Immigration
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Dallas ICE facility is the site of another shooting at a federal building
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of targeted violence.
Report: Federal agencies have deployed nearly 33,000 employees to assist ICE
Only around 15% of employees working on immigration enforcement are full-time immigration enforcement staff.
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Trump freezes most training for non-ICE federal law enforcement
The federal government's primary training center will only accommodate immigration enforcement hires through the end of the year.
DOJ to grant itself authority to tap any attorney to serve as an immigration judge
The Trump administration is exerting more control over the immigration system as it erases existing standards for individuals who preside over cases during potentially unlimited six-month stints.
Trump’s focus on excluding migrants from census is just one of several issues with preparations for 2030 count, experts say
Advocates criticized the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate census advisory boards and warned that government funding fights could snarl planning.
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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill funds an unprecedented surge in federal law enforcement. Is it even possible?
Administration officials express confidence they can transform federal agencies with record-level hiring, even as they remain realistic about the challenge ahead of them.
Trump administration cuts age limits for ICE agent recruits
The Homeland Security Department is using a recent funding infusion to hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with the goal of deporting more migrants.
IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
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3 injured during a gunfight at a Border Patrol building in Texas
Federal and local law enforcement responded to the shooting, which occurred at a facility near the southern border
Judge grills DOJ official on order tying transportation funding to immigration enforcement
A lawsuit brought by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenges an April directive from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
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Feds from IRS agents to refugee officers are deploying to assist ICE conduct raids
President Trump is tapping unusual parts of the government immigration enforcement, and offering unprecedented roles.
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Small Business Administration would have to relocate field offices from ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ under House-passed bill
The agency previously said it would move six of its regional offices from cities that have laws limiting their cooperation with federal immigration agents.
Appeals court: Has Trump neutered the Civil Service Reform Act?
A three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit challenging the gag order on federal immigration judges in light of the president’s decision to fire the U.S. special counsel and members of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
DHS says it won’t eliminate oversight offices but is still pursuing layoffs
Progressive legal organizations are suing to stop the Trump administration from winding down the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as well as two ombudsmen focused on immigration.
Selected federal hiring sprees included in House Republicans’ sweeping tax cut package
Several agencies across government would receive tens of billions of dollars to hire tens of thousands of employees.
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Trump administration cancels translation services for those seeking to access or correct their immigration status
The lack of translation services will lead to more people being improperly denied benefits or jobs, experts say.
New leadership at ICE following mass deportation setbacks
The agency’s recent shuffle includes a new deputy director who led Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries Department and is a former aide to the Homeland Security secretary.
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Federal prisons to house ICE detainees as Trump furthers immigration crackdown
The move raises a series of questions as staff remain unclear on how their responsibilities could change.
Trump DOJ’s focus on immigration will hurt crime-fighting efforts, Democrats argue
Senior officials in the Trump administration have recently redirected DOJ personnel and resources toward immigration enforcement.
Congress passes migrant detention bill that DHS said it can’t enforce without more resources
The Laken Riley Act is set to be the first bill Trump signs into law after it passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support.
