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The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include interviews with the neighbors and coworkers …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said last week that the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has declined by 1.6 million since President Trump began his immigration crackdown.  “This is massive,” Noem said in a statement, crediting the decline in part to an ad campaign warning undocumented immigrants to leave or face arrest and deportation.  “This new data …

1.5 million immigrants have left the U.S. so far this year  Axios Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades  The New York Times Have 1.6 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. this year? Researchers say it’s too soon to know.  CBS News Secretary Noem Announces 1.6 Million Illegal Aliens Have Left the U.S.  Homeland Security (.gov) What the data says …

6 states lead U.S. with most unauthorized immigrants, new Pew study finds  Axios The US undocumented immigrant population reached a record in 2023  CNN Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds  AP News Illegal immigration hit record in 2023: Pew  The Hill U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023  Pew Research Center …

A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice. The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in …

Citizenship reviews now ask immigrants to show “positive contributions” to U.S.  Axios U.S. citizenship reviews will sharpen focus on ‘moral character,’ memo says  The Washington Post Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize “good moral character” requirement for U.S. citizenship  CBS News Trump Admin Expands ‘Good Moral Character’ Test to Become U.S. Citizen  Time Magazine Green Card Holders Face US Citizenship Application Review Change  Newsweek Source …

Published on: Aug 18, 2025 04:17 am IST During the investigation, it was discovered that Harjinder Singh, whose sudden U-turn killed three people, had been illegally living in the US since 2018. A semi-truck driver has been arrested after he took an illegal U-turn that claimed three lives on the Florida Turnpike. A video of the deadly incident shows the …

Donald Trump’s new immigration policies—including deporting, the White House claims, about 750 immigrants a day on average—are helping drive up prices, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi told Fortune. He says if Trump continues deporting immigrants at the current rate, inflation will go from 2.5% to somewhere close to 4% “by the time it hits its peak early next year.” Zandi …

Donald Trump’s new immigration policies—including deporting, the White House claims, about 750 immigrants a day on average—are helping drive up prices, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi told Fortune. He says if Trump continues deporting immigrants at the current rate, inflation will go from 2.5% to somewhere close to 4% “by the time it hits its peak early next year.” Zandi …

Immigration attorney Stephen Born poses for a photo in his office on July 30, 2025 in Everett, Mass. Meredith Nierman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Meredith Nierman/NPR Attorney Stephen Born’s calendar is supposed to be full of immigration court appointments. His small law office in New England currently handles 5,000 immigration cases, many of them assigned to the Chelmsford Immigration Court, …