The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them, in apparent violation of its own policies, a major report has found. The Guardian.
The Trump administration has agreed to take a financial loss in order to make it easier for Americans to walk away from their US citizenship. The Guardian.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Syria and Haiti. CBS News.
House Democrats are attempting to force a vote on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but not federal immigration enforcement, as the partial government shutdown stretches into its second month. CBS News.
The State Department added 12 more nations on Wednesday to its list of countries whose citizens must post bonds up to $15,000 for U.S. visa applications. The Hill.
New Jersey is suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security to block the Trump administration’s plan to convert a vacant warehouse in Roxbury into a detention center. CBS News.
A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. AP News.
Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation’s first such law, in California. AP News.