Since President Trump's inauguration a year ago, immigration enforcement has been in the news. Recent operations and protests in Minneapolis are the latest and perhaps the most extreme operations after ones in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, New Orleans, and elsewhere. Public opinion may be at
Happy King Day! Professor Jennifer Chacon has commentary on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and immigrant rights here. This commentary discusses how Dr. King might view the current treatment of immigrants by the Trump administration. Many people today are recognizing the holiday and Dr. King's legacy through a
Immigration operations continue in Los Angeles.
Y'all. I get my news from a wide variety of sources. WaPo. BBC. Nightly News. Truth Social (my motto: I follow so you don't have to). But sometimes, you just need The Onion, which, for the record, I read on paper in college since, you know,
The Associated Press reports that "a U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views
Check out this post on Rural Migration News, which includes detailed information about international migration. The number of international migrants, defined by the United Nations as persons outside their country of birth for a year or more, doubled from 154 million in 1990 to 304 million in 2024. The migrant
Press release: "MINNEAPOLIS —The ACLU of Minnesota, American Civil Liberties Union, Covington & Burling LLP, Greene Espel PLLP, and Robins Kaplan LLP filed a class-action lawsuit today against the Trump administration on behalf of three community members — and a class of similarly situated people — whose constitutional rights were violated
Check out this post from the official White House socials: It's accompanied by this chart: Look, I haven't checked these numbers. I have no idea if they are even true. But, assuming they are, clearly we're running into the age-old discussion of correlation not
Winter in Minnesota is no joke.
Politico reports that a federal appeals court today handed the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that Khalil must pursue his case through the immigration
ProPublica found over 40 cases of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUtnnViSSc/?hl=en
Yesterday, on Truth Social, the president wrote: I swear every sentence of that "truth" is wilder than the last. What's with his consistent (and, to be clear, erroneous) referencing of foreign mental institutions? What an odd fixation.
Trump has thoughts about sanctuary cities. Or as he calls them: "CORRUPT CRIMINAL PROTECTION CENTERS." Here's his "truth" from earlier today:
Matthew Lee for the Associated Press reports on a jarring development. "The State Department said [today] it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living
Change keeps coming to the immigration courts. NPR reports that the Trump administration plans to close the San Francisco Immigration Court by the end of the year. The chief immigration judge has sent an email about the closure to court employees and judges. The email explained that personnel will move
With all eyes on MN, you may have missed President Trump's January 7 memo: Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States. Here are just a few: * Education Cannot Wait (financing education during emergencies and protracted
NBC News reports that tensions in Minneapolis remain high after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement tragic killing last week of Renee Good. "In Minneapolis [yesterday], resistance to the presence of federal agents was represented by the smell of tear gas, which lingered in the air of a neighborhood following
ICE news report: "Sources have confirmed to CBS News at least six members of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have resigned after they learned there would be no civil rights investigation into the ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agent who shot a woman dead in her
The beat goes on. Today, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Somalia’s designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The termination will be effective on March 17, 2026.
