Why public schools nationwide are facing a massive drop in student enrollment : NPR

The population of children under age 18 began to fall nationwide after 2010, according to U.S. Census data, dropping by roughly 2.1 million kids through 2025. 

With public schools in much of the country facing a demographic cliff, the Trump administration last year began detaining and expelling large numbers of foreign residents. A study by the Migration Policy Institute found as many as 1.9 million people left the U.S. during the first 18 months of Trump's second term…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/11/06/nx-s1-5971283/public-school-enrollment-ice-deportation-birthrate

 

ICE agent strikes man with vehicle during pursuit, officials say

Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and taken to a hospital after being hit by car during an ICE operation

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/11/ice-agent-strikes-man-with-car-texas

 

You can't make this up #isaiahmartin #debate

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wr9akJ1yNYE

 

‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign

Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/08/children-trump-immigration-enforcement-campaign

 

WATCH: Justice Department files complaint against judges over immigration enforcement surge comments | PBS News

The complaint alleges the seven judges — nominated by Democrats and Republican presidents — violated judicial ethics by speaking to The New York Times about their experience dealing with a flood of cases during last winter's Operation Metro Surge crackdown that led to thousands of arrests in the Twin Cities…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-justice-department-files-complaint-against-judges-over-immigration-enforcement-surge-comments

 

Senate’s Justice urges ICE to dial back enforcement sweeps - Live Updates - POLITICO

Sen. Jim Justice is weighing in amid ranchers’ outcry over the impact of immigration enforcement activities on their industry…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/30/congress/republican-on-ice-maybe-were-doing-something-wrong-here-01098256 

 

ICE arrests jump to nearly 50,000 in July, highest monthly total of Trump's crackdown | PBS News

The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from high-profile operations in large American cities that sparked a public outcry to arrests that have garnered less attention but have nonetheless been disruptive…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ice-arrests-jump-to-nearly-50000-in-july-highest-monthly-total-of-trumps-crackdown

 

Federal judge dismisses Trump admin lawsuit against Washtenaw County "sanctuary" policies

"Apparently flummoxed by the County’s decision to focus its resources on local priorities and public safety, the United States sues to demand Washtenaw County’s cooperation, the use of its jail cells, and its resources," Behm wrote. 

The judge wrote that nothing in the Immigration and Nationality Act required the Washtenaw County sheriff to hold people in the county jail at the request of the Department of Homeland Security...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-08-22/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-admin-lawsuit-against-washtenaw-county-sanctuary-policies

 

AP report: ICE plans to give its officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks | PBS News

Message Body The manufacturer warns the device should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting "verbal defiance or belligerence" or on high-risk populations such as children, pregnant women or elderly or disabled people. 

Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director on policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the public should have no confidence that ICE officers will use the devices appropriately. She questioned why the devices would be necessary for civil immigration enforcement and noted those getting shocked might have no advance warning. 

 "ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do," she said. "Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-report-ice-plans-to-give-its-officers-gloves-that-can-deliver-painful-electric-shocks

 

ICE Keeps Using the Same Justification for Killing Drivers – Mother Jones

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by immigration agents while on his way to work. DHS claims he was using his vehicle as a weapon...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/ice-houston-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-renee-good-killed/

Detroit officials demand ICE end vehicle pursuits of people suspected of not having legal status

"It's not a criminal matter, it is civil," he said. "And also to have these dangerous pursuits happening in our neighborhoods that puts the folks they are chasing in harms way, kids that may be playing outside, folks that are walking down the street, and also to have no recourse for accountability, that is something that we all should be concerned about." …https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-07-10/detroit-officials-demand-ice-end-vehicle-pursuits-of-people-suspected-of-not-having-legal-status

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-07-10/detroit-officials-demand-ice-end-vehicle-pursuits-of-people-suspected-of-not-having-legal-status

 

ICE shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine. This is the 2nd time in a week the agency used deadly force | PBS News

The agents involved in the shooting didn't have body-worn cameras, King said...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ice-shot-and-killed-a-colombian-man-in-maine-this-is-the-2nd-time-in-a-week-the-agency-used-deadly-force

 

Witnesses Dispute Trump Admin Account Of Fatal ICE Shooting | HuffPost Latest News

…Jose Trinidad Rojas, who was in the vehicle when the shooting occurred, wrote that the DHS statement “is a lie.” 

 “It is impossible for them to say that they were going to get run over,” the statement continued, as quoted by the Post, as “there were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.”…

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/witnesses-trump-admin-ice-agent-shooting-houston-lorenzo-salgado-araujo_n_6a514147e4b0aaa37426f932

Man killed by ICE agents not intended target of immigration arrest, DHS says

“On July 7, officers were almost at the target’s address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target,” the official said. 

The statement does not clarify what happened next. Salgado Araujo died in the hospital after being shot in the abdomen, according to accounts from local law enforcement officers. The officers involved were not wearing body cameras, DHS said. 

The ICE agents who stopped Salgado Araujo claimed he “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer” who then fired “his weapon in self-defense”, but did not provide evidence to corroborate that account...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/houston-man-killed-ice-agents

 

DHS could be a threat to midterm elections this year : NPR

Administration officials, like White House border czar Tom Homan, and other Trump allies have seemed open to deploying immigration enforcement to voting locations this fall. That would be against federal law…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-5702491/trump-voting-threat-midterm-election-dhs

 

US stadium and hotel workers threaten strikes ‘to make things fair’ during World Cup

Low wages and fears of ICE crackdowns have set workers on edge of strike as thousands set to arrive during World Cup…

 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/09/stadium-hotel-workers-strike-world-cup

 

Senate GOP passes immigration enforcement bill - POLITICO

Senate Republicans passed their $70 billion immigration enforcement bill Friday, beating back several attempts to rein in the Justice Department’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/senate-dhs-immigration-funding-trump-00951505

 

WATCH: Democrats rally at Capitol against GOP's immigration enforcement funding bill | PBS News

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, for his part, said "immigration enforcement in this country should be fair. It should be just, and it should be humane."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-democrats-rally-at-capitol-against-gops-immigration-enforcement-funding-bill

Trump demands Senate Republicans fire parliamentarian - POLITICO

The president’s broadside comes days after she rejected Republicans’ effort to fund the ballroom project through an immigration enforcement bill.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/trump-demands-senate-republicans-fire-senate-parliamentarian-00929797

ICE is paying incentives to local police to help reach Trump's deportation goals : NPR

Nationwide, the Department of Homeland Security is promising $100,000 for new vehicles and potentially tens of thousands more in equipment to law enforcement agencies who sign on. 

It also says it will reimburse the salaries and benefits of officers in the program – and touts the potential for bonuses based on an officer's success in finding undocumented people, similar to a bounty hunter system…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5805996/ice-pays-local-police-incentives-immigration