#Immigration
Events indexed under #Immigration — 87 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | Washington Post Data Analysis: ICE Still Arresting Immigrants Without Criminal Records at 70%+ Rate Despite Administration Pledge to Target Criminals ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Washington Post · TRAC Immigration | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Labor Unions and Activist Groups Escalate May Day 2026 General Strike Organizing Nationwide AFL-CIO · Socialist Alternative · Indivisible · Labor Notes · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | US Catholic Bishops Call Trump Birthright Citizenship Order "Affront to Catholic Teaching," File SCOTUS Brief U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · Bishop Brendan Cahill | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy Cardinal Blase Cupich · Interfaith clergy coalition · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · American Civil Liberties Union · D. John Sauer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Ninth Circuit Rules DHS Exceeded Authority Terminating Venezuelan TPS Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Kristi Noem · National TPS Alliance · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide Minnesota AFL-CIO · Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 · SEIU Local 26 · UNITE HERE Local 17 · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Free America Walkout Draws Hundreds of Thousands Nationwide on Trump Inauguration Anniversary Women's March · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupt St. Paul Church Service, Triggering Federal Crackdown on Journalists Cities Church · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · David Easterwood · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | DHS Secretary Noem Announces 500 Miles of Rio Grande Buoy Barriers Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-01 | Trump Administration Sets Quota to Strip Citizenship from Over 1,000 Naturalized Americans in 2026 Stephen Miller · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Ilhan Omar · Zohran Mamdani | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-30 | DHS Announces Record Immigration Enforcement Numbers, Promotes Self-Deportation Incentive U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-29 | Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-28 | Washington Post Analysis Reveals ICE Shift from Jail Arrests to Community Raids U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-26 | DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Noem Increases Self-Deportation Incentive to $3,000, Promotes 'Home for the Holidays' Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-15 | Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Jean Wilson Brutus · Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-11 | Stephen Miller Attacks 1965 Civil Rights Immigration Law, Suggests America Better Off with 1920s Racial Quotas Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Illinois Secretary of State Warns Federal Immigration Agents and Rental Companies That License Plate Tampering Violates State Law Alexi Giannoulias · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Gov. JB Pritzker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | Veterans Affairs Creates Database of Non-Citizen Employees for Deportation Targeting Doug Collins · Veterans Affairs · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-11-28 | Trump Announces 'Permanent Pause' on Immigration from 'Third World Countries' Using Racist Terminology Donald Trump · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-27 | USCIS Halts All Afghan Asylum Decisions After DC Shooting: Collective Punishment for Entire Nation Joseph Edlow · Marco Rubio · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-26 | National Guard Members Shot Near White House: Beckstrom Killed, Wolfe Critically Wounded Sarah Beckstrom · Andrew Wolfe · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · Donald Trump · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-18 | Trump Administration Reinstates 'Public Charge' Rule: Immigrant Wealth Test Returns U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Joseph Edlow · Stephen Miller · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-07 | ICE Bans Prayer Outside Broadview Detention Center Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Michael Pfleger · Thomas Mills · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | Pope Leo XIV Calls for ICE to Allow Clergy Access to Detained Migrants Pope Leo XIV · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Cardinal Blase Cupich · Broadview ICE Processing Center · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | Pope Leo XIV: Inhuman Treatment of Immigrants 'Not Pro-Life' Pope Leo XIV · Trump Administration · White House · Senator Dick Durbin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-19 | Trump Restricts H-1B Visas with $100,000 Per-Petition Fee Requirement Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-09-19 | Trump Signs 'Gold Card' Visa Executive Order Requiring $1-2 Million Payments Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce | reported | |
| 2025-09-18 | ICE Homeland Security Investigations Signs $3 Million Contract with Magnet Forensics for GrayKey Technology Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Homeland Security Investigations · Magnet Forensics · Grayshift · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-05 | DOJ Publishes Official List of 35 "Sanctuary" Jurisdictions, Escalating Federal-State Confrontation Over Immigration Enforcement Department of Justice · Donald Trump · 13 Sanctuary States · 18 Sanctuary Cities | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | TRAC: ICE arrests drop to ~990 per day in July 2025 TRAC Syracuse University · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | New Jersey Becomes Official Sanctuary State as States Escalate Legislative Resistance to Federal Immigration Enforcement New Jersey Legislature · Governor Phil Murphy · California Legislature · Colorado Legislature · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-23 | Supreme Court 6-3 Allows Third-Country Deportations Without Due Process U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sonia Sotomayor | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-18 | State Department orders expanded visa screening protocols at all consulates Department of State · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-04 | Trump Expands Travel Ban to 19 Countries and Bans Harvard Students from Entry Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Harvard University · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | USCIS to screen immigrants' social media for antisemitic activity U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Trump Administration · Civil liberties groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Judge Dale Ho Dismisses Eric Adams Corruption Case With Prejudice, Citing Apparent Quid Pro Quo With Trump DOJ Dale Ho · Eric Adams · Donald Trump · Danielle Sassoon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | Vance Munich Security Conference Speech: 'Internal Threat' Framing Articulates Skinner State Chapter Values-Realignment Framework JD Vance · Munich Security Conference · European leaders (Boris Pistorius / Kaja Kallas) | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | National emergency