As part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, unaccompanied minors are now being targeted for deportation, with the Department of Homeland Security engaging in “welfare checks” on children who arrived in the US alone, usually across the US-Mexican border.
The moves have sparked fears of a crackdown and prompted alarm about what one critic called “backdoor family separation”.
The president has also signed two executive orders related to immigration, including one targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” that “obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws”.
Here are the key stories at a glance:
Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources and an Ice document.
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Donald Trumpsigned two new executive orders on Monday afternoon related toimmigration, according to the White House, including one targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” and another theadministrationsays will strengthen law enforcement.
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The Peace Corps is offering staff a second “fork in the road” buyout, according to a source familiar with the matter. Allison Greene, the chief executive of Peace Corps, sent an email to staff on Monday with an update about the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) assessment of the agency.
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Elon Muskand his companies face at least $2.37bn in legal exposure from federal investigations, litigation and regulatory oversight, according to a new report from SenateDemocrats. The report attempts to put a number to Musk’s many conflicts of interest through his work with his so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), warning that he may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability.
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Donald Trump’sappointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a broader attack on the department’s civil rights division.
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Democratshave warned that cuts to the US’s top labor watchdog threaten to render the organization “basically ineffectual” and will be “catastrophic” for workers’ rights. Elon Musk’s Doge has targeted the National Labor Relations Board for cuts and ended its leases in several states.
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Illinois’s Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, scorchedDonald Trump’s administration, calling for “mass protests” and declaring that Republicans “cannot know a moment of peace” during a fiery speech in New Hampshire that immediately sparked presidential speculation.
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An Irish woman who has lived legally in the USfor four decades has been detainedby immigration officials because of a criminal record dating back almost 20 years.
Senior British government officials have askedgolf bosses to host the 2028 Open championshipat Donald Trump’s Turnberry course after repeated requests from the US president, sources have said.
A host of CBS’s 60 Minutes rebukedthe show’s corporate ownersas part of a dispute over journalists’ independence amid a lawsuit from Trump and attempted sale.
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