Trump issues more immigration orders, while enforcement details remain unclear
President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the southern border, but the details on how migrants would be blocked from crossing remain unclear.
Trump DOJ gears up for immigration enforcement
The acting deputy AG directed the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces to help with Trump's "immigration-related initiatives,” according to a memo.
Trump's DOJ to investigate sanctuary city officials who resist immigration crackdown
Fla., discusses President Donald Trump's swift action on illegal immigration and the DOJ directive to investigate state and local officials who obstruct law enforcement.
DOJ threatens to prosecute officials who resist Trump's immigration agenda
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors to potentially charge state or local officials who impede President Trump's immigration policies.
Trump administration directs Justice Department to step up immigration enforcement
The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.
Trump's Justice Department is looking to crack down on local authorities that won't play ball on immigration
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said that local laws that don't match Trump's immigration plans threaten national security.
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Six Executive Orders Pertaining to Immigration and DHS Directives
President Trump issues six executive orders covering immigration policy decisions. A summary of these executive orders follows.
Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’
The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the ...
NYPD to officers: Don’t assist ICE with immigration enforcement
An internal NYPD memo by Commissioner Jessica Tisch sent last week reminds officers to not assist federal authorities in immigration enforcement in the five boroughs.
As states diverge on immigration, hospitals say they won’t turn patients away
California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and ...
Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...
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DHS Directive Gives Immigration Enforcement Authority To DEA, ATF Agents
The Trump administration is empowering law enforcement agents across the Department of Justice (DOJ) with immigration enforcement authorities. A new ...
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Impact of Recent Immigration Policy Changes on Individuals and Businesses
The Trump administration has initiated a series of significant changes to U.S. immigration policy following the President’s ...
Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic ...
DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider ...
Feds can’t use Mass. police for immigration enforcement, state AG says
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined attorneys general from 10 other states in declaring that local and state police can't be commandeered to enforce federal immigration law.
ICE has been freed to make arrests at churches. More immigrants took sanctuary in Philadelphia than anywhere else.
More than a dozen migrants took sanctuary inside Philadelphia churches during President Donald Trump’s first administration, the most of any city in the country, blocking their deportations by putting ...