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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 5, 2026.
Homeland Security says the agency has now topped its own arrest record three consecutive months. An independent data project puts July's number several hundred lower than the government does.
The methodically planned strategy is designed to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States through economic hardship.
The Department of Homeland Security has created a specialized unit dedicated to reviewing thousands of permanent residents for potential deportation, marking an unprecedented expansion of immigration enforcement.
A 1996 law has sat largely dormant for decades. The Trump administration is now wielding it against 2,700 passport holders and plans to drop the threshold to $2,500 by late summer.
Republican supermajority approves series of immigration measures crafted in coordination with Trump administration.
High court oral arguments make clear that Federal Communications Commission penalties lack enforcement power, undermining regulatory authority.
The first official deportation data released under the Trump administration shows a historic enforcement surge that nonetheless comes nowhere close to the campaign pledge, with nearly two-thirds of those removed having no criminal record.
Salah Sarsour, president of Islamic Society of Milwaukee and legal permanent resident, detained as Trump administration intensifies enforcement operations.
Several Republican law enforcement officials express concerns about aggressive enforcement measures championed by the governor, exposing cracks in what appeared to be unified GOP support for immigration enforcement.
Thirty-four former service members placed on deportation track in past year as administration expands immigration enforcement to include military families.