGRATIONThe “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

DEPORTATIONSupreme Court allows Trump Administration to Terminate Venezuelan's Protected Status

DEPORTATIONSU.S. Supreme Court Blocks Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPWhat Is Birthright Citizenship and Could the Supreme Court End It?

DRUG CARTELSTrump Administration Moves to Block the U.S. Travel of Mexican Politicians Who It Says Are Linked to the Drug Trade

IMMIGRATIONStates Are Telling Sheriffs Whether They Can — or Can’t — Work with ICE

U.S. SHIPBUILDINGShipbuilding to Citizenship: Solving the U.S. Skills Shortage with Immigration

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