The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the cost will be.
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.
Donald Trump is leaning on agencies besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help execute his promise of carrying out mass deportations.
The Trump administration has initiated a series of significant changes to U.S. immigration policy following the President’s inauguration on
The Trump administration has ordered 1,500 U.S. military troops to the southern border as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants.
Several districts cited recent guidelines issued by New York officials that outlined how schools should react to immigration visits.
Despite worries about federal immigration raids in the city, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez told Chalkbeat he believes schools “are the safest spaces” for children.