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"The Trump administration is exploring buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon and retrofitting them as detention facilities for immigrants before they are deported, a move that would vastly expand the government’s detention capacity." https://nbcnews.to/43SF70o
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"The Trump administration is exploring buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon and retrofitting them as detention facilities for immigrants before they are deported, a move that would vastly expand the government’s detention capacity." https://nbcnews.to/43SF70o
"Huynh’s encounter demonstrates the difficulty people have just figuring out what agency an officer represents, especially since most DHS agencies do not have standard uniforms." https://cnn.it/4hQVAIh
How federal agencies’ roles have shifted in Trump’s immigration battle | CNN
President Donald Trump’s vow to wage the biggest domestic deportation program in American history – expelling a million people a year – is one of his signature goals.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Huynh’s encounter demonstrates the difficulty people have just figuring out what agency an officer represents, especially since most DHS agencies do not have standard uniforms." https://cnn.it/4hQVAIh
"The cable's language appears at odds with the Foreign Affairs Manual, the State Department's own handbook, which says that visa officers cannot reject an application based on 'what if' scenarios, Wheeler said." https://cbsn.ws/4hPPfNd
Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas under new Trump administration guidance
People seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a new directive from the Trump administration.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"The cable's language appears at odds with the Foreign Affairs Manual, the State Department's own handbook, which says that visa officers cannot reject an application based on 'what if' scenarios, Wheeler said." https://cbsn.ws/4hPPfNd
The Administration is undermining the integrity of the U.S. #immigration courts by prioritizing speed and enforcement over fairness and accuracy. Go to AILA's Take Action and demand Congress stop the Administration’s abuse of immigration courts. https://bit.ly/4oqiitb
Policy Brief: Critical Threats Endanger Due Process in Immigration Courts
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Administration is undermining the integrity of the U.S. #immigration courts by prioritizing speed and enforcement over fairness and accuracy. Go to AILA's Take Action and demand Congress stop the Administration’s abuse of immigration courts. https://bit.ly/4oqiitb
"The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to a local police precinct." https://bit.ly/4oXawXC
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to a local police precinct." https://bit.ly/4oXawXC
"Advocates have raised concerns about Broadview’s conditions for months, and the facility has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress. Lawyers and relatives of people held there have called it a de facto detention center." https://bit.ly/49qdIXx
Judge orders improvements at a Chicago immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
‘People shouldn’t be sleeping next to overflowing toilets,’ judge says in order requesting status report by Friday
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November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Advocates have raised concerns about Broadview’s conditions for months, and the facility has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress. Lawyers and relatives of people held there have called it a de facto detention center." https://bit.ly/49qdIXx
"For years, the construction industry — in which on average one in three workers is foreign-born — has struggled with a yawning labor shortage that President Trump's immigration crackdown is making worse, industry officials warn." https://n.pr/47Z77lw
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it wors...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"For years, the construction industry — in which on average one in three workers is foreign-born — has struggled with a yawning labor shortage that President Trump's immigration crackdown is making worse, industry officials warn." https://n.pr/47Z77lw
"Every few months this year, a new class of judges gets termination notices in the middle of the day, often while they are in the middle of immigration court proceedings." https://n.pr/4oP6PDk
The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Every few months this year, a new class of judges gets termination notices in the middle of the day, often while they are in the middle of immigration court proceedings." https://n.pr/4oP6PDk
Birthright citizenship "embodies American ideals of equality and opportunity, ensuring that all born here share in the nation’s promise regardless of ancestry," writes AILA member Gunda Brost. Read more on the #ThinkImmigration blog. https://bit.ly/4nMZIun
Think Immigration: Birthright Citizenship – America’s Legacy
AILA Member Gunda Brost describes America’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, writing that it “embodies American ideals of equality and opportunity, ensuring that all born here share in the nation’...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Birthright citizenship "embodies American ideals of equality and opportunity, ensuring that all born here share in the nation’s promise regardless of ancestry," writes AILA member Gunda Brost. Read more on the #ThinkImmigration blog. https://bit.ly/4nMZIun
