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Dodgers: We Kept ICE Off Stadium Grounds

Presence draws protesters, though agencies say no immigration operation was planned

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers said they denied access to their stadium grounds to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who had assembled in the parking lot on Thursday morning, drawing protesters. Armed and masked federal agents arrived in vans and SUVs at a lot near Dodger Stadium's Gate E entrance,...

DHS Pulls Another U-Turn on Farm Raids

Agency reverses guidance intended to protect agriculture, hospitality industries

(Newser) - A week after telling agents not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, the Department of Homeland Security has done a U-turn. On Monday, the agency told staff at 30 field offices across the country that the guidance had been reversed, coming in line with President Trump's...

Four Detainees Escape Immigration Detention Center

Manhunt underway in Newark, New Jersey

(Newser) - Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, amid reports of disorder breaking out there, per the AP . More "law enforcement partners" have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement attributed to a senior...

Senator Forcibly Removed From Noem Press Conference

DHS claims Alex Padilla 'lunged' at Noem

(Newser) - A Democratic senator from California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday and placed in handcuffs. Video posted on X shows men restraining Sen. Alex Padilla after he interrupted the press conference, the Hill reports. Padilla, the state's senior...

Home Depot Thrust Into Tricky Spot in LA

Chain is the site of immigration raids and protests

(Newser) - One chain has found itself squarely in the crosshairs of the immigration unrest in Los Angeles: Home Depot. As the Los Angeles Times puts it, that chain has been put in "a difficult situation, with its locations serving as a frequent site of raids, potentially turning away customers."...

Man in Charge of Homeland Security's Terror Office Is 22

Former officials say Thomas Fugate shouldn't even quality for a junior role with CP3

(Newser) - Just a year after graduating college, Thomas Fugate is now in charge of the government's main anti-terrorism office, raising alarm among national security experts. A ProPublica report highlights controversy over the appointment of the 22-year-old to oversee the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Prevention Programs and...

DOJ: Scientist's Texts on Frog Embryos Did Her In
Judge:
Let Detained
Scientist
Out on Bail
UPDATED
May 29, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Judge: Let Detained Scientist Out on Bail

Russian-born Harvard researcher accused of sneaking lab samples through Boston airport

(Newser) - A federal judge says a Harvard scientist from Russia should be released on bail after she was detained by immigration officials, reports the New York Times . "There does not seem to be either a factual or legal basis for the immigration officer's actions" against Kseniia Petrova, the judge...

Judge Stops Administration on International Students' Status

Nationwide injunction bars changes while case is being decided

(Newser) - A judge in California on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending. The order by US District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Oakland bars the government from arresting, incarcerating, or moving students elsewhere based...

Homeland Security Considers Reality Show for Citizenship

'This isn't The Hunger Games for immigrants,' says the would-be producer

(Newser) - It's a reality show pitch with the potential for dicey politics. The Department of Homeland Security is considering taking part in a reality show in which immigrants compete for US citizenship, reports the Wall Street Journal . It's "in the very beginning stages of that vetting process,"...

Georgetown Researcher's Visa Revoked Over Palestine Link
Judge Orders Release
of Georgetown Researcher
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May 14, 2025 6:00 PM CDT

Judge Orders Release of Georgetown Researcher

'There was no charge, there was nothing,' Badar Khan Suri says

(Newser) - A federal judge on Wednesday said that the federal government had made no effort to explain why a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University should continue to be held in an immigration facility, so she ordered him released immediately. Nor did the government provide evidence for why Badar Khan Suri, a...

White House: Afghan Refugees Can Safely Go Home Now

Critics decry the end of Temporary Protected Status

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Monday did away with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Afghans now in the US, citing improvements in the country's security and economy. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said a review with "interagency partners" determined that Afghanistan no longer meets the standard...

Administration Takes Deportation of 500K Migrants to Supreme Court

2-year program granted humanitarian parole to people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

(Newser) - The Trump administration took its effort to remove more than 500,000 immigrants with temporary legal status to work and live in the US to the Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge had ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem couldn't deport the group's humanitarian parole in one...

White House Makes $1K Offer to Migrants

DHS will pay $1K to those here illegally who self-deport

(Newser) - The Trump administration says it will pay migrants in the US illegally $1,000 to return to their home country voluntarily. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will also help with travel expenses, and that those who use an app called CBP Home to tell the...

Abrego Garcia's Family Moves to Safe House

Wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura says it was necessary after DHS posted her address

(Newser) - The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia , the Maryland man at the center of a deportation fight, says she and her kids have fled to a safe house after the Department of Homeland Security published their address online.
  • The tweet: Last week, the agency painted Abrego Garcia as a dangerous MS-13
...

Hundreds of International Student Visas Abruptly Revoked

Students shocked by unexpected revocations allege unjust visa terminations

(Newser) - Hundreds of international students in the US have unexpectedly lost their legal immigration status since the start of the month, immigration attorneys tell the AP . At least 600 students across 90 colleges have been affected, but advocacy groups say the true number could be hundreds more. Students in several...

DHS Email to Boston Lawyer: 'Time for You to Leave' the US

Immigration attorney says it's a 'little concerning' such notes to 'self-deport' are going to US citizens

(Newser) - The subject line of the email that Nicole Micheroni received Friday from the Department of Homeland Security read "Notification of Termination of Parole," with one other line standing out most to her: "It is time for you to leave the United States." It was a surprising...

Brit's Tattoo Is in US Guide to Spotting Tren de Aragua

He's worried that a trip to Miami might become a '6-month all-inclusive holiday to Guantanamo'

(Newser) - Pete Belton says he's "just an average middle-aged man from Derbyshire," England, but he's worried that American officials might link him to the Tren de Aragua gang when he visits the US this summer. The reason: His tattoo appears in the Department of Homeland Security's...

DHS Worker Punished for Including Reporter on Email

Contrast with treatment of the Signal breach shows 'staggering hypocrisy,' former ICE official says

(Newser) - A longtime Department of Homeland Security staffer is facing career-threatening consequences for a mistake that has a lot in common with the Signal breach . Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief of staff Jason Houser and two current DHS officials speaking on condition of anonymity tell NBC News that the worker...

Critics Decry 'Cruel' DHS Move Against 532K Immigrants

Homeland Security to revoke legal protections for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States...

DHS Clears Civil Rights Office, Saying Watchdogs Obstructed

Democrats say administration is ridding itself of oversight

(Newser) - Nearly the entire staff of the civil rights office in the Department of Homeland Security, which has oversight of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, was fired on Friday. Two other watchdog agencies in DHS that look into complaints and advocate for immigrants also essentially were shut down, the Washington ...

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