Trump 2025 immigration enforcement and border actions

Mexican officials identified one suspect as Axel Alfredo "N," the alleged second-in-command of the Gulf Cartel's Los Ciclones faction.

A similar security alert was issued in August for Mexicali, another Mexican border city over 1,000 miles northwest of Matamoros.

U.S. officials lifted a shelter-in-place order for government employees in Matamoros, Mexico.

Trump ordered a halt to processing applications from Afghans after a man from Afghanistan allegedly shot two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, in November 2025.

Shawn VanDiver said most of the Afghans scheduled for deportation did not have the opportunity to properly fight their removal in court because they did not have attorneys.

Trump made an exception for white Afrikaners from South Africa, giving them sanctuary after alleging they had faced racial discrimination.

Melendez Diaz was charged with felony first-degree criminal sexual penetration involving coercion.

On Oct. 9, Melendez Diaz's appeal was rejected and the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a deportation order against him.

Melendez Diaz was initially apprehended and released at the southern border by the Biden administration in April 2024.

ICE is facing scrutiny over a video that allegedly shows an ICE agent pointing a gun in the face of a bystander in California.

More habeas petitions have been filed since 25 January than during the past three presidential administrations combined.

Seven immigrants in Minnesota were re-detained before exiting the Whipple federal building detention facility on the outskirts of Minneapolis.

A federal judge in Louisiana held a senior federal immigration official in contempt of court and demanded Ibrahim Mohammed's release after he was re-arrested three times by ICE.

Moorman's lawsuit against the ICE agents was thrown out by a federal judge on 2 October.

More than two dozen people have been shot by ICE officers since the beginning of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in February 2025.

David Carey is the managing legal director at the ACLU of Ohio and represented Moorman.

ICE agents lifted the arrested man by his arms and legs as he cried out in pain.

Footage from North Hollywood shows masked ICE agents pointing a handgun at a bystander walking his dogs.

ICE agents arrested a man in North Hollywood.

Planet K, a San Antonio retailer, canceled its annual Día de los Muertos celebration, which it started holding 20 years ago.

Mary Zendejas, a Long Beach city council member, requested that organizers cancel the event in 2025.

The idea for the Henderson celebration came after Brad Schneider watched the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, which opens at a Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico City.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare alleged that body-camera footage shows Morales steered his vehicle into Parra Hernandez.

Morales was placed on administrative leave following the incident.

Teare accused federal authorities of removing the Jeep before local investigators could examine it for evidence.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a notice in November delaying the Diversity Visa program's acceptance of new applications.

The court wrote that allowing Red Eagle Law to allege standing would be "opening the floodgates, allowing all lawyers to 'roam the country in search of governmental wrongdoing.'"

The court wrote that the Diversity Visa program was intended to "encourage immigration, not generate revenue for law firms."

Federal immigration officers arrested Alpha Bah, an illegal immigrant from Guinea, on Friday in New York City.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin criticized New York City's sanctuary policies for releasing Bah despite violent charges and a pending immigration detainer.

Officers took Bah into custody without incident and transported him to 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan for post-arrest processing.

Abdullaev was arrested in November 2025 at a checkpoint in Texas.

A group of seven congressional Democrats sent a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE acting director David Venturella protesting the treatment of hunger strikers.

More than two dozen immigrants from Russia, Cameroon and other countries first participated in the strike.

In the past, DDoSecrets has released emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and information from the Israeli Ministry of Justice and US police departments.

FlokiNET defended its decision not to remove the site by arguing that federal officers carrying out enforcement are not private individuals.

Last year, the US Department of Justice pressured Apple to remove apps that track ICE agents, including one called ICEBlock.

Mahmoud Khalil returned to Columbia University for the first time since his US detention.

Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian activist.

Mahmoud Khalil told students to continue calling out Israel.

The Supreme Court rejected a request from Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, and New Haven, Connecticut, to pause an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration that threw out the policy.

The regulation is known as "administrative closure."

Texas sued the federal government in June, arguing that the policy granted indefinite amnesty to aliens illegally present in this country.

A CBS News spokesperson declined to comment on whether the network was aware of the asylum application discrepancy.

60 Minutes featured a story about a deported Malian national named Moussa Diawara.

Moussa Diawara arrived in the United States in 2001.

The statue was sculpted by Felix de Weldon, who later created the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

Maldonado Soriano's DACA status was extended under the Biden administration in 2024 and expired in August 2026 after it was not renewed under the Trump administration.

Other figures depicted raising the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima were also damaged.

Over 4.5 million migrant encounters were recorded at the southern US border in 2023 and 2024 combined.

In July 2026, detentions of immigrants with criminal histories reached an all-time low of 27%.

An executive order signed by Trump in February re-opened refugee admissions for Afrikaners from South Africa.

Calderón altered her appearance to make it appear that she had been mistreated while in custody.

