Here’s a good summary of the Border Wall Contracts that will extend or enhance the US/MX border wall.
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Read this Travel Ban Explainer by Immigration Monitor (a credible guide to global immigration).
This lists countries with full and partial travel bans that affect various kinds of immigration and non-immigration visas – and the rationale for restricting travel and visas from these countries. Some exceptions make be available for some people with these reasons: (1) their residency/citizenship is in the national interest, (2) they would otherwise suffer undue hardship, (3) the pose no security risk.
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The CATO Institute wrote this article, The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists, and describes incidents that have taken place throughout the country where ICE agents have threatened to arrest people for filming, following or observing ICE arrests.
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This article refers to a Washington Post article that describes the DHS/ICE plan to establish a new network of warehouses to hold and process people who will be deported during 2026 :
15 small processing center warehouses (holding 500-1500 persons) in these locations:
- Los Fresnos, Texas
- El Paso, Texas
- Hagerstown, Maryland
- Highland Park, Michigan
- Jefferson, Georgia
- Jupiter, Florida
- Merrillville, Indiana
- Merrimack, New Hampshire
- Oklahoma City
- Port Allen, Louisiana
- Roxbury, New Jersey
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- Tremont, Pennsylvania
- Woodbury, Minnesota
7 larger holding center warehouses (housing 5,000 – 10,000 persons) in
- Stafford, Virginia
- Hutchins, Texas
- Hammond, Louisiana
- Baytown, Texas
- Glendale, Arizona
- Social Circle, Georgia
- Kansas City, Missouri
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This is a good summary article about what has been happening at the border and throughout the US on surveillance and how it related to immigrant deportations. Written by POGO (Project on Government Oversight)
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This summary of state-specific legislation was created by AMICA, in Washington DC to summarize existing state-specific pro-immigrant legislation.
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This aricle, ICE is Opening Shuttered Prisons as Detention Centers, (written and podcast of Morning Edition from NPR) describes the nationwide effort to create more detention space (counted as “beds”) throughout the country. This is to hold more immigrant detainees who are unauthorized and/or under consideration for deportation.
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This report, After the Blitz – What our Chicago Neighbors are facing in ICE Detention, by the National Immigrant Justice Center, describes what has happened to those people who were detained in the Chicago area, where they are being detained, and what has happened to them since their arrest.
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This report, ICE Detention Expansion under Trump 2.0 – Military Bases, from Detention Watch Network, describes the increased use of military bases for immigrant detention during 2025.
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The American Values Survey conducted by PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) of 5543 adults during 8/15/25 – 9/3/25 shows eroding support for Turmp’s immigration practices.
Watch the video introducing the highlights of the survey here.
The report, entitled The New Immigration Crackdown: Where Americans Stand, can be read here.
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