Yet another of the planned ICE mega-detention facilities has fallen through, with the property owner refusing to sell a Hutchins, Texas, warehouse for the Trump administration’s planned use. BNG was the first national news outlet to report on the location…
Detained immigrants must have access to attorneys, court rules
Immigration and Customs Enforcement must grant attorneys access to detainees held in a Minnesota detention facility, a federal court ruled Feb. 12. The ruling responded to a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. The action…
Second court rules sensitive locations out of bounds for raids
A federal court in Massachusetts has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed immigration enforcement raids in sensitive locations such as churches, schools and hospitals. The ruling came Feb. 13 in New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, et…
Trump administration will block Green Card holders from SBA loans
The Trump administration is widening its actions against immigrants by disqualifying all non-U.S. citizens and nationals, including Green Card holders, from borrowing from a key Small Business Administration loan program. Beginning March 1, eligibility for 7(a) loans will be limited…
Religious groups sue to block Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
A diverse coalition of faith groups sued the Trump administration Feb. 9 to challenge the legality and religiously narrow makeup of its Religious Liberty Commission. President Donald Trump established the commission in 2025 by executive order “to defend the religious…
Trump admin continues to lie about who’s being arrested by ICE
Only a fraction of the 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the past year had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to new data from the Department of Homeland Security. Yet Trump administration officials continue…
By Trump’s definition, Jesus ‘engaged in domestic terrorism’
There’s a lie that’s been rattling around my mind since federal agents murdered Alex Pretti Jan. 24. It’s the lie that Pretti, an intensive-care nurse at a Veterans’ Administration hospital, was “engaged in domestic terrorism.” Realistically, dozens of videos have…
Minnesota educators file suit against Trump administration
The Trump administration faces yet another lawsuit in connection with its policy allowing immigration enforcement operations at sensitive locations such as churches, hospitals and schools. A coalition of Minnesota educators and school districts filed federal litigation Feb. 4 to prevent…
Judge rules against ICE blocking Congressional visits
Members of Congress may make unannounced inspection visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, a federal judge ruled Feb. 2. The order by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., temporarily prevents the Department of Homeland Security from…
‘Courage is contagious,” Rep. Jason Crow says
“Donald Trump knows that fear is contagious, but what we know is that courage is also contagious and it is catching up,” U.S. Rep. Jason Crow told participants in the “Together for Democracy” conference Jan. 29. Crow, a Democrat and…
Court orders are melting ICE
A federal judge in Minnesota canceled a contempt-of-court hearing for the leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement but took the opportunity to chastise the agency for ignoring at least 96 court orders this month alone. “This list should give pause…
Influencers warn of Trump administration’s misuse of images
The Trump administration is changing the way Americans perceive reality by its manipulation of visual images, two social media influencers said at “Together for Democracy.” The two-day symposium in Washington, D.C., was sponsored by Democracy Forward and included a full…