AM Brief: ICE, AI, and the Deportations Budget
Plus, a new format for news dumps (we've added emojis). Let us know what you think!
Good morning! We’ve been experimenting for months with different formats for news dumps, which seem to be popular with our subscribers. Below you’ll find our latest stab at getting you a round up of week’s immigration news from around the Internet — exclusives, investigations, headlines you missed, and stories we’re tracking next.
ICYMI, YESTERDAY IN MIGRANT INSIDER
🧨 Scoop: Moreno Says GOP Bill Includes El Salvador Detention Funds
Sen. Bernie Moreno told Migrant Insider that part of the $45 billion in proposed enforcement funding would support offshoring migrant detention to El Salvador.
👉 Read the exclusive
📣 House Homeland Security Panel Advances ICE-Heavy Budget
Yesterday’s markup reveals how Republicans are fast-tracking enforcement money while Democrats sound alarms about due process and FEMA cuts.
👉 Read the report
🏨 The Economic Fallout of Mass Deportations Begins
Farmers, hoteliers, and economists who warn that removing undocumented workers from agriculture and hospitality will drive up prices for American consumers.
👉 Read the field report
📍 Nico’s Last Day in El Salvador
Air-conditioned hotels, an English-speaking Modelo drinker, and a bittersweet end to a reporting trip into America's deportation footprint.
👉 Read the dispatch
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⚖️ ABC NEWS – Judge blocks Trump's attempt to cut legal aid for migrant children
Judge issues nationwide order blocking Trump's attempt to cut legal aid for unaccompanied minors
👉 Full Story
🎓 AZ Luminaria – UA Student’s Visa Revoked, Then Reinstated
An international student at the University of Arizona saw his life thrown into chaos after sudden action by CBP.
👉 Read more
🛂 CalMatters – Border Patrol Blocked from Conducting Inland Stops Without Cause
A California court orders a halt to “roving patrol” vehicle stops, saying the feds overstepped.
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⚰️ Miami Herald – ICE Detainee Dies After Collapsing at Florida Immigration Facility
Advocates are demanding answers, calling the 38-year-old Haitian woman’s death part of a broader pattern of medical neglect inside U.S. immigration jails.
👉 Read the story
🚨 KFOR Oklahoma – ICE Raids Home of U.S. Citizens by Mistake
A family in OKC says they were traumatized by an ICE raid. “We’re citizens,” they told local reporters.
👉 Local report
🏘️ Kansas City Star – ICE abducts mom at green card interview with USCIS
Green card petitioners have increasingly faced the risk of arrest by ICE agents when appearing at USCIS field offices.
👉 Full story
🧭 Documented NY – Legal Fight Over ICE Detention Ban in NJ Moves to Philly Court
A lawsuit may decide whether state ICE bans can survive federal pushback.
👉 More here
🕵️ NYT – ICE Agents in San Antonio Tied to Questionable Surveillance Practices
The Times finds ICE agents used unverified tips and social media to carry out raids across South Texas.
👉 Read the NYT piece
🔎 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
🧾 Palantir’s ImmigrationOS
The Ai tool Palantir is building to track migrants hasn’t gotten much coverage — but we’ve been asking a ton of questions (More here).
🏛️ May 15: Supreme Court
The high court will hear arguments in a case that could shake the foundations of birthright citizenship. We’ll be there.
🧾 Senate Parliamentarian’s Role
Buried in the budget fight: one parliamentarian’s advisement to the Senate Majority Leader could decide the fate of mass deportation policy for a generation.
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💰 Washington’s Deportation Jackpot
✊ “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” — Frederick Douglass
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See you tomorrow,
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