Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
The president has stoked fears of a ‘migrant crime’ wave, but a leading scholar says sanctuary policies encourage immigrants to cooperate with police.
Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.
Here's what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders Trump signed.
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it made 538 arrests and detained 373 undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities across the country, including those with criminal histories.
Federal immigration agents conducted the first large-scale arrest operation under the Trump administration, resulting in nearly 500 arrests.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Donald Trump this week rescinded Biden-era guidelines that previously required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to seek their superior’s approval before arresting people at or near “sensitive locations” such as churches, hospitals or schools.
The head of the Las Vegas Police Department doubled down on a policy guiding officers to limit cooperation with ICE and to not assist with any federal immigration “roundups."
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
Critics of the domestic violence bill, including several Democratic lawmakers and victims' advocacy groups, argue it could harm victims of abuse. They point out that it lacks exceptions for self-defense or situations where abusers accuse their victims of violence, protections currently included in existing law.