Trump's immigration policies find support as he expands crackdown

California-Mexico border, once overwhelmed, now nearly empty

Trump's immigration crackdown has slowed migrant crossings to a near halt. Humanitarian aid groups, with few people to serve, are closing down operations at the border.

During the first fifty days of Donald Trump's mandate, more than 32,000 migrants were arrested. Large-scale arrests and evictions ordered by the Trump administration scare all migrants living in the country. For fear of being arrested, for example, Latinos are less frequent to businesses in their community. As a result, SMEs held by Latin Americans have seen their turnover collapse.

‘We haven’t seen apprehensions this low’: Sheriff on border efforts

(NewsNation) — Texas Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland told NewsNation that apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border are among the lowest he has seen during his career in law enforcement. Cleveland credits President Donald Trump’s border actions as the reason for the decline. Arrests for illegal crossings have fallen dramatically from an all-time monthly high of 250,000 in December 2023, perhaps most strikingly in the Rio Grande Valley, the epicenter fo…

Report: Deportations under Trump are below Biden but arrests are up

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- A new report analyzing the number of recent immigrant removals has found the Trump administration is below pace with the Biden administration, but the current administration is making more arrests. Border Report Live: How the US is fortifying its border with Mexico Daily immigrant removals from the United States averaged 693 from Jan. 26 through Feb. 8 -- 6.5% below what immigration removals averaged durin…

Ft. Snelling Immigration Court feeling Trump deportation plan effect

Sarah Thamer at MPR News reports: “It’s been just more than two months since the Trump Administration began implementing its plans to deport more people in the country without legal status. And the impact is being felt at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court, which is located inside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building.” Nick Ferraro at the Pioneer Press reports: “A 72-year-old woman was struck and killed Thursday afternoon while crossing a …

Trump’s immigration crackdown hits Filipino green card holder, sparking fears

The detention of a Filipino who has lived in the US for 50 years shows the huge shift in immigration enforcement under Trump, observers say.