"As parents dropped their children inside a Spanish immersion day care in Chicago Wednesday morning, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed the building to detain a child care worker." https://bit.ly/4qKtCC6
Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"As parents dropped their children inside a Spanish immersion day care in Chicago Wednesday morning, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed the building to detain a child care worker." https://bit.ly/4qKtCC6
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish a 'National Call Center' in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document." https://bit.ly/4nL7ipk
ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal
ICE plans to establish a "National Call Center" to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish a 'National Call Center' in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document." https://bit.ly/4nL7ipk
The legal landscape for federal court litigation has changed dramatically in the past two years. Learn strategies to defend your clients in an increasingly hostile legal environment—order your copy of the essential immigration litigation guide today! https://www.aila.org/litigationbook
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The legal landscape for federal court litigation has changed dramatically in the past two years. Learn strategies to defend your clients in an increasingly hostile legal environment—order your copy of the essential immigration litigation guide today! https://www.aila.org/litigationbook
"Even though he’s been in the U.S. for more than two years now, he hasn’t actually seen much. That’s because, ever since crossing the border near Lukeville, Arizona, in September of 2023, he’s been in immigration detention." https://bit.ly/47qPafA
'I'm wasting away': For Syrian man detained in Eloy, winning immigration case didn't mean freedom
Federal court data shows more than 2.3 million asylum applications are pending in the U.S. this year. But for Kamel Maklad, even winning protection didn't mean freedom.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Even though he’s been in the U.S. for more than two years now, he hasn’t actually seen much. That’s because, ever since crossing the border near Lukeville, Arizona, in September of 2023, he’s been in immigration detention." https://bit.ly/47qPafA
"Abigail Renderos, for her part, said her sister had applied for asylum and was doing what she could to regularize her status in the country. Marta Renderos had a permit to work in the United States." https://bit.ly/4qMI64w
'Still in shock': Utah immigrant grappling with detention after arrest at Salt Lake City airport
A Utah immigrant, arrested last week at the Salt Lake City airport, is
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November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Abigail Renderos, for her part, said her sister had applied for asylum and was doing what she could to regularize her status in the country. Marta Renderos had a permit to work in the United States." https://bit.ly/4qMI64w
DHS "wants to ramp up its collection of biometrics of individuals applying for immigration benefits, proposing a rule Monday that would expand the agency’s authority to take in fingerprints, DNA, facial and iris scans, and other data." https://bit.ly/4qHokHx
DHS seeks vast expansion of biometrics collection for immigration benefits
In a proposed rule issued Monday, the agency said it wants to broaden the pool of individuals whose data it can collect and administer DNA testing of immigrants.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
DHS "wants to ramp up its collection of biometrics of individuals applying for immigration benefits, proposing a rule Monday that would expand the agency’s authority to take in fingerprints, DNA, facial and iris scans, and other data." https://bit.ly/4qHokHx
The Fall 2025 edition of the #AILALawJournal is here with articles on AI, juvenile delinquencies in immigration, sanctuary by proxy, and more! AILA members can download a digital copy as a member benefit. Other purchases can be made through #Fastcase: https://bit.ly/3X7XRVR
AILA Law Journal
The AILA Law Journal features articles that range in topic, are timely, and encompass various dimensions of immigration law perspectives in the United States, from policy to pragmatic. Learn about sub...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Fall 2025 edition of the #AILALawJournal is here with articles on AI, juvenile delinquencies in immigration, sanctuary by proxy, and more! AILA members can download a digital copy as a member benefit. Other purchases can be made through #Fastcase: https://bit.ly/3X7XRVR
"The Trump administration appears determined to price H-1B visa holders and employment-based immigrants out of the U.S. labor market through immigration policy [and has] aimed to make it too costly for employers to hire high-skilled foreign nationals." https://bit.ly/3X6KfKz
Trump Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire
Trump officials will publish a new rule expected to price many H-1B visa holders and employment-based immigrants out of the labor market.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The Trump administration appears determined to price H-1B visa holders and employment-based immigrants out of the U.S. labor market through immigration policy [and has] aimed to make it too costly for employers to hire high-skilled foreign nationals." https://bit.ly/3X6KfKz
