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Immigration & Border Security | LATEST STORIES
CBS Airs Updated ‘60 Minutes’ Report on US Deportations to Salvadoran Prison
The story was updated to include government statements, with no new on-camera interviews with administration officials.
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Judge Allows DHS Policy Requiring Lawmakers to Give Notice Before Visiting ICE Facilities
The judge said the plaintiffs used the ‘wrong procedural vehicle’ to challenge the Department of Homeland Security’s policy.
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More Than 10,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Minnesota: Noem
The arrests began on Dec. 1 as part of Operation Metro Surge, launched to apprehend illegal immigrants for removal from the country.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Mobilizes National Guard Amid Anti-ICE Protests
Minnesota National Guard members are wearing bright vests over their uniform so anti-ICE protesters can ‘distinguish them from other agencies.’
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Readers Overwhelmingly Approve of ICE in Wake of Fatal Shooting
Survey respondents also strongly disapproved of media coverage and said they had very low levels of trust for Minnesota state and local law enforcement.
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CBP Records Zero Illegal Border Releases for 8th Consecutive Month
Federal officials say no illegal immigrants were released on parole in December 2025, as border apprehensions and encounters fell to historically low levels.
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Judge Restricts ICE Actions Against Protesters in Minnesota
As long as protesters are not obstructing the agents from performing their duties, they cannot be detained or tear gassed, the ruling states.
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Trump Says No Reason ‘Right Now’ to Use Insurrection Act in Minnesota
The president said if he needed it, he would use it to send the military to Minneapolis.
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Illegal Immigrant Weaponizes Vehicle Against ICE Officers in Texas: DHS
The incident happened on Jan. 13 when federal officers were conducting a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Robyn Argote Brooks, a Cuban.
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Mamdani Says He’ll Try to Discourage Trump From Sanctuary-Related Funding Cuts
Trump has pledged to end funding by Feb. 1 to sanctuary cities that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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Noem Says ‘No Plans’ to Pull ICE Out of Minnesota
The comment comes in the midst of protests following the shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis.
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ACLU Sues DHS Over Minnesota Immigration Enforcement Operations
The federal government denies the allegations, saying it makes arrests based on ‘reasonable suspicion,’ not race, skin color, or ethnicity.
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ICE Officer Ambushed, Shoots Illegal Immigrant in Minneapolis: DHS
Homeland Security is calling on the Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor to honor ICE arrest detainers of more than 1,360 criminal illegal immigrants.
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Supreme Court to Consider Government Request to Revive Removal Order Against Chinese National Convicted of Crime
A federal appeals court ruled immigration authorities violated the law after the man returned from a trip abroad.
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36,000 Refugees Could Not Provide IDs When Entering US After Afghanistan Withdrawal: Deputy IG
Several thousand also said they did not know their date of birth when asked upon entering the United States.
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How ICE Was Targeted in Minneapolis for Weeks Before Fatal Shooting
Drums outside their hotels, rocks and ice thrown at them, federal agents have been targeted on the streets of Minneapolis since December.
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Hochul Focuses on Affordability, Trump in State of the State Address
The New York governor says she wants to allow individuals to sue federal immigration officers.
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DOJ Ends Appeal in Lawsuit Over Transportation Money Cut to Sanctuary States
At stake are tens of billions of dollars the states receive from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build and maintain infrastructure.
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Trump: US to Revoke Citizenship of Naturalized Immigrants Convicted of Fraud
The president said any naturalized citizen convicted of fraud faces immediate deportation.
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Trump Says Minnesota Officials Will Face ‘Day of Reckoning’ Amid Protests
Minneapolis has faced protests and riots after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman last week.
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CBS Airs Updated ‘60 Minutes’ Report on US Deportations to Salvadoran Prison
The story was updated to include government statements, with no new on-camera interviews with administration officials.
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Judge Allows DHS Policy Requiring Lawmakers to Give Notice Before Visiting ICE Facilities
The judge said the plaintiffs used the ‘wrong procedural vehicle’ to challenge the Department of Homeland Security’s policy.
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More Than 10,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Minnesota: Noem
The arrests began on Dec. 1 as part of Operation Metro Surge, launched to apprehend illegal immigrants for removal from the country.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Mobilizes National Guard Amid Anti-ICE Protests
Minnesota National Guard members are wearing bright vests over their uniform so anti-ICE protesters can ‘distinguish them from other agencies.’
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Readers Overwhelmingly Approve of ICE in Wake of Fatal Shooting
Survey respondents also strongly disapproved of media coverage and said they had very low levels of trust for Minnesota state and local law enforcement.
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CBP Records Zero Illegal Border Releases for 8th Consecutive Month
Federal officials say no illegal immigrants were released on parole in December 2025, as border apprehensions and encounters fell to historically low levels.
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Judge Restricts ICE Actions Against Protesters in Minnesota
As long as protesters are not obstructing the agents from performing their duties, they cannot be detained or tear gassed, the ruling states.
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Trump Says No Reason ‘Right Now’ to Use Insurrection Act in Minnesota
The president said if he needed it, he would use it to send the military to Minneapolis.
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Illegal Immigrant Weaponizes Vehicle Against ICE Officers in Texas: DHS
The incident happened on Jan. 13 when federal officers were conducting a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Robyn Argote Brooks, a Cuban.
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Mamdani Says He’ll Try to Discourage Trump From Sanctuary-Related Funding Cuts
Trump has pledged to end funding by Feb. 1 to sanctuary cities that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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Noem Says ‘No Plans’ to Pull ICE Out of Minnesota
The comment comes in the midst of protests following the shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis.
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ACLU Sues DHS Over Minnesota Immigration Enforcement Operations
The federal government denies the allegations, saying it makes arrests based on ‘reasonable suspicion,’ not race, skin color, or ethnicity.
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ICE Officer Ambushed, Shoots Illegal Immigrant in Minneapolis: DHS
Homeland Security is calling on the Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor to honor ICE arrest detainers of more than 1,360 criminal illegal immigrants.
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Supreme Court to Consider Government Request to Revive Removal Order Against Chinese National Convicted of Crime
A federal appeals court ruled immigration authorities violated the law after the man returned from a trip abroad.
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36,000 Refugees Could Not Provide IDs When Entering US After Afghanistan Withdrawal: Deputy IG
Several thousand also said they did not know their date of birth when asked upon entering the United States.
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How ICE Was Targeted in Minneapolis for Weeks Before Fatal Shooting
Drums outside their hotels, rocks and ice thrown at them, federal agents have been targeted on the streets of Minneapolis since December.
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Hochul Focuses on Affordability, Trump in State of the State Address
The New York governor says she wants to allow individuals to sue federal immigration officers.
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DOJ Ends Appeal in Lawsuit Over Transportation Money Cut to Sanctuary States
At stake are tens of billions of dollars the states receive from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build and maintain infrastructure.
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Trump: US to Revoke Citizenship of Naturalized Immigrants Convicted of Fraud
The president said any naturalized citizen convicted of fraud faces immediate deportation.
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Trump Says Minnesota Officials Will Face ‘Day of Reckoning’ Amid Protests
Minneapolis has faced protests and riots after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman last week.
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