Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave
The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum claims and have the power to order someone removed from the country.
Illegal Immigration
Trump Administration Is Frustrated Over Pace of Deportations
President Trump’s promise to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history is colliding with the practical difficulties of detaining people and transporting them across the globe.
Here’s How to Watch Trump’s Address to Congress
At 9 p.m. Eastern, President Trump will speak to a joint session of Congress for the first time in his second term. The New York Times will carry the address live.
New Lawsuit Challenges Legality of Trump’s Sending Migrants to Guantánamo
The new case, which for now is asking for a court to block the transfer of 10 men to the offshore base, is the first to directly challenge the policy.
Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to Help Secure Border
The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly to small numbers of active-duty soldiers and reservists.
Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman
In his 2016 campaign, President Trump seized on the death of Sarah Root, who police said was killed by an undocumented immigrant suspected of driving drunk.
Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses
The tax collector has so far denied the request because of concerns it violates taxpayer privacy laws.
Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register
The move, which could expose unregistered migrants to criminal prosecution, represents a drastic escalation of the administration’s efforts to push millions of immigrants to leave on their own.
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, to Visit Guantánamo Bay
Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.
How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies
Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?