The Forum Daily | Monday, April 28, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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Over the past week, three mothers of United States citizens were arrested and deported while attending routine check-ins with Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE). In two of the cases, children — all U.S. citizens — were deported alongside their mothers, reports Marc Levy of the Associated Press [link removed]. 

The mothers did not have an opportunity to speak with their lawyers or relatives before their deportation, Levy reports. 

"We have no idea what ICE was telling them, and in [one] case, what has come to light is that ICE didn’t give them another alternative," said Gracie Willis of the National Immigration Project. "They didn’t give them a choice, that these mothers only had the option to take their children with them despite loving caregivers being available in the United States to keep them here." 

In better news, the administration has restored student visa registrations for thousands of foreign students studying in the U.S., report Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico [link removed]. 

The swell of visa cancellations focused mainly on individuals with minor — and often dismissed — legal infractions. The restoration was announced Friday after multiple judges issued restraining orders on student visa cancellations.  

Meanwhile, the president is expected to sign an executive order today targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, reports Michelle Hackman of The Wall Street Journal [link removed].  

This executive order is expected to direct the attorney general and Department of Homeland Security to gather a list of such jurisdictions, Hackman reports. It comes after a federal judge on Thursday blocked the administration "from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions," as Janie Har of the Associated Press [link removed] reported.  

A reminder [link removed] that the federal government can’t commandeer local officials into carrying out immigration efforts, and that there’s no place in the U.S. where federal immigration laws are not in effect. 

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Marcela Aguirre, Jillian Clark, Soledad Gassó Parker, Broc Murphy and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**Judicial Updates **

* Trump-appointed judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador [link removed] (Katherine Faulders, James Hill and Laura Romero, ABC News) 

* Trump’s New Defense For Violating Immigration Orders: A Different Agency Did It [link removed] (Alison Durkee, Forbes) 

* DOJ giving migrants 'no less than 12 hours' to indicate they intend to contest AEA removal [link removed] (Laura Romero, ABC News) 

* An attack on judicial independence or a sign no one is above the law? [link removed] (Wisconsin Public Radio) 

**Detention**  

* As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center in Miami [link removed] (Joshua Goodman and Gisela Salomon, Associated Press) 

* Tents could soon house more immigrants at Krome Detention Center [link removed] (Ivan Taylor, CBS News Miami) 

* ICE planning dramatic detention expansion as it tries to deport 1 million people annually [link removed] (Trevor Hughes, USA Today) 

**Escalation of Enforcement **

* ICE: ‘First-of-its-kind’ operation with local law enforcement leads to nearly 800 immigrant arrests in Florida [link removed]'First%2Dof%2D,800%20immigrant%20arrests%20in%20Florida&text=Florida%20law%20enforcement%20participated%20in,being%20arrested%20over%20four%20days. (Karina Tsui and Zoe Sottile, CNN) 

* Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’ [link removed] (Francesca D’Annunzio, Texas Observer) 

* Exclusive: DOJ memo reveals blueprint to target Venezuelan gang [link removed] (Nick Penzenstadler and Will Carless, USA Today) 

* 175 Immigration Actions So Far In Trump’s First 100 Days [link removed] (Fisayo Okare, Documented) 

* Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally [link removed] (Terry Tang, Associated Press) 

**Personal and Faith **

* Threat to deport persecuted Christians hits home for NC church [link removed] (Ryan Foley, Christian Post) 

* Immigration advocate nun makes journey to Pope Francis' funeral [link removed] (Mireya Villarreal, James Scholz and Doc Louallen, ABC News) 

* Santa Cruz County green card holder detained by US Customs and Border Protection [link removed] (PK Hattis, Santa Cruz Sentinel) 

* Disabled people detained by ICE sound alarm over overcrowded jails | US immigration [link removed] (Timothy Pratt, The Guardian) 

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Dan 

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