Trump administration processing freeze on asylum seekers violated law, judge rules
Labor unions and immigration advocacy groups won the case after arguing the blanket freeze harmed families and workers left unable to work or travel.
Immigration
Page 4 of 8
Republicans push $70B for immigration enforcement through US Senate, with no limits on ICE
Democrats sought to add guardrails on ICE agents, including body cameras, but Republicans used budget rules to bypass negotiation and added $350 million more to the bill.
Some trans military members banned by Trump allowed to continue service under ruling
WASHINGTON — Transgender military members won a temporary victory against the Trump administration in federal appeals court Monday when two…
Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions
Detainees at four GEO Group facilities allege beatings, tear gas, and unsafe conditions; New Jersey's governor demanded a health inspection be allowed.
Trump ordered limits on voting by mail. The Postal Service is moving to make states comply.
The proposal exempts military and overseas voters and excludes primaries, even as five lawsuits challenge the order ahead of November midterms.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped
A federal judge in Tennessee called the prosecution vindictive and selective, but the Trump administration now seeks to deport him to Liberia instead of Costa Rica, where he has refugee status.
Another lawsuit filed over treatment of ICE detainee at Ohio jail
An Ecuadoran detainee alleges a Butler County jailer punched him so hard he was hospitalized, part of a pattern advocates say extends to other immigration detainees at the jail.
Ohio ICE detentions soar in Trump’s second term
Nearly 95% of Ohio's detained immigrants have no violent crime convictions, yet ICE moves them frequently across state lines, separating them from lawyers and families.
Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.77B ‘taxpayer-funded slush fund’
Officers who defended the Capitol say the fund could compensate pardoned rioters and finance future violence against them.
Red states press social service workers into immigration enforcement
Tennessee and four other red states now require social workers to report immigrants' status, threatening jail time and funding cuts for non-compliance.
Some immigrants face indefinite detention, likely leading to Supreme Court case
As appeals courts split on the constitutionality of mandatory detention for millions of immigrants, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely…
How the Strait of Hormuz affects the price of filling your gas tank
A Feb. 28 Iran war disrupted the global oil supply route, driving U.S. gas prices up 38 cents per gallon in a month despite lower Persian Gulf imports.
Citing ‘unsustainable stress’ from price volatility, grid operator PJM lays out reform options
The nation’s largest electricity grid operator has called on power plant operators, investors, utilities and consumers to consider reforms to…
Former immigration judge wins in tight Ohio Supreme Court Republican primary
Former Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Colleen O’Donnell defeated a four-person Republican primary field to earn the nomination for the…
Conditions in Haiti ‘grave’ as Supreme Court weighs allowing revoked legal status and deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for roughly 45,000 Haitians in Ohio, as a new report warns Haiti remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Future of Haitians living in Ohio with temporary protected status depends on the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether the Trump administration can strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian nationals — a ruling that could directly impact tens of thousands of Ohioans, including an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians living in Springfield.
Ohio treasurer looking to play musical chairs with statewide office spreads false election hysteria
Ohio’s state treasurer, Robert Sprague, is a term-limited Republican musical chair politician who hopes to grab another statewide seat for…
Ohio lawmakers want to replace all lead service lines, but it could cost billions
A federal mandate during the Biden administration requires states to replace lead service lines by 2037.
Bipartisan former Ohio AGs urge U.S. Supreme Court to keep immigration protections for Haitians
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 29 on the Trump administration's move to strip temporary protected status from Haitian immigrants — a decision that could uproot more than 14,000 Ohioans and $160 million in state economic activity.
US Senate GOP adopts budget blueprint laying path for billions for ICE, Border Patrol
Senate Republicans voted 50-48 to approve a budget resolution that would unlock $70 billion to $140 billion in additional immigration enforcement funding, avoiding the need for Democratic support.
