Immigration Arrests Prompt Fear That Mass Deportations Loom

'Border czar' Tom Homan says mass deportation plan depends on Congress

Tom Homan spoke with ABC's Martha Raddatz for "This Week."

ABC News - 5h

As Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants’ Undocumented Workers Fear the Worst

In Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and other cities, chefs and owners are worried for their workers and their businesses.

The New York Times - 16h

Trump spends first week building a framework for his mass deportations vow

President Donald Trump is closing out the week with military troops on the border, empowered immigration officers kicking off arrests and raids, and more immigrants at risk of deportation as part ...

NBC News - 17h

ICE carries out deportation and immigration raids across US

In his first week in office, President Trump is enforcing his immigration crackdown that’s instilled fear in some major cities. Troops have been deployed to the border and ICE agents are carrying ...

NBC News - 18h

Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown, Deportation Fears Spread Among Immigrants With Provisional Legal Status

President Trump is targeting people who have been living in the country under Biden immigration programs that shielded them from deportation and allowed them to work.

The New York Times - 1d

Deportation fears grow for migrants in Florida under Trump and DeSantis

Migrants in Florida are feeling anxious as they brace for what could happen since Trump issued a wave of immigration-related executive orders.

NBC News - 1d

N.Y. Migrants Fear Expulsion After Trump Expands Deportation Targets

Those who followed Biden-era guidelines are dismayed that the rules have changed. The app that helped them enter the country now may make them targets.

The New York Times - 1d

De Blasio: New Yorkers won't accept 'mass deportations'

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Thursday that New Yorkers won’t accept “mass deportations,” even as Mayor Eric Adams (D) pledges to work with President Trump’s administration to ...

The Hill - 2d

Congress Clears Laken Riley Act to Deport Immigrants Accused of Crimes

Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants charged with crimes, to President Trump’s desk.

The New York Times - 3d

What Are Sanctuary Cities, and Do They Need to Cooperate With Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans?

States, counties and cities across the U.S. have adopted policies to limit cooperation with immigration agents who seek to deport undocumented immigrants.

The New York Times - 3d

Can ICE arrest immigrants at schools and churches?

Questions remain over ICE arrests at U.S. schools and churches as President Trump's new immigration policies get underway. CBS News' Andres Gutierrez reports.

CBS News - 3d

WATCH: School districts prep students and families for possible mass deportations

ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal visited a school in south Texas to meet students and faculty preparing for the potential impacts of President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

ABC News - 4d

How Trump's plans for mass deportations and ICE raids are playing out

ICE raids expected on sanctuary cities after Trump's inauguration largely failed, but executive orders on border security set the stage for further immigration actions.

NBC News - 4d

Migrant community in Chicago braces for possible mass deportations

With the inauguration of President Trump, large cities across the U.S. are bracing for arrest operations that could begin as soon as this week targeting undocumented immigrants. CBS News ...

CBS News - 5d

'Hell on earth': China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand

Forty eight men detained since they fled China years ago risk being deported, rights groups say.

BBC News - 5d

Mexico's president opposes Trump's immigration policies but vows to help those deported

President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her disagreement to the “unilateral deportations” of Mexican nationals living in the U.S. and Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy.

NBC News - 5d

Pope Francis calls Trump's plans of mass deportation of immigrants 'a disgrace'

Pope Francis says Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace.”

ABC News - 5d

‘There is no plan’: migrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations

Advocates warn that Trump’s promised deportations will flood Mexico with migrants and spur organized crime . It is cold and quiet in Casa del Migrante, a shelter in Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico ...

The Guardian - 5d

Chicago braces for immigration crackdown and deportations under Trump

CHICAGO — President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar vows that the biggest city in the Midwest will be “ground zero” for mass deportations, and officials across the political spectrum in ...

NBC News - 5d

Fearing Deportation, Uyghurs Held in Thailand Go on Hunger Strike

Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.

The New York Times - 6d

Facing Trump's mass deportation plans, some sanctuary cities shift their tone

Leaders of several sanctuary cities where officials had prominently rejected Trump’s first-term immigration policies are shifting their tone.

NBC News - 6d

Mexico races to prepare dozens of shelters for Trump mass deportations

Tijuana declares state of emergency as federal government adds tens of thousands of shelter spaces

Financial Times - Jan. 18

Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily

President-elect Donald Trump has said he would carry out mass deportations once in office.

The Hill - Jan. 18

Trump’s promise of mass deportations has migrants preparing for the worst

As President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Monday, families worry he will fulfill his campaign promise by ordering sweeping deportations across the country.

NBC News - Jan. 18

Noem on enforcing Trump's promises of mass deportations

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was asked about enforcing the mass deportation plans promised during the 2024 ...

CBS News - Jan. 17

Trump Team Rebuffs Talks on Mass Deportations, Latin American Countries Say

Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about its migration and deportation plans.

The New York Times - Jan. 17

House Passes Bill to Deport Immigrants Convicted of Violence Against Women

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.

The New York Times - Jan. 16

From snowy cities to Mexican border - Trump deportations loom

'Do it the right way' Texas border residents tell migrants, while Chicago neighbourhoods prepare for raids.

BBC News - Jan. 15

Asian Americans prioritize immigration under Trump, but are split on mass deportations

Immigration is an issue that many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders want the government to focus on this year, but they are sharply divided on what actions President-elect ...

NBC News - Jan. 15

Jayapal: Laken Riley Act a 'highway to mass deportation'

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that the Laken Riley Act, a bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants, is a “highway to mass deportation.” “It is essentially a highway to mass ...

The Hill - Jan. 13

Germany's AfD embraces mass deportation of migrants as German election nears

During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background.

BBC News - Jan. 13

Vienna tries to allay Brussels’ fears over looming far-right government

Also in this newsletter: Poland’s push to back Trump’s 5% Nato defence spending target

Financial Times - Jan. 13

Educators worry about how to talk immigration with families facing mass deportations

The morning after Election Day last year, Melanie Claros, a civics teacher and ESL coordinator at a South Florida school where half the students are Latino, found herself having to do a job beyond ...

NBC News - Jan. 12

Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations

Alice Weidel promises “repatriations on a large scale” in speech to party faithful

Financial Times - Jan. 11

Israel’s Campaign in Syrian Border Area Prompts Fears It Plans to Stay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de facto border between the two countries.

The New York Times - Jan. 11

Trump's plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices

Some experts say there is really nothing the government can do about high food prices.

CNBC - Jan. 11

Trump's incoming border czar says mass deportations will include workplace roundups

Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's incoming border czar, said mass deportations of undocumented migrants will include workplace enforcement operations. Homan also said the administration is ...

NBC News - Jan. 10

How Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Could Reverse GDP Growth

Estimates of the effects of the president-elect’s plan to expel millions of undocumented workers are colored by politics, but detailed studies warn of major labor disruption, spiking business ...

Inc. - Jan. 7