A co-conspirator took photographs of Calderón's altered appearance.

Calderón's false claims prompted community organizers to demand her release while she stayed hidden in Bakersfield.

Michael Morley, a constitutional law professor at Florida State University, said the Fifth Circuit's ruling may impact the Supreme Court's reasoning because courts consider whether a particular interpretation of federal law would be unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Rhoney earlier in October 2026 and had not yet scheduled oral arguments as of the article's publication.

Judge Leslie Southwick dissented in the Fifth Circuit ruling.

Lauren Bis said the suspect was released into the country by the Biden administration and later received Temporary Protected Status.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. at Florida Gulf Coast University's Alico Arena in Fort Myers ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

DHS said Joachim entered the United States in August 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration.

The New York Times report revealed that the Minnesota judges handling Operation Metro Surge cases regularly met, communicated through email threads, and used an informal spreadsheet created by court clerks to identify judges to consult about recurring legal questions.

Schiltz declined to comment on the Justice Department's effort to disqualify him when reached by Fox News Digital.

Charles 'Cully' Stimson, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former federal prosecutor and military judge, said the judges' decision to talk to a newspaper was 'extraordinarily imprudent.'

David Crowley is the Milwaukee County executive.

David Crowley agreed that immigrants convicted of crimes should be deported.

Tom Tiffany said Wisconsin law enforcement agencies should be required to honor federal immigration detainers.

The Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to lift a federal judge's injunction that halted construction while a lawsuit plays out.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued waivers between February and July finding the region to be an area of high illegal entry.

The Department of Homeland Security plans for the Big Bend region include vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting and detection technology in and around Big Bend National Park.

Reinieri De Jesus Licona Amador appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal in Camden federal court on Monday.

Officers ran a license plate check on a truck and found it was registered to Licona Amador.

A search of immigration records indicated Licona Amador lacked lawful status in the United States.

Osorio spent 40 days in ICE custody before being released for lack of due process.

Marco Antonio Osorio is an undocumented Mexican who came to the US in 1993 at age 17.

A poll from Equis Research found that disapproval of Trump had risen to 63% among Texas Latinos.

The Trump administration proposed a $70,000 fee for universities recommending international students for a programme that allows graduates to work in the country after completing their studies.

Wipro stated that more than 80% of its workforce in the US is locally hired.

Nearly one million Indian nationals were waiting for employment-based green cards as of December 2025, according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP).

Dylan Alverson announced on Instagram in January that his business would operate as a free and donation based restaurant where everyone would be welcome except ICE.

Modern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant, announced it would be closing by the end of the year.

Neighbors expressed concerns that homeless and drug-addicted people would take advantage of the free meal offer.

ICE arrested Rubstony Junior Theodore, a Haitian national living illegally in the United States, as part of the operation.

Three Haitian nationals living illegally in the United States named Wilbert Jean Baptiste, Louis Jean and Jhensly Charles were arrested by DHS.

DHS launched a nationwide operation targeting illegal immigrants accused of fraudulently obtaining SNAP benefits.

Armando Gonzales-Ortega received an 83-year sentence.

The truck was traveling from Laredo, Texas, to San Antonio, a distance of 250km.

Forty-eight people were pronounced dead at the scene, and five more died while receiving emergency medical treatment.

Trump said at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio that about 35,000 Haitians were dropped in Springfield and are being removed.

A Haitian population estimated to be around 20,000 arrived in Springfield within the last five years.

More than a million immigrants from 13 countries have had TPS terminated by the Trump administration.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the revocations targeted foreign nationals in the United States on visas who had broken the law, committed fraud, or posed threats to national security.

The Trump administration has revoked more than 300,000 visas issued to foreign nationals.

Tommy Pigott is a State Department spokesman.

Eliza Perez put off college to take over her parents' landscaping business.

Maria Leiva was deported to Guatemala.

A Border Patrol officer told Wendy Domingo he pulled her over because the car's license plate was registered to a noncitizen.

Ricardo Gonzalez is a US citizen.

Officials said Ricardo Gonzalez was detained and injured by ICE officers while being arrested in Long Beach, California, on 17 October.

The police removed the handcuffs on Gonzalez and transported him to the hospital for treatment.

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Khalil's detention should have been weighed first in an immigration court, not in district court.

Khalil faces deportation to Algeria or Syria if the 3rd Circuit Court's decision holds.

Khalil's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to rule that noncitizens have the right to sue if immigration officials detain them as a reprisal for exercising free speech.

The Trump administration has previously sought to end temporary protections from deportation and send people back to their home countries.

The Trump administration has already terminated TPS for more than 1 million people from 13 countries, including Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Syria.

The administration kept protections in place for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans whose TPS was set to expire on 9 September.

The Trump administration sued New York City in July 2025 over its sanctuary policies.

