President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally. NBC News.
A federal judge in Austin issued a preliminary injunction blocking key parts of Texas’ SB 4 law, which would have allowed state officials to arrest and deport people suspected of illegal border crossings. Reuters.
Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled. Newsbreak.
The US government has said it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees this year from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming that “unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation.” The Guardian.
Officials in Social Circle, Georgia filed a federal lawsuit against ICE and DHS, seeking to block plans to convert a local warehouse into a large immigration detention facility. The Guardian.