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A new policy rolling out nationally prevents judges from granting bond to most detained migrants. Those hearings often end with a judge releasing the detainee if they agree to post a cash bond, and in some cases, be tracked by a GPS device.
A newly released memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveals that the Trump administration can now deport migrants to countries where they have no prior ties, sometimes with as little as six hours' notice.
Immigrants who arrive illegally in the U.S. may be detained for months or years as they await a resolution to their immigration cases.
The memo instructs ICE employees on how to deport people to countries other than their country of origin, in some cases in as little as six hours.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a patchwork of different standards.
ICE’s new annual budget places the federal agency among the top 20 most well-funded militaries in the world, sitting between Canada, which spent roughly $29.3 billion in 2024, and Turkey, which spent $25 billion last year.
"There's never been a time where immigration detention hasn't been deadly, so it's just inevitable that the more people we detain, the more people who are going to die," Anthony Enriquez, the vice president of U.S. advocacy and litigation at RFK Human Rights, told Newsweek.
The Trump administration’s new policy change limits who can be released from detention while awaiting deportation hearings, affecting long-time residents and families, and critics argue it
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will avoid arresting or deporting undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime, except in exceptional circumstances, according to a new directive.
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Trump Administration Begins Deporting Legally Present Migrants Under New CrackdownPresident Donald Trump's administration has begun deporting all lawfully present migrants under a new crackdown in the country