A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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We documented 40 cases of LGBT migrants who were deported by the US to third countries in Africa that either criminalize same-sex relations or have been described by the State Department as hostile to LGBT people. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump's deportation push forces dozens of LGBT migrants onto hostile terrain

Two years ago, a mob assaulted Abdou Latifou and threatened to kill him after he was seen kissing the man he loved.

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Trump's deportation push forces dozens of LGBT migrants onto hostile terrain

Two years ago, a mob assaulted Abdou Latifou and threatened to kill him after he was seen kissing the man he loved.

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DHS has obtained at least 47 state voter rolls as part of the hunt for noncitizen voters, an internal email shows. Some of them lack key details such as year of birth, and false positives have included citizens with similar names as immigrants www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

White House pushes for speedy review of voter rolls in hunt for noncitizen voters

The White House has pushed federal agencies to accelerate their review of at least 47 state voter rolls obtained by the Department of Homeland Security, according to an internal email seen by Reuters,...

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The directive to prioritize immigrant visas at the U.S. missions in Poland and Hungary came from the White House, sources said, although it was not clear why specifically these two countries were singled out. Story here www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

EXCLUSIVE: US resumes immigrant visa processing for Hungary, Poland as pause remains elsewhere

President Donald Trump's administration resumed processing immigrant visa applications from Hungary and Poland last week while maintaining a temporary pause on immigrant ‌visa appointments elsewhere, ...

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SCOOP: President Donald Trump's administration resumed processing immigrant visa applications from Hungary and Poland last week while maintaining a temporary pause on immigrant visa appointments elsewhere, people familiar tell me & @kristinacooke.bsky.social & @jonathanlanday.bsky.social

Scoop: The U.S. State Department has drafted guidance requiring parents applying for passports for their children ​to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Trump's latest effort to limit birthright ‌citizenship, @kristinacooke.bsky.social and I report.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump birthright curbs may prompt US passport checks on parents

The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children ​to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump's ...

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President Trump administration's pledged to crack down on sex trafficking. Instead, investigations have stalled and prosecutions declined because of staffing shortages, funding cuts, immigration enforcement and growing distrust of the government among victims. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Aurora's 6-year-old daughter spent more than six months in a U.S. child migrant shelter while her mother worked to get her out. They were finally reunited in late March. Days later, ICE detained them and sent them to a family detention center. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency

More than 12,000 people have been arrested ‌by U.S. immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement during President Donald Trump’s second term.

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NEW: The death rate for people detained by U.S. immigration authorities has more than doubled since President Trump returned to office and began a mass deportation campaign. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump vowed to fight crime in Minneapolis. Prosecutions plunged. From me, @agoudsward.bsky.social and @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Trump vowed to fight crime in Minneapolis. Prosecutions plunged

A Reuters review found the number of U.S. drug, gun and other prosecutions fell sharply as investigators focused on immigration and about half the federal prosecutors in Minnesota left.

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Exclusive: ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from US airport security agency, w/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/ice-ar...

Exclusive: ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from US airport security agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 800 people following tips ​shared by federal airport security officials from the start of Donald Trump's presidency through February 2026, i...

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Border Patrol agents have been roving from city to city over the last 15 months, far from their home bases in California and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border, engaged in an unprecedented mass deportation campaign.  A collaboration w/ @calmatters.org @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com

NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found. The government keeps doing it nonetheless. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Maduro is out but his top allies still hold power www.reuters.com/world/americ...

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

Hamed Aleaziz@haleaziz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter. Inside Trump’s pressure tactics w/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...

As Trump misses deportation goals, ICE pushes migrants to give up their cases

The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their...

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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say

Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

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NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

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“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.” Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Of all the things we’ve seen in Chicago, can’t recall anything like these scenes, reportedly from 63rd and Kostner on the South Side

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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Journalism that fails to infuse a historically informed lens is akin to covering the smoke but never asking who lit the fire. History-centered journalism should be the framework within every newsroom.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · last yr.

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

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Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations, w/ Emily Green and @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations

Many family members of unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who are part of a group the Trump administration attempted to deport over the weekend did not want their children returned to Guatemala, according to an internal Guatemalan government report that contradicts assertions made by U.S. officials.

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NEW FROM @reuters.com: Top U.S. law firms have sharply scaled back their efforts to challenge the federal government in court, especially on behalf of pro bono clients, in the face of threats from President Trump. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

My colleague Diego Ore tells the story of a family who self-deported to Mexico. As they passed Mexican customs, officials confiscated their truck and took $5,000, the family's entire savings, for what they called a fine.

Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · last yr.

This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything www.reuters.com/business/med...

This week, I wrote about Ingrid Mejia, a Guatemalan egg farmworker who spent more than four months in ICE detention after a traffic misdemeanor, while her 3-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, was stuck in foster care. www.reuters.com/world/us/an-...

An American toddler in foster care, a mom in ICE detention

A brief jail sentence turned into over four months in an immigration detention cell for the mother and an extended stay in foster care for son

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To date, the Trump Administration has refused to share the names of the men it has sent to El Salvador. One attorney involved in the advocacy efforts described her clients as “ghosts.”

Trump’s Deportees to El Salvador Are Now “Ghosts” in U.S. Courts

Even as the Administration refuses to reveal the names of those it has deported under the Alien Enemies Act, a network of lawyers and advocates is fighting to keep their cases alive.

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