Immigration News and Blog Posts

Under any normal circumstances, a troika of polls timed for Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office would have been a cause for Democratic celebration.

Track the latest developments and updates on controversial deportations under the Trump administration.

As the Trump administration is ramping up detentions and deportations of immigrants living in the United States, it is also revising and expanding contracts with private prison facilities. Prison companies can earn millions from the federal government by building and operating the facilities used to hold people before they are removed from the country.

One of the biggest recent stories has been the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Headlines from the left have mostly described him as a “Maryland man” or “wrongly deported” while outlets from the right said he's an “illegal” migrant or suspected gang member.

The Trump Administration said Monday it lacked the authority to return migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US since he is no longer in US custody.

The recent controversial arrests, detainments, and deportations of several non-permanent U.S. residents struck a chord with some AllSides team members.

President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on Saturday to target immigrant street gangs, particularly the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).

On Saturday, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate, was arrested by federal immigration authorities.

We learned last week that Donald Trump is not unstoppable. But no one has figured out how to stop him.

Jus soli, or birthright citizenship, is the idea that those born in the U.S. are automatically considered citizens of the United States regardless of their parents’ citizenship. While birthright citizenship is often attributed to the 14th Amendment , the policy has recently sparked debate in political and legal circles, in part due to Donald Trump’s promise to issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship for those born to unauthorized parents during his presidency.