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Trump Administration Seeks to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of 17 Immigrants

8 June 2026 at 18:58
The push to denaturalize more immigrants is the latest sign that the administration is setting its sights on the legal immigration system.

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“We will continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens,” Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, said in a statement.

A New Governor Faces Her First Crisis Amid Tear Gas and Tough Decisions

7 June 2026 at 08:00
Gov. Mikie Sherrill dispatched the New Jersey State Police outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center after federal officials said they would flood the area with armed agents. Not everyone approved.

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Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Senator Andy Kim tried to visit the Delaney Hall immigration detention center on Memorial Day. Senator Kim was allowed to enter. The governor wasn’t.

An Uncertain Win for Immigrants Seeking to Stay in U.S.

7 June 2026 at 00:08
After a judge’s ruling, there was a sense of renewed hope that immigration applications that were put on hold would move forward. But how soon that would happen was unknown.

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Immigrants waited in a hallway for their hearings at the Annandale Immigration Court last month.

As Trump Pushes Deportations, a Skyrocketing Caseload Strains Immigration Courts

A federal surge has more than doubled caseloads within some immigration courts nationwide. Lawyers say the tactic is causing errors and confusion.

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Immigrants waited in a packed hallway for their hearings at the Annandale Immigration Court in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday.

AI-Powered Surveillance Takes Off in Texas

4 April 2025 at 19:43
by Francesca D’annunzio | Texas Observer via Truthdig Over the past several years, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has quietly built out an expansive surveillance apparatus — one that’s increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. Many of these technology acquisitions have been made under the auspices of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, an $11 billion program that has supercharged the state’s decades-long border militarization. The powerful and well-funded state police agency has not just expanded its existing surveillance capabilities, which include a fleet of spy planes, unmanned drones and a network of wildlife game cameras that are deployed across […]
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