via BorderReport — An analysis of government data by a think tank finds the Trump administration has cut legal immigration by 96% for those coming from majority-Muslim countries this second term.

via BorderReport — Operation Lone Star is still in effect today but its future is possibly on the line with the upcoming midterm elections. Abbott's Democratic opponent, State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, has criticized the policy in the past.

The Trump administration is holding secret, pop-up immigration courts in federal buildings that the public can’t access, and lawyers are having trouble finding detained migrants through an on…

via BorderReport — Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the Venezuelan man shot by ICE agents in north Austin, underwent surgery to remove a bullet and is recovering in U.S. Marshals custody, his wife said.

Talarico ‘a border security Democrat,’ says US can enforce and welcome immigration  BorderReport

via BorderReport — The Justice Department sued the University of Delaware on Thursday over a policy that allows qualifying students without legal immigration status to pay in-state tuition, expanding a nationwide campaign that already includes legal challenges in Texas and New Mexico.

via BorderReport — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were shot in encounters with ICE.

via BorderReport — Democratic candidate James Talarico, who is vying for the U.S. Senate seat for Texas, was supposed to appear before a crowd at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg on Wednesday. But instead he was holed up in Dallas with a fever and the flu. Talarico did manage to address the crowd, however via video. And he answered a dozen questions from U.S. Hispanic Business Council President and CEO Javier Palomarez.

via BorderReport — Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration surge in Minnesota.

via BorderReport — The man shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Austin on Sept. 20 will remain in custody after appearing in a federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon.

via BorderReport — CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque — an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights — on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. Salah Sarsour was detained in Milwaukee in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A federal judge [...]

via BorderReport — Dozens of lawmakers are urging immigration officials to restore the detainee information that lets families and legal representatives locate them.

via BorderReport — Republicans in both chambers are increasingly breaking ranks with President Trump across a host of sensitive issues, hoping some separation from the GOP’s unpopular standard-bearer will help avert a blue wave in the midterm elections. The divisions are highly unusual for a party that’s walked virtually in lockstep with Trump for more than a decade. [...]

via BorderReport — The growing number of arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in southern California outside schools and other community gathering places is causing a "state of terror," says Alor Calderon of the Employee Rights Center in San Diego.

via BorderReport — The Trump administration is holding secret, pop-up immigration courts in federal buildings that the public can't access, and lawyers are having trouble finding detained migrants through an online system, lawyers and an Arizona lawmaker said Tuesday.

via BorderReport — A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s attempt to tie counterterrorism grants to changes in state and local election procedures, siding with El Paso County and five other local governments that challenged the requirements.

via BorderReport — The Republican Senate nominee discussed immigration, data centers and bipartisanship, while signaling openness to workforce programs if the border is secured.

via BorderReport — The Department of Homeland Security is refusing a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagle Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame safety to promote President Trump's immigration agenda.

via BorderReport — A nonprofit group says that over 450 Haitians have been deported by the United States back to dangerous conditions in Haiti since the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for them in July.

via BorderReport — McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection caught a woman crossing the Roma bridge with 78 pounds of cocaine on Friday morning. Erika Janeth Cobos, 30, of Roma crossed the bridge at 6:33 a.m. Friday. Cobos had eight children — all younger than 15 years old — in her 2011 GMC Acadia. Customs [...]

Website helps detained immigrants who lack legal counsel file for release  BorderReport

via BorderReport — Meatpacking industry groups raised concerns Friday that recent heightened immigration operations in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have caused employees to miss work, leading to problems at meat-related businesses that could ultimately raise prices for consumers.

via BorderReport — Pentagon officials have ramped up their efforts in recent weeks to help Congress carve a path toward President Trump’s record $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request. But some GOP senators are worried the Defense Department deployed its closed-door offensive too late, undercutting its prospects of building a coalition necessary to move the record-breaking defense budget. Sen. [...]

via BorderReport — Three nonprofits that assist migrants have launched a free online tool that gives legal advice to migrants in detention and their families.

via BorderReport — A strange discovery for U.S. Border Patrol agents who were questioning a driver at the Sarita checkpoint.