This article, by the Vera Institute of Justice, shares information about the expansion of federal Immigrant Detention in the US – both the number of facilities and the number of immigrants.
This includes:
The new USCIS citizenship test recently initiated by USCIS is longer and more difficult. Recent statistics comparing denial rates during the Biden administration with those during the Trump administration show an increase in denials from 7.9% to 9.9%.
In addition to a more difficult citizenship test, there is now more scrutiny of the applicants social media accounts to ensure they are “of good moral character.”
Read the full article here
The CATO Institute has prepared this detailed report, Why Legal Immigration is Nearly Impossible, about US immigration’s (permanent) visas and their limitations.
Civil Eats is keeping a running list of ICE raids that have affected food – including agriculture, restaurants, food processing, food handling and food trucks.
This report, The Truth Behind these Walls, outlines the deficiencies (Medical, Food, Guard Behavior, Living Conditions) that are present in the Aurora Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado.
This article explains why ICE is detaining a 13 year-old boy (whose family in Massachusetts has a pending asylum case) in Virginia’s Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Winchester.
Here is the federal announcement that, as of October 1, 2025, ICE will reimburse some salary and benefits (and possible bonus payments) for trained local police or sheriffs. Read details here.
Here you can listen to an hour-long discussion with Austin Kocher (Syracuse University) about the new book, “Immigration Detention, Inc” by Nancy Heimstra (Stonybrook University) and Deirdre Conlon (University of Leeds).
USA Facts has written this article which summarizes the Temporary Work visas issued during FY2024’and explains the priorities given to green card applications.
Total Temporary Work Visas issued during FY2024 were:
