Category: Executive & Enforcement
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This article, by VT Digger, suggests that ICE is looking to outsource surveillance functions to look more closely at social media and other surveillance technology to identify arrestable/reportable residents throughout the country. The new surveillance center will be located in Williston, Vermont.
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Politico reports in this article that around 98 of the 700 immigration judges have retired, quit or been terminated. Immigration judges report to the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in the Executive branch. The Attorney General can overturn cases decided by immigration judges.
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Here’s an AI summary of the Border Act of 2024. The Border Act of 2024 (S. 4361), negotiated by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), was a proposed bipartisan bill that aimed to significantly reform the U.S. immigration and asylum systems. It was not enacted into law, as it failed to pass…
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A Brookings Institute survey from July 29, 2025 indicates that Americans have changed their opinions about immigration since the election of November 2024. Here are the study highlights: Read the entire report here.
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Hart Research, after polling 802 reigstered U. S. voters in August 2025, reports that strong majorities reject arrests in each healthcare setting. Here are some highlights from the report: We asked about: hospitals (59% no, 32% yes), doctors’ offices (58% no -35% yes), and medical clinics (58% no -34% yes). In addition, voters object to…
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This article describes how ICE flights (both shuffle flights within the U.S. and deportation flights) are affecting immigration inmates at the Aurora (near Denver, Colorado) Immigration Detention Center.
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Human Rights First has created a new website to track and explain third-country deportations from the United States. Here is the new Third-country Deportations Watch website. Here’s the cheat sheet (chart) with an overview of third country deportations from the US. Countries with current or pending agreements include these: Belize | Costa Rica | Ecuador…
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The U.S. government expects to issue over 500,000 H2A (temporary unskilled agricultural) visas this year which is a 119,000 increase over the 420,000 annual average. The administration has lowered the state-specific wage rate for H2A visa-holders and has allowed growers to charge workers for housing (when in the past the government required that the grower…
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ProPublica reports that over 600 juveniles have been put in federal government custody during 2025 that have been apprehended during traffic stops, immigration court hearings, ICE check-ins, or home or business raids. These juveniles are kept in one of 170 Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of Health and Human Services) shelters. The average stay is…
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The Dallas Express explains vetting deficiencies for Afghan nationals coming to the U.S. during Operation Allies Welcome after evacuating Afghanistan in 2021. Read the article here.
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