ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say

ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say

Washington — The incoming Trump administration is planning to ramp up operations to arrest unauthorized immigrants across major U.S. cities next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials, two sources familiar with the plans tell CBS News. The locations expected to be targeted by deportation…

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Martha Rosales, right, talks with migrants mainly from Cuba while they wait for an appointment to apply for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Border app may end

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A nurse who fled Cuba as part of the Caribbean nation’s largest exodus in more than six decades needed a place to stay in Mexico as she waited to legally enter the U.S. using a government app. A woman who had lived her whole life in the same Tijuana neighborhood was…

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Resources for Immigrants and Refugees in Tennessee Valley | Local News

Resources for Immigrants and Refugees in Tennessee Valley | Local News

Among President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to conduct massive deportations, immigrant communities in the Tennessee Valley and surrounding areas are preparing for what his vows could look like locally. NBC reports the incoming administration intends to scrap a policy that has prevented ICE agents from arresting undocumented people at sensitive locations, including churches, schools and hospitals….

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The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune Skip to main content Key coverage By Stephen Simpson Jan. 2, 2025 Texas received $203.4 million in 2021 to help build community mental health programs at libraries and churches, among other efforts. Those funds expire Dec. 31. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano Carver Updated: Dec. 26, 2024 Noncommercial cars…

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Migrants stand in line to board a bus after being deported from the U.S. side back to Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees

MEXICO CITY — Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. What You Need To Know President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the U.S. would not…

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A boy looks through a border wall separating Mexico from the United States, Nov. 26, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Immigration agency deports highest numbers since 2014

McALLEN, Texas — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges that President-elect Donald Trump will face to carry out his pledge of mass deportations. What You…

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Trump claims Biden lost track of over 300,000 migrant children. Here's a fact check.

Trump claims Biden lost track of over 300,000 migrant children. Here’s a fact check.

President-elect Donald Trump claimed in his Person of the Year interview with Time magazine this week that President Biden’s administration lost track of more than 300,000 migrant children who crossed the border unaccompanied, saying many of them are in danger or dead. But experts say he’s distorting the facts. “We have 325,000 children here during…

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