Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – January 17, 2025

1/17/25
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on January 17, 2025.

National

NPR Trump's challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees
By Meg Anderson

CNN Trump tees up aggressive immigration push in first hours of administration
By Priscilla Alvarez

The New York Times House Passes Bill to Deport Immigrants Convicted of Violence Against Women
By Karoun Demirjian

The Associated Press Some immigrants are already leaving the US in ‘self-deportations’ as Trump’s threats loom
By Christopher Sherman and Olga R. Rodriguez

News From The States Immigration advocates prep for Trump mass deportations, vow legal challenges
By Ariana Figueroa

The Guardian Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request – as it happened
By Maya Yang & Chris Stein

Alaska Native News ‘Don’t Be Fooled’: Laken Riley Act Not About Crime by Migrants—It’s a Right-Wing Power Grab
By Julia Conley

Migrant Insider ICE Slams Laken Riley Act as 'Impossible to Execute'
By Pablo Manríquez

Semafor The Senate’s new power duo is John Fetterman and Katie Britt
By Burgess Everett

The New York Times Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever
By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, David A. Fahrenthold and Charlie Savage

The Washington Post The immigration bill that’s accelerating a Democratic reckoning
By Meryl Kornfield & Patrick Svitek

The Washington Post Deportation at ‘light speed’: How Trump’s crackdown could unfold
By Nick Miroff, Álvaro Valiño, Adrián Blanco Ramos and Steven Rich

Zeteo Trump and Republicans Are Lying About Immigration and the Border
By John Harwood

Boston Globe Trump’s dangerous bid to end birthright citizenship
By Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The Hill Protect your constitutional rights: Don’t fall for the Laken Riley Act’s security theater
By Brandon L. Garrett, Kate Evans and Elana Fogel

Alex Nowrasteh's Immigration Insights Biden Didn't Cause the Border Crisis
By David J. Bier

The Independent I advised Kamala Harris on immigration – these are the hard truths that Labour must learn

USA Today We're Latinos who voted for Trump. He needs to fix our broken immigration system. | Opinion
By Massey Villarreal and Sam Sanchez

Local

WyoFile Trump’s deportation agenda taking hold with Wyoming Legislature, some sheriffs
By Andrew Graham

Texas Tribune Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says
By Alejandro Serrano

NPR In wake of border patrol raids in California’s Central Valley, a clearer picture emerges
By Joshua Yeager, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

San Francisco Chronicle Surprise immigration raid on California farmworkers sets off panic throughout state
By Ko Lyn Cheang, Jessica Flores