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FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort

February 21, 2025 at 3:38 p.m.

The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn’t moving fast enough.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration ends temporary deportation protection for 350,000 Venezuelans

February 3, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

January 29, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Immigration officers say ‘the worst go first,’ but now there’s no ‘free pass’

January 28, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission, knowing that “nobody gets...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

January 22, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump...

Un cartel que prohíbe la entrada de agentes del ICE o del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EEUU sobre una puerta de la Iglesia Metodista Unida de San Pablo y San Andrés en Nueva York, el martes 21 de enero de 2025. (AP Foto/Seth Wenig)

Gobierno de Trump desecha políticas que evitaban arresto de migrantes en lugares sensibles como iglesias

January 21, 2025 at 6:04 p.m.

Los agentes encargados de hacer cumplir las leyes de inmigración de Estados Unidos ahora podrán arrestar a migrantes en lugares sensibles como escuelas e iglesias después de que el nuevo...

A sign that prohibits the entrance of ICE or Homeland Security is posted on a door at St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

January 21, 2025 at 6:59 p.m.

Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could...

A mother reads a pamphlet to help her family prepare in the event she is apprehended by immigration authorities, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

President Donald Trump signs orders to remake border security

January 20, 2025 at 8:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated, making good on his defining political promise to crack...

Martha Rosales walks back to her home where she houses Cuban migrants as 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)

President Donald Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants

January 20, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

Nora Sandigo speaks to immigrant families with small children Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. Sandigo is the legal guardian to more than 2,000 U.S. born children of immigrant parents. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Trump seeks to remake border security but his efforts will face challenges

January 20, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

A wide-ranging series of steps that President Donald Trump has promised to take to beef up security at the southern border began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday,...

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