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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China

When immigration agents arrested Fei Zheng with his 6-year-old son, he reportedly became aggressive and told them that he wanted to die. He has since been separated from his child, Yuanxin, as they await deportation to China. With @haleaziz.bsky.social

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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China

The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.

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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.

A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.

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Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting

Scoop: The Trump administration is prioritizing the deportation of Afghan nationals who were previously ordered to leave the United States, according to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.

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Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.

More coming soon.

Mayor responding to our reporting today: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

The directive for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., came immediately after Mr. Trump’s remarks.

The move comes as President Trump has fixated on Somalis living in the United States, using increasingly inflammatory language to attack them.

Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants

Taken together, the actions of the Trump administration in the wake of the National Guard shooting represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since he regained office. w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social + Allison McCann

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New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.

Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.

New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Twin Cities

NEW: NEW: The Trump administration is launching an intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis region, according to an official with knowledge and documents obtained by the NYT.

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As of February, airline passengers without a Real ID will be required to pay $45 for alternative screening at U.S. airports. trib.al/iCHEgRW

Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans

NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...

Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.

Here's what we found:

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‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed

Sometimes doing the opposite of a Chotiner interview can be equally illuminating of a subject.

Just look at Mike Johnson on Katie Miller's podcast.

‘In Triage Every Day.’ A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed

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Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration

Special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

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BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb is blocking the National Guard deployment in DC, giving the government three weeks to prepare to wind down operations.

Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash

The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.

Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines

NEW: A class action filed in Massachusetts aims to block Homeland Security’s use of civil penalties to ramp up financial pressure on people seeking a path to legal status. In more than 20,000 instances, the Department has sent fines as high as $1.8 million.

Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy

NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)

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Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.

Is there fentanyl on the boats from Venezuela the Trump administration is blowing up? No. I explain and discuss @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.

Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.

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Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations

DHS agents investigating sexual crimes against children have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown.

A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift.

And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.

John Beam, Football Coach Who Was Focus of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ Dies After Being Shot An arrest was made in the shooting of the coaching fixture John Beam, who died from his injuries in the shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where he was athletic director.

Breaking News: John Beam, a football coach who was profiled in the Netflix series “Last Chance U,” died on Friday from gunshot wounds, one day after being targeted in an attack at Laney College in Oakland, California, the authorities said.

Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.

Breaking News: A Trump administration plan could make it harder for immigrants from countries subject to a travel ban to get green cards.

Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries

Scoop: The Trump administration is planning a policy change that could make it harder for immigrants to get green cards and other approvals if they are from countries subject to the president’s travel ban, according to internal documents.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...

NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.

How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.

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An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown The Times spoke with Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has orchestrated arrests with confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star and a source of criticism.

As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration, it has turned to Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, to try to increase deportations. On "The Daily," our reporter spoke with Bovino about why his militaristic approach may be here to stay.

Listen to "The Daily."

An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown Podcast Episode · The Daily · 11/12/2025 · 40m

I interviewed Greg Bovino, the man empowered to oversee Pres. Trump's immigration crackdown:

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