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'We lived through hell,' say Venezuelans released from mega-prison in El Salvador Four men deported from the US to a notorious facility in El Salvador tell the BBC after their release they were mistreated.

'We lived through hell,' say Venezuelans released from mega-prison in El Salvador

"Beatings were part of the daily routine"

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who works as a security guard at a California cannabis farm said on Wednesday that U.S. officials arrested him during an immigration raid last week and held him for three days without explanation.

US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid: “I told them everything - that I was a citizen, I worked there, and they didn't care. They still never told me my charges, and they sent me away” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

As a result, about 97 of the 6K migrants encountered by Border Patrol in June were processed for either expedited removal, reinstatement of removal or voluntary return.

The return to Mexican and Central American arrivals started during the Biden administration but increased under the Trump administration. Because larger shares of migrants are from these countries with US repatriation agreements, it is easier to deport them quickly compared to other nationalities.

About 87% of the 6K migrants encountered by BP were from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Mexicans alone accounted for 68% of encounters and 88% of them were single adults. No other nationality had more than 200 encounters.

A record low number of migrants came to the US-Mexico border in June, dating back to 1960s levels. But it's equally as notable that Mexicans & Central Americans again represent the vast majority of arrivals--as they did prior to 2022.

More @migrationpolicy.bsky.social takeaways from June data here⬇️

The new Gallup chart just dropped—showing the biggest back-and-forth reversal in US immigration opinion in recent history.

Trump 2.0 came in with a clear GOP edge on the issue, but half a year later, it has already vanished.

Surprising? Not if you know about thermostatic politics 🧵

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1/2 Today: 3 deportations on C17 military planes from Harlingen and 2 traditional ICE Air to Gitmo. This makes a total 54 military plane deports and today to Guatemala (mil: 20th ), Honduras (mil: 10th) and El Salvador (mil: 5th). Makes 65 total flights to Gitmo.

WendyFry @WendyFry_ Per a senior @DHSgov official: DHS agencies’ immigration enforcement operations are ongoing in Los Angeles. Since operations began in June, ICE and CBP have arrested 2,792 unauthorized immigrants in the LA area. 11:14 AM · Jul 10, 2025 · 5,752 Views

There are at least 900,000 undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles County alone.

After a full month of largescale immigration operations which sent extraordinary fear through whole communities and caused measurably drops in school and work attendance, DHS says it has arrested under 2,800 of them.

Consideraciones clave para futuros programas de protección temporal y regularización en América Latina Los países latinoamericanos han respondido a la migración de Venezuela y otros países con diversas medidas de protección temporal y regularización. A medida que los países desarrollan enfoques de segu...

A medida que América Latina se adapta a una nueva realidad migratoria, las respuestas implementadas en medio de las crisis deben evolucionar.

Nuestro informe compara 11 países/regiones para evaluar los éxitos y desafíos de la regularización y otras medidas.
www.migrationpolicy.org/research/fut...

US Immigration Curbs to Hit Economy Hard in 2025, Fed Study Says The Trump administration’s curbs on immigration and ramped-up deportations will lower US economic growth by almost a full percentage point this year, according to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published analysis on Tuesday finding decreased southern border crossings and increased deportations could subtract about .08% from 2025 GDP

With border crossings accounting for 93% of the reduction

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Counts - from the federal register notices on TPS terminations, excluding those who have obtained green cards:
Afghanistan: 8,100
Cameroon: 5,000
Haiti: 333,000
Honduras: 51,000
Nepal: 7,200
Nicaragua: 2,900
Venezuela: 348,000 (2/2)

One tidbit from that: The U.S. hasn't used all available family preference immigration numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In FY 2024, the US used 215,959 out of 226,000 family preference immigrant visas. Meanwhile, over 3.5 million people are waiting in line for these visas.

The Trump administration has published federal register notices seeking to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an estimated 755,000 beneficiaries, from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Many of these terminations are under litigation. (1/2)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Notices Temporary Protected Status: Designation of Honduras; Termination Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025 FR Document: 2025-12621 PDF 11 Pages (120 KB) Permalink Termination of the Designation of Nicaragua Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025 FR Document: 2025-12688 PDE 10 Pages (114 KB) Permalink

NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people

Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.

Public Inspection: Temporary Protected Status: Designation of Honduras; Termination Temporary Protected Status: Designation of Honduras; Termination

The Trump administration just issued notices terminating Temporary Protected Status for 2 more countries: Honduras & Nicaragua

Other terminations are being litigated in court

www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...

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What Americans think about Trump’s deportations right now As President Donald Trump seeks to keep his campaign promise of mass deportations, a majority of Americans say actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have “gone too far,” according to a n...

As Congress debates adding over $100 billion to immigration enforcement spending, including big increases in ICE staffing and detention, 54% of Americans say ICE enforcement actions under President Trump have gone too far, and 18% say they have not gone far enough.

Unlawful crossings along southern border reach new historic low The Trump administration says it apprehended just over 6,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border last month.

"Unlawful crossings along southern border reach new historic low

Last month, Border Patrol agents recorded just over 6,000 apprehensions of migrants who entered the country without authorization, the lowest monthly tally ever reported by the agency, according to preliminary data...

🚨It appears that *ICE* is now on pace to deport the most people since 2014

@nickmiroff.bsky.social reported today: "The latest ICE statistics show that the agency has carried out about 125,000 deportations since Trump took office."

I will show the math below, based on DHS statistics

Can Near-Historic Low Migrant Encounter Levels at the U.S.-Mexico Border Be Sustained? Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen to lows not seen since the 1960s. But can this trend continue amid a sharp policy shift to a deterrence-focused approach, setting aside a carro...

Since January, irregular arrivals to the U.S.-Mexico border have hit lows not seen since the 1960s.

The real test will be whether these lows can be sustained absent key ingredients that led to them in the first place.

Read my latest here: www.migrationpolicy.org/news/low-mig...

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Americas Migration Brief - June 2, 2025 Welcome to the Americas Migration Brief!

Highlights from today's #AmericasMigrationBrief include:
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Top deportation destinations since Trump took office

"Deportation Flights Reach Highest Level Under Trump So Far"

This @nytimes.com table shows an important fact--most people deported from the US interior are nationals of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras

We wrote about this in our @migrationpolicy.bsky.social ICE explainer, links below

Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations, the Trump Administration Quietly Expands a Vast Web of Data In its bid to ramp up deportations, the Trump administration is granting ICE access to a swath of government databases that were previously off limits for immigration enforcement, including sensitive ...

📣In my latest with Muzaffar Chishti we map out the administration's attempt to expand ICE's access to even more databases like IRS, USPS, and SSA.

We also untangle the web of databases ICE already has access to, including its reliance on private data companies.

Read ⬇️

bit.ly/ICE-data-col...

Big news in a humanitarian parole court case:

Yesterday, a lower court judge said USCIS needs to process parolees' applications for asylum & work permits

Also certified a nationwide class covering certain Ukrainians, Afghans, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans & more

Arrests of noncitizens at the immigration courts reflect the Trump administration's goal of addressing overwhelm there

In fiscal year 2024, 1.8 million new deportation cases were filed at the immigration courts--the highest number in the courts' history

US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of Guatemalan deportee A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there, after officials acknowledged making a mistake in his case.

New: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there, after officials acknowledged making a mistake in his case. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

This is exactly what I've been warning about--lawyers have been reporting that ICE is doing this so it can put people in expedited removal, the fast administrative process for removing people in the country for less than 2 years

The Trump admin is trying to maximize ER as much as possible...