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A patient care room is photographed from outside the room. A poster with Spanish language is visible, as is a doctor in a white coat, caring for a child on an exam table.

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Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here’s how that 180-degree change spreads fear

by Alex Olgin March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency wants to ban families with any undocumented member from federally subsidized housing.

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HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes

by Jennifer Ludden February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don’t get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump’s harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit

by Franco Ordoñez February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

President Trump’s popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.

People wait outside immigration court in October 2025 in San Francisco.

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Trump administration to shutter an immigration court, adding to judges’ backlog

by Ximena Bustillo January 13, 2026January 13, 2026

The planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations.

A person tries to use the CBP One app on their phone.

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Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump

by Ximena Bustillo December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

A federal agent, center, walks to his vehicle outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 21, 2025.

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Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests

by Chiara Eisner October 29, 2025October 29, 2025

Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.

National Guard soldiers block protestors during an ICE immigration raid at a nearby cannabis farm on July 10 near Camarillo, California.

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Trump ties crime with immigration, blurring the lines with Guard deployment

by Kat Lonsdorf October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

As President Trump pushes to get National Guard troops patrolling American cities, his administration has, in effect, blurred the lines between the military, traditional law enforcement and immigration enforcement.