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371 Days After Saying ICE Raids “Haven’t Gone Far Enough,” Trump Calls His Deportation Policy “Too Tough”

“I think it was too tough.” Trump to 60 Minutes, Nov. 8, 2026, about his deportation policy Donald Trump told 60 Minutes on Sunday that his…

By Mark Masterson · 5d ago · 1 min read

Immigration
The Supreme Court Let Stand a Same-Day Deal That Took Away Immigration Judges’ Power to Pause Deportation Cases

Oct 28
Elections
28 Noncitizens Charged With Voting in California After DHS Said 190,000 Were on the Rolls

Oct 20
Immigration
After Watching the Video, Houston’s DA Says an ICE Agent Ran Over a Man on Purpose

Oct 15

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Breaking News

At Least 109 Migrants Are Dead After a Boat Capsized Off Djibouti, the Deadliest Shipwreck Recorded There

“This tragic shipwreck may sadly mark the first of many incidents this year.” That…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 11

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Immigration

An ICE Officer Fired Seven Shots Into a Car in Manhattan with a 5-Year-Old Inside, and DHS Blames the Boy’s Father

An ICE officer fired seven rounds into Oscar Belgal's car in Marble Hill with…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 9

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Immigration

Born Abroad to Mexican Parents? A Guide to Mexican Citizenship

Born outside Mexico to a Mexican mother or father? Here is who qualifies for…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 22

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Immigration

DHS Watchdog Confirms Alligator Alcatraz Held 79 Detainees in Phone-Booth-Sized Metal Cages

A DHS inspector general report confirms Alligator Alcatraz confined 79 detainees in 18-square-foot metal…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

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Immigration

170,000 Salvadorans Keep Their Status Because a 1990 Law Fired When DHS Said Nothing

The Department of Homeland Security let a statutory deadline pass on September 9 without…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 12

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Health

13,000 Nursing Assistants Lost Their Work Permits in July. There Is No Visa Category That Can Replace Them.

Six weeks after Haitian Temporary Protected Status ended, the coverage has settled into a…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 6

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Immigration

Miami’s In-Absentia Deportation Orders Doubled in Two Months, the Kind That Almost Never Gets Reopened

Immigration judges in Miami started calling more than a hundred people into a courtroom…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 5

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Immigration

What Killed 83 People Off Gran Canaria Was 26 Days, Not the Sea

The wooden boat that Spanish rescuers reached 65 nautical miles southwest of Arguineguín on…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 3

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Immigration

Because Congress Never Appropriated the Money, Nobody Can Trace the $32.3 Million in Deportation Payments

Internal government documents obtained by CBS News show that over ten days, three ICE…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

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Immigration

ICE Did Not Need a Case Against Milo Yiannopoulos, Only the Hearing He Skipped

Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody in Louisiana on a deportation order an immigration…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 28

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Immigration

A Judge Ruled the Farmworker Pay Cuts Illegal. The Pay Cuts Are Still in Force.

A federal judge in California held on Wednesday that the Labor Department broke the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 28

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Immigration

The State Department Paused Visa Appointments Worldwide Five Days After a Judge Voided Its Country List

On Friday a federal judge in Manhattan threw out the Trump administration’s ban on…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 26

Archive

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Government

Rand Paul, Not the Democrats, Is Why Trump Still Has No Confirmed ICE Director

Aug 24

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Immigration

ICE Spent $30.9 Million on Body Cameras and Kept the Release Button for Itself

Aug 8

Immigration

More Than 50 Military Spouses and Parents Detained as Parole in Place Slows to a Year

Aug 7

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Immigration

36 People, One Statute: How the DOJ Turned ICE Protests Into Federal Conspiracies

Aug 4

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Government

FBI Told to Stop Investigating ICE Agent Shootings as Accountability Fears Mount

Jul 21

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Immigration

ICE Killed a Colombian Father in Maine Who Had Legal Status and Wasn’t Even the Target

Jul 15

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Breaking News

One Dead in Biddeford ICE Shooting, the Second Fatal ICE Encounter in a Week

Jul 13

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Breaking News

Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians

Jun 25

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Government

TSA Government Shutdown Crisis: ICE Agents Deployed to 14 Airports as Security Lines Hit Six Hours

Mar 24

Law & Justice

ICE Is Swabbing the Cheeks of American Protesters and Nobody Is Talking About It

Mar 20

371 Days After Saying ICE Raids “Haven’t Gone Far Enough,” Trump Calls His Deportation Policy “Too Tough”

The Supreme Court Let Stand a Same-Day Deal That Took Away Immigration Judges’ Power to Pause Deportation Cases

28 Noncitizens Charged With Voting in California After DHS Said 190,000 Were on the Rolls

After Watching the Video, Houston’s DA Says an ICE Agent Ran Over a Man on Purpose

At Least 109 Migrants Are Dead After a Boat Capsized Off Djibouti, the Deadliest Shipwreck Recorded There

An ICE Officer Fired Seven Shots Into a Car in Manhattan with a 5-Year-Old Inside, and DHS Blames the Boy’s Father

Born Abroad to Mexican Parents? A Guide to Mexican Citizenship

DHS Watchdog Confirms Alligator Alcatraz Held 79 Detainees in Phone-Booth-Sized Metal Cages

170,000 Salvadorans Keep Their Status Because a 1990 Law Fired When DHS Said Nothing

13,000 Nursing Assistants Lost Their Work Permits in July. There Is No Visa Category That Can Replace Them.

Miami’s In-Absentia Deportation Orders Doubled in Two Months, the Kind That Almost Never Gets Reopened

What Killed 83 People Off Gran Canaria Was 26 Days, Not the Sea

Because Congress Never Appropriated the Money, Nobody Can Trace the $32.3 Million in Deportation Payments

ICE Did Not Need a Case Against Milo Yiannopoulos, Only the Hearing He Skipped

A Judge Ruled the Farmworker Pay Cuts Illegal. The Pay Cuts Are Still in Force.

The State Department Paused Visa Appointments Worldwide Five Days After a Judge Voided Its Country List

Rand Paul, Not the Democrats, Is Why Trump Still Has No Confirmed ICE Director

ICE Spent $30.9 Million on Body Cameras and Kept the Release Button for Itself

More Than 50 Military Spouses and Parents Detained as Parole in Place Slows to a Year

36 People, One Statute: How the DOJ Turned ICE Protests Into Federal Conspiracies

FBI Told to Stop Investigating ICE Agent Shootings as Accountability Fears Mount

ICE Killed a Colombian Father in Maine Who Had Legal Status and Wasn’t Even the Target

One Dead in Biddeford ICE Shooting, the Second Fatal ICE Encounter in a Week

Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians

House Passes $70 Billion Secure America Act in Razor-Thin 214-212 Vote

Scott Pelley Says Bari Weiss Wanted 60 Minutes to Make Renee Good Look Guilty

How Immigration Attorneys Support Victims of Trafficking

Birthright Citizenship Case Implodes in Real Time, With Trump Watching

TSA Government Shutdown Crisis: ICE Agents Deployed to 14 Airports as Security Lines Hit Six Hours

ICE Is Swabbing the Cheeks of American Protesters and Nobody Is Talking About It