Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – February 18, 2025

2/18/25
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on February 18, 2025.

National

MSNBC 'Due process and humanity is under attack': DOJ fires multiple immigration judges

The New York Times U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama
By Hamed Aleaziz, Annie Correal, Maria Abi-Habib and Julie Turkewitz

The New York Times Trump Administration Toughens Rules for Release of Migrant Children
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

The Washington Post ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources
By Nick Miroff and Marianne LeVine

AZ Central Thousands of DHS agents shift to deportation instead of drugs, weapons and human trafficking
By Josh Meyer

The Washington Post Relatives and records cast doubt on Guantánamo migrants being ‘worst of the worst’
By Silvia Foster-Frau, Ana Vanessa Herrero and María Luisa Paúl

NBC News Justice Department fires multiple immigration judges amid case backlog
By Julia Ainsley, Aaron Gilchrist, Nnamdi Egwuonwu and Megan Lebowitz

The Guardian ‘It comes from racism’: immigrant workers on Trump’s deportation push
By Michael Sainato

ABC News 'Criminal' migrants are 'not welcome,' according to new multimillion-dollar ad from DHS
By Luke Barr

Politico The next big immigration test for House Democrats
By Nicholas Wu and Myah Ward

Local

The Washington Post Soldiers are arriving at the border — but hardly any migrants are crossing
By Arelis R. Hernández

The Texas Tribune Who are the undocumented immigrants in Texas?
By Yuriko Schumacher and Alejandro Serrano

Florida Phoenix Where does Rick Scott now stand on in-state tuition waiver for Dreamers that he signed into law?
By Mitch Perry

CBS News Demonstrators gather at Los Angeles City Hall for immigration policy protest
By Julie Sharp

Click 2 Houston Houston City Hall protest highlights immigration concerns
By Jaewon Jung