declared at U.S. southern border Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Pentagon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Comprehensive Immigration Executive Orders Package: Ends Asylum, Reinstates Remain in Mexico, Kills Parole Programs, Declares Border 'Invasion' Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump signs Executive Order 14148 rescinding 78 Biden directives Donald Trump · JD Vance · Domestic Policy Council · National Economic Council | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · Asian Law Caucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-26 | Fifth Circuit re-blocks Texas SB 4 pending appeal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · Chief Judge Priscilla Richman · State of Texas · Biden Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-19 | SCOTUS allows Texas SB 4 to take effect temporarily Supreme Court of the United States · State of Texas · Biden Administration · Justice Samuel Alito · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-25 | Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Violates Hatch Act by Staging White House Naturalization Ceremony as RNC Campaign Content Chad Wolf · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Bennie Thompson | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-17 | HHS Inspector General Reveals Thousands More Children Separated Than Disclosed HHS Office of Inspector General · Donald Trump · Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-22 | Trump Adopts 'Invasion' Rhetoric Mainstreaming Great Replacement Theory Before Midterms Donald Trump · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-20 | Trump Signs Executive Order "Ending" Family Separation After International Outcry Donald Trump · Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-15 | Amazon aggressively pitches Rekognition facial recognition to ICE during family separation crisis Amazon · AWS · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-01 | Trump Family Separation Policy Detains 5,500 Children in Cages Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Jeff Sessions · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-10 | Kirstjen Nielsen Defends Family Separation as Deterrent, Later Denies Policy Exists Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-06 | Jeff Sessions Announces "Zero Tolerance" Policy Designed to Separate Families Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-11 | Trump Calls Haiti and African Nations 'Shithole Countries' in Bipartisan Immigration Meeting Donald Trump · Dick Durbin · U.N. Human Rights Office · African Union | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-07-28 | Trump Weaponizes MS-13 Gang to Demonize Central American Immigrants and Justify Mass Deportations Donald Trump · MS-13 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-06 | Trump Signs Travel Ban 2.0 (Executive Order 13780) - Revised Muslim Ban After Courts Block Original Donald Trump · Derrick Watson · Doug Chin · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Stephen Miller's Muslim Ban Creates Chaos at Airports Nationwide, Detains Legal Residents Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Signs Muslim Ban (Executive Order 13769) Causing Airport Chaos and Mass Visa Revocations Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jim Mattis · State Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-29 | NBC Fires Trump from The Apprentice Following Racist Comments About Mexican Immigrants Donald Trump · NBC | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Breitbart News | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Launches Presidential Campaign Calling Mexican Immigrants 'Rapists' and Criminals Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-01 | Model Files Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Model Management for Wage Theft Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-01 | Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-01 | Trump Launches Model Management Agency with Systematic Visa Violations Donald Trump · Trump Model Management · Alexia Palmer · Rachel Blais | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | 287(g) Program Created, Deputizing Local Police for Immigration Enforcement U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Local law enforcement agencies | confirmed | |
| 1996-04-24 | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service | confirmed | |
| 1994-10-01 | Operation Gatekeeper Launches Clinton Border Militarization, Funneling Migrants to Deadly Terrain Bill Clinton · Janet Reno · Doris Meissner · Immigration and Naturalization Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1993-01-22 | Zoe Baird Nomination Collapses Over Undocumented Nanny, Launching Immigration Enforcement Politicization Bill Clinton · Zoe Baird · U.S. Senate · Kimba Wood · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1992-05-01 | Los Angeles Riots Trigger Immigration Enforcement Intensification, 1,000 Deportations Immigration and Naturalization Service · Los Angeles Police Department · Pete Wilson · George H.W. Bush | confirmed | |
| 1990-11-29 | Immigration Act of 1990 Expands Legal Immigration, Creates Diversity Visa Lottery George H.W. Bush · Edward Kennedy · Alan Simpson · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1988-11-18 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service | confirmed | |
| 1981-09-29 | Reagan Orders Coast Guard Interdiction of Haitian Refugees, Establishing Maritime Asylum Denial Ronald Reagan · U.S. Coast Guard · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Jean-Claude Duvalier · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-04-21 | Mariel Boatlift Exposes Racist Double Standards as Cubans Welcomed While Haitians Detained Jimmy Carter · Fidel Castro · Cuban refugees · Haitian refugees · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1980-03-17 | Refugee Act of 1980 Establishes Systematic Asylum Process, Becomes Target of Enforcement Capture Jimmy Carter · Edward Kennedy · U.S. Congress · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1979-01-02 | Federation for American Immigration Reform Founded, Launching Modern Nativist Movement Infrastructure John Tanton · Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) · Pioneer Fund · Cordelia Scaife May · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1978-10-05 | Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy Established, Framework for 1986 Reform Jimmy Carter · Theodore Hesburgh · U.S. Congress · Alan Simpson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1965-10-03 | Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes National Origins Quota System After Defeating Conservative Opposition President Lyndon B. Johnson · Senator Philip Hart · Representative Emanuel Celler · Senator James Eastland · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1952-06-27 | McCarran-Walter Act Imposes Racialized Immigration Quotas Over Truman Veto - 85% for Europeans Pat McCarran · Francis E. Walter · Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1897-09-10 | Lattimer Massacre - 19 Unarmed Immigrant Strikers Killed by Sheriff's Posse Sheriff James Martin · Luzerne County deputies · United Mine Workers · Immigrant miners · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1790-03-26 | Naturalization Act Restricts Citizenship to Free White Persons Creating Racial Caste System First Congress · George Washington | confirmed |