Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
Around the U.S.
The rising cost of ICE flying immigrants to far-flung detention centers:
The increase in long-distance transfers makes it harder for migrants to fight their deportation cases and boosts the cost to taxpayers. — Bloomberg
This is Palantir’s justification for building ICE’s master database:
Palantir’s initial three-week sprint was centered on providing immigration enforcement agents with improved awareness about the criminality and location of individuals who have already received a final order of removal. — 404 Media
Stephen Miller is an immigration hypocrite. I know because I’m his uncle — Primary Source:
“If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out,” Miller’s uncle Dr. David S. Glosser writes. — POLITICO
6-day ICE operation in Florida resulted in more than 1,000 arrests:
The Trump administration hopes to work with local law enforcement as it tries to reach its goals for mass deportation. — The New York Times
Why a Wisconsin judge was arrested by the F.B.I.:
The case fits into the Trump administration’s long line of battles with local authorities over deportations: Agents arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstructing immigration agents, saying she steered an undocumented immigrant through a side door in her courtroom while the agents waited to arrest him in a public hallway. — The New York Times
Florida considering temporary housing to hold detained immigrants:
Top Florida lawmakers have few or no details about the proposed plans, which the governor’s office made public during a State Immigration Enforcement Council meeting. — Miami Herald
Washington D.C.
Chris Krebs removed from CBP’s Global Entry program:
On Wednesday afternoon, Krebs, President Trump’s former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, received an email saying that his Trusted Traveler Program status had changed. — CNN
New York
‘When we fight, we win’: ConEd workers celebrate union victory on May Day:
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After nearly a decade of organizing, over 100 immigrant cleaners across NYC secured raises, healthcare, and retirement through a 32BJ SEIU union contract on Thursday. — Documented
Celebrate AAPI Heritage month 2025 — free and fun events in NYC:
Here are 8 of the best ways to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month around the city. — Documented
