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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement, significantly expanding a previous order. The order, issued on Friday by the San Francisco-based US district judge William Orrick, adds Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque, to …

LOS ANGELES — The sight of masked federal agents in tactical gear descending on Home Depots across Southern California is forcing undocumented day laborers to weigh earning badly needed income against the risk of being arrested or deported. At least two Home Depot parking lots in the Los Angeles area were targeted Friday amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Day …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington  —  In the first week after the White House effectively seized control of Washington, DC’s police force and deployed federal agents and troops to the district, the city saw a moderate drop in reported crime — and a far larger surge in arrests of immigrants, a CNN analysis of government data found. In the week …

DeSantis: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ruling won’t ‘deter’ Florida immigration enforcement  Politico Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center in Florida to Shut Down for Now  The New York Times Alligator Alcatraz violated environmental law: judge  FOX 13 Tampa Bay No new detainees can be brought to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which a federal judge is effectively shutting down  CNN Florida appeals against judge’s order to close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ …

A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down. The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a temporary restraining order she issued two …

The Trump administration is reviewing the records of more than 55 million US visa holders for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules, in a significant expansion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The state department said that all of the foreigners who now hold valid US visas are subject to “continuous vetting” for any indication that they could be …

The ACLU called Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s continued detention of Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara an act of retaliation for his reporting on immigration raids, according to a federal petition filed on Thursday. Guevara, a Salvadorian immigrant who has been in the United States for more than 20 years, was arrested on 14 June by a police officer in suburban Atlanta …

‘This cannot be normalized’: Blue cities and states rebuff White House over immigration enforcement  Politico Sanctuary cities defy Bondi’s deadline to cooperate: ‘No intention of changing’  Fox News Michelle Wu stands up for cities, not just for Boston  The Boston Globe Governor Ferguson responds to shameful letter from U.S. Attorney General Bondi  Governor Bob Ferguson (.gov) Vermont wrongly labeled by feds as a sanctuary …

A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. This means that the Republican administration can move toward removing an estimated 7,000 people from Nepal whose temporary protected status designations expired on 5 August. The …

US President Donald Trump (PTI) TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has announced it will undertake broad discretionary screening of social media posts for “anti-American” views while adjudicating applications for visa, green card, and citizenship. In an updated guidance issued on Tuesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the nodal agency in charge of legal immigration, said its …