Elliot Spagat

Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

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Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility New revelations into a Texas detention facility are stirring concern among attorneys for the wellbeing of immigrant children.

New: Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility in Dilley, TX

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West Africans deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia. Ghanaian authorities say they accepted them on humanitarian grounds.

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Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino led me (pictured here) and other journalists on a swim across the All-American Canal in 2021. Now he leads immigration enforcement in LA. Profile: apnews.com/article/bovi...

Trump administration investigates border shelters for smuggling, then sends them more immigrants The Trump administration has been releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to nongovernmental shelters along the U.S. border with Mexico after telling those organizations that prov...

New: Trump administration investigates border shelters for smuggling, then sends them more immigrants. This time, ICE is releasing adults and families, mostly from internal operations, to shelters in Phoenix, Laredo, & El Paso.

Reporting with @elliotspagat.bsky.social

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Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.

New: Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country
"immediately," officials said Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected.

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FEMA launches review of migrant shelter aid, suggesting smuggling laws were violated The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants, suggesting they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers.

BREAKING: DHS/FEMA sent letters today over “significant concerns” that federal grants used to address a surge of migration under former President Joe Biden were used for illegal activities, wrote the acting administrator of FEMA in a letter obtained by AP.

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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause.

New: 14 families with children as young as one year old are being held in a reopened family detention center in Karnes County, TX, according to @RAICESTEXAS which provides services at the center. Some were in the US for 20 days and others up to 10 yrs.

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From the law community on Reddit: We’re Associated Press journalists reporting on immigration. Ask us anything. Explore this post and more from the law community

Join @apnews.com reporters for a Reddit AMA on their ongoing coverage on immigration — Trump's immigration announcements so far, including what's been done already, what might happen soon, and what might take longer to happen, if ever. We want your questions.

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Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil AP joined the Border Patrol for six hours in San Diego, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings much of the last year, and found no migrants until the last half-hour.

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CBP One™ Mobile Application Securing America's Borders

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This strands tens of thousands who had appointments into early February

Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term Resettlement agencies have raced to welcome refugees before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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Some immigrants are already leaving the US in 'self-deportations' as Trump's threats loom A Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations.

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Trump-allied group's warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack 'sanctuary' jurisdictions Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions to threa...

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Border app that became 'a salvation' for migrants to legally enter the US may end The CBP One app has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work since January 2023, but it could end under President-elect Donald Trump.

Posting some @apnews.com immigration stories from the last few days.
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Border app that became 'a salvation' for migrants to legally enter the US may end The CBP One app has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work since January 2023, but it could end under President-elect Donald Trump.

New: Border app, CBP One, that became ‘a salvation’ for migrants to legally enter the US may end

Via @elliotspagat.bsky.social

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