A wave of disappointment. One of President Donald Trump's most loyal voting blocks, Cuban and Venezuelan immigrants. Now speaking out in Miami, a Republican stronghold as the recent wave of deportations hits home and the Trump administration moved to end temporary legal status or TPS for more than 500,000 people who arrived during the Biden administration.Elena Conde says she came here from Cuba by plane on humanitarian parole in 2023. Her husband Ariel crossed the border with Mexico twice. Once in 2019 whe ...

Deportations are hitting smaller cities and neighborhoods across the Rust Belt, where economists say recent immigration has helped boost faltering economies and offset long-running population declines https://t.co/D5fw7LAstw ...

Immigration Policies and Enforcement - The Trump administration's immigration policies are perceived as ruthless, particularly concerning family separations and the treatment of detained immigrants [1] - ICE's courthouse arrest policy is being challenged as unlawful and unconstitutional, violating the Fifth Amendment due process clause and the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable seizure [9][10][11][12] - The administration is criticized for targeting law-abiding non-citizens who are complying with legal processes, rather than focusing on criminals [13][14] Systemic Issues within the Immigration System - Immigration judges, as employees of the Department of Justice (executive branch), lack independence, raising concerns about the fairness of deportation proceedings [17][18] - Memos were issued to DHS lawyers to file motions to dismiss in immigration court, to immigration judges to grant these motions immediately, and to ICE to arrest law-abiding people coming to court [19] - Reforming the immigration system to grant immigration judges more independence would require an act of Congress [20] Impact on Immigrant Communities - The administration's actions send a "terrifying message" to immigrant communities, discouraging them from engaging with the legal system [15] - Despite the risks, many immigrants continue to attend immigration court hearings, believing in the promise of America and seeking humanitarian relief [15]

Caroline Diaz Gangalves came to the United States as a child and was given dreamer status. But after a traffic stop earlier this month, she was detained by ICE and brought to a detention center despite her being in the country legally where she says she felt scared and alone. Diaz Gonalves's arrest for a traffic stop is one of many that have raised questions about Trump's continued promises to prioritize detaining the worst of the worst.The Department of Homeland Security will be required to detain all ille ...

In Southern California, dramatic videos show federal agents detaining day laborers in Home Depot parking lots and chasing farm workers across fields. What you're doing is kidnapping. This street fender clung to a tree as agents tried to bring her into custody.According to the Department of Homeland Security, more than 1,600 people have been taken into custody in LA alone in the last 3 weeks. An allout blitz promised by borders Tom Hman at the start of the race. Great.Are there more days coming ahead. Absolu ...

Immigration Policy & Enforcement - The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law not used since World War II, to deport 238 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, claiming they were terrorists and gang members [1][23] - Internal government documents revealed that 75% of the deported Venezuelans had no criminal records [13] - The Trump administration's mass deportation plan aimed to prioritize those with convictions and national security threats [10] - A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman stated that many deported individuals without criminal records were considered terrorists, human rights abusers, and gangsters [13] - The Trump administration paid El Salvador's government $6 million to house prisoners [30] - The Biden administration has carried out over 4 million expulsions and deportations, more than the Trump administration [74][113] Border Security & Illegal Immigration - The US-Canadian border is the longest international land border, stretching over 5,500 miles [36] - In the Swanton sector, illegal crossings increased to levels not seen in the previous 17 years, with over 19,000 migrants arrested from 97 countries [45] - Migrants pay smugglers approximately $3,000 each to cross the northern border [41] - The Sinaloa cartel is involved in human and drug smuggling operations across the northern border [38][40] - US Customs and Border Protection seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the northern border last year, compared to over 21,000 pounds at the US-Mexico border [43] - Last year, there were fewer than 24,000 illegal crossings from Canada, while the southern border saw 1.5 million illegal crossings [44] - Texas has committed over $11 billion to Operation Lonear, aimed at deterring illegal crossings [125] - US Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.5 million instances of detaining or turning away people attempting to cross into the US from Mexico last year [127] - Chinese migrants are the fastest-growing group attempting to cross the border illegally [128] - In 2022, the US granted only 160,000 temporary visas to Chinese nationals, a significant decrease from 2.2 million in 2016 [148] - Last year, US Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended crossing illegally from Mexico into the US, 50 times more than 2 years earlier [134] Mass Deportation - A study by the American Immigration Council found that mass deportation could reduce the GDP by 1.7% trillion [71] - One estimate suggests it would cost $88 billion to deport a million people a year [87] - It costs $150 a night to detain people awaiting deportation, with an average stay of 46 days [83] - One deportation flight can cost $250,000 [83]

Today's unlawful physical attack on United States Senator Alex Padilla by the totally unprofessional and incompetent federal agents who did that came after Donald Trump completely surrendered on his promise to deport 15 million people. The central lie of Donald Trump's deportation campaign promise came apart today when Donald Trump himself decided to agree with Senator Alex Padilla and agree with every Democrat in the House and Senate and agree with Kla Harris and agree with Joe Biden that of course we shou ...

As the Trump administration ramps up its deportation efforts, as we're discussing, one New York lawmaker says he witnessed it firsthand. Video shows Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman confronting ICE agents back in May in a federal building that houses both his office as well as an immigration court. Goldman says that the agents wore plain clothes and masks as they arrested asylum seekers who were there for routine court appearances.And Congressman Goldman joins us now. He's a member of the House Judiciary ...

Right now, there are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined. Let me just repeat that because I've just been thinking about this all day since one of our amazing producers shared this with me. There are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined.And right now, Donald Trump is also doing everything he can to make Los Angeles look and feel like a war zone. That's on purpose. That's what he's trying to do.Today, NBC News ...

Immigration Policy Analysis - Trump's deportation numbers initially lower than Biden's, later surpassed but still less than half of Obama's record [1] - Obama's 2013 deportation record surpasses Trump's [2] - There is no evidence that Trump's immigration policies are protecting American jobs or lives [2] Government Spending & Budget - $134 million of taxpayer money spent on troops in LA [3] - $45 million of taxpayer money allocated for a military parade [3] - Budget includes cuts to Medicaid, food programs, and other benefits while expanding tax cuts [3] Political Strategy & Public Perception - Trump excels at marketing and branding, aiming to be known as the "deporter chief" [2] - Trump is producing television to grab attention [2] - The report urges staying informed and engaged on every move coming out of the White House [4]