"Homeland Security 'created a black box in which to disappear people from the U.S. justice and immigration systems,' the lawsuit says, adding 'the facility is a breeding ground for illness to spread … with poor sanitation.'" https://bit.ly/4onoWR6
'Black box in which to disappear people': Detainees describe ICE facility in lawsuit
ICE detainees have filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security saying conditions they were held in were aimed at "coercing" them to leave the country.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Homeland Security 'created a black box in which to disappear people from the U.S. justice and immigration systems,' the lawsuit says, adding 'the facility is a breeding ground for illness to spread … with poor sanitation.'" https://bit.ly/4onoWR6
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November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"The judge...also said he is now eligible to apply for a cancellation of removal based on the hardship his family would endure if he were forced to leave the country. If his application is denied, he could still face deportation." https://bit.ly/4oDTUny
Father of teen fighting cancer released from immigration detention
A Chicago immigration judge on Thursday set a $2,000 bond for Ruben Torres-Maldonado, whose 16-year-old daughter Ofelia Torres is battling stage 4 cancer.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"The judge...also said he is now eligible to apply for a cancellation of removal based on the hardship his family would endure if he were forced to leave the country. If his application is denied, he could still face deportation." https://bit.ly/4oDTUny
AILA Elected Director Heather Prendergast describes a recent consultation that deeply affected her: a young Venezuelan couple faces detention and removal after a routine traffic stop upended their lives. Read on the #ThinkImmigration blog. https://bit.ly/3WxICpa
Staying Brave is Hard for Immigrants and Attorneys Alike
AILA Elected Director Heather Prendergast describes a recent consultation that deeply affected her as a young Venezuelan couple faces detention and removal after a routine traffic stop upended their l...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
AILA Elected Director Heather Prendergast describes a recent consultation that deeply affected her: a young Venezuelan couple faces detention and removal after a routine traffic stop upended their lives. Read on the #ThinkImmigration blog. https://bit.ly/3WxICpa
Government records obtained after years of litigation sheds new light on how the Trump administration’s devastating “zero tolerance” policy was implemented—and how journalists, attorneys & members of Congress fought to expose it. NEW from
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A Look Back at the Family Separation Policy: The Struggle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Trump Administration's Wrongdoings- American Immigration Council
Our platform analyzes new records about the U.S. government's chaotic implementation of family separations during the zero-tolerance period.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Government records obtained after years of litigation sheds new light on how the Trump administration’s devastating “zero tolerance” policy was implemented—and how journalists, attorneys & members of Congress fought to expose it. NEW from
@immcouncil.org https://bit.ly/47uvqWX
@immcouncil.org https://bit.ly/47uvqWX
"The US government asked a judge this month to deport a father of two to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. To make its case, [DHS] did not accuse him of any crime...Instead, attorneys argued that Afghanistan...is safe for his return." https://wapo.st/3JDec1K
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"The US government asked a judge this month to deport a father of two to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. To make its case, [DHS] did not accuse him of any crime...Instead, attorneys argued that Afghanistan...is safe for his return." https://wapo.st/3JDec1K
The Trump Admin has made it harder for individuals to access lifesaving protections. AILA’s Greg Chen discusses the consequences of these policy changes and the need for a more fair and humane asylum system. Link to the policy brief is in the YouTube description https://bit.ly/47QGyyQ
Chaotic Policy Changes Are Ending Access to Asylum in America
YouTube video by AILANational
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October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Trump Admin has made it harder for individuals to access lifesaving protections. AILA’s Greg Chen discusses the consequences of these policy changes and the need for a more fair and humane asylum system. Link to the policy brief is in the YouTube description https://bit.ly/47QGyyQ
AILA Member Vaman Kidambi writes on #ThinkImmigration about how litigation is helping to combat executive overreach, highlighting the Sept 30th decision by Judge William G. Young protecting the free speech of international students and scholars. https://bit.ly/3JA1vVk
Think Immigration: Saving America – One Immigrant at a Time
AILA Member Vaman Kidambi describes the September 30 decision by District Court Judge William Young protecting the free speech rights of international students and scholars under the Constitution, not...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
AILA Member Vaman Kidambi writes on #ThinkImmigration about how litigation is helping to combat executive overreach, highlighting the Sept 30th decision by Judge William G. Young protecting the free speech of international students and scholars. https://bit.ly/3JA1vVk