The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like fingerprints and faces. Investigative tools that can break into locked…
U.S. Military Planes Carrying Migrants Land in Guatemala
Two military jets landed in Guatemala City on Friday carrying deported migrants from Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso, according to local migration authorities and the American Embassy in Guatemala. Guatemala…
Arrest Made in Connection With Shooting Death of Border Patrol Agent
A 21-year-old woman was arrested and charged on Friday with assaulting federal law enforcement officers with a deadly weapon, after the shooting death on Monday of a U.S. Border Patrol…
Border, Asylum, Citizenship: Trump Kicks Off Vast Immigration Changes
It has been less than three days since President Trump took office, but the immigration transformation he ordered has already begun. The Pentagon deployed 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern…
What Is the Laken Riley Act?
The first piece of legislation the new Republican-led Congress is sending to President Trump’s desk zeros in on a major priority of his second term: immigration. The Laken Riley Act,…
What Are Sanctuary Cities, and Do They Need to Cooperate With Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans?
About a dozen states and hundreds of cities across the United States consider themselves “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants, but there is no universal definition for what constitutes a “sanctuary” jurisdiction.…
Ahead of Day 1, Trump’s Team Works to Temper Expectations on Immigration
President-elect Donald J. Trump vowed throughout his campaign to carry out the “largest deportation program in American history,” including a “Day 1” effort to send millions of immigrants “back home…
What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump
Migrants used to gather by the hundreds in encampments in Ciudad Juárez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for a chance to cross into the United States.…
Trump Has Promised Another Immigration Crackdown. Here’s a Primer on His First.
President-elect Donald J. Trump, who made immigration a pillar of his campaign, has pledged to unleash a broad crackdown on Day 1 of his second term. Restricting both lawful and…
Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week
The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out “post-inauguration” immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to two people familiar with the planning and correspondence reviewed by The New York…
