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Coverage of border policy, immigration enforcement, local cooperation, citizenship, deportation authority and the constitutional limits governing public power.
6 published reports, newest first.
The law changes how state and local agencies handle civil immigration requests. When a direct custody transfer is unavailable and ICE continues pursuing a person, federal officers must make an arrest after release or defer the action.
Read Massachusetts ICE-Cooperation Limits Take Effect Under PROTECT Act →
The government needs strong investigative tools—but customs authority cannot become a shortcut around judges, statutory limits or the Constitution.
Read DHS Used Customs Summonses to Seek Journalists’ Records After Warrants Were Denied →
Friday’s ruling protects lawful speech—not terrorism, fraud, threats, vandalism or immigration violations—and leaves the administration broad authority to remove foreign nationals who actually violate the law.
Read Biden-Appointed Judge Hands Anti-Israel Activists a Win—but Trump Retains Broad Deportation Powers →
Three hostile drones were defeated with an Army high-energy laser. The bigger story is how deeply cartel drone operations have entered the border-security fight.
Read The Army Just Used a Laser Against Cartel-Linked Drones at the Border. That Changes the Security Equation →
Trump won the immediate procedural round. He did not win a ruling that his revised birthright-citizenship policy is constitutional.
Read Trump’s New Birthright Citizenship Order Survives Its First Hearing—but the Hard Part Starts Now →
Fifteen elected sheriffs say Albany cannot void their federal agreements and override local public-safety decisions. The courts must now decide where state control ends and local authority begins.
Read New York Sheriffs Sue Hochul Over Her Anti-ICE Law. This Fight Is About More Than Immigration →