The ruling followed dismissals of similar lawsuits involving Boston, Los Angeles, and Minnesota.

Abhishek Kambli, a former federal prosecutor and current partner at Holtzman Vogel, disputed Reyes's standing reasoning.

Jose Luis Perez-Arrias, a Venezuelan national and TdA member, was arrested in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday.

DHS said ICE has made 12,018 gang-related arrests since President Donald Trump took office again in 2025.

Emerson Jossiel Calderon-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national and suspected MS-13 member, was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Immigrant advocacy groups sued the Trump administration to stop fast-tracking migrant children's asylum cases.

The groups allege that the Department of Justice instructed immigration judges to complete all removal proceedings for detained unaccompanied children by January 31, 2027.

The federal government assembled a team of government attorneys to represent migrant children in court after cutting ties with immigration advocacy groups that had previously provided those services.

Clem warned that changes in congressional control could complicate enforcement through funding decisions and policy restrictions.

Clem said his agents were outnumbered as much as 100 to one during the surge.

DHS said September marked the 17th consecutive month without Border Patrol releasing migrants into the country.

Nidia Delfín said her brother Luis Delfín Enríquez was on his way to breakfast with employees when he was apprehended by ICE.

Two handcuffed men were in the backseat of an ICE vehicle when it struck and injured Miguel Parra Hernandez in Houston on Saturday.

Nidia Delfín said her brother has no arrest warrants and was in the process of getting his green card.

UN experts have said third-country deportations are leading to a cascade of human rights violations across the globe.

The US Supreme Court has allowed third-country deportations to continue, including in a ruling in September.

The UN has criticized third-country deportations along with rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

ICE announced it had tallied two consecutive months with more than 50,000 immigration arrests in September, beating a previous record of 43,900 set in June.

White House border czar Tom Homan said in a July interview that more arrests and deportations are needed.

Among Hispanic voters who supported Trump in 2024, his approval rating declined from 93 percent at the start of 2025 to 57 percent as of the week before the article's publication, according to Pew.

Austin Doctor said the Reynosa safehouse was reported as linked to the Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel.

Austin Doctor said cartels continue to innovate drone designs focused on increasing payload sizes, improving resistance to countermeasures, and boosting operational capabilities.

The Mexican Navy separately reported 159 personnel, 11 vehicles, and two drones under Operation Sable.

Teare said the intentional striking and running over of a person by a vehicle constitutes aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Texas.

Espinoza and Parra's attorney Kim Bruno said neither Parra nor the man who was with him has any association with Mendoza.

Parra had surgery on one leg and faces multiple additional operations.

At least 35 countries have entered into third-country deportation agreements with the US, according to Third Country Deportation Watch.

Kamina Johnson Smith said Jamaica has not agreed to receive criminals, unlike some other countries.

Jamaica's government pledged not to accept any deportees with criminal records.

ICE stated that all of its offices had received body cameras as of August 5.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that automatically recording cameras could result in the unauthorized recording of sensitive interactions with informants or victims.

ICE rejected a recommendation for the automatic activation of body cameras.

Espinosa and Bruno's hospital visit with Parra-Hernandez ended after about 15 minutes when ICE agents entered and began recording their conversation.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said his office was investigating the case.

Bruno said the ICE vehicle was not using a siren or displaying flashing lights.

As of February 2026, landing fee waivers for Government operations were extended to cover contractors, so no landing fees are owed to airports.

In January, Massachusetts governor Maura Healey demanded Eastern Air Express and GlobalX end deportation flights.

On 28 September, a plane operated by Eastern Air Express struck the left horizontal stabilizer of a parked aircraft belonging to the same company at Akron-Canton regional airport.

A DHS spokesperson said that many of the children who came across the border unaccompanied were allowed to be placed with sponsors who were smugglers and sex traffickers.

A DHS spokesperson said that President Trump and DHS take the responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal, state, and local law enforcement to reunite children with their families.

A spokesperson said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is leading efforts to rescue these children and stop their exploitation.

ICE's tactics are facing increased scrutiny following the release of the video.

Video shows ICE agents pulling a man from his car in New Jersey in front of his young children.

A person familiar with the investigation told CNBC the probe is complex and has been going on for years.

A person familiar with the raid told CNBC the DOJ did not consider the action to violate its election policy because the raid was not meant to be public.

Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 at age 17.

ICE alleged that Belgal, a Dominican national, weaponized his vehicle and rammed ICE vehicles.

ICE alleges that Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck.

Cesar Espinosa, executive director at FIEL Houston, said Parra-Hernandez's leg is broken in three places and he is supposed to undergo surgery.

A source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital about the raid.

Ilhan Omar's immigration paperwork was filled out by her late father when she was a child.

Multiple agents with HSI jackets were seen outside Omar's Washington, D.C. home in the early hours of Monday.

Avila Chevalier said Tisch's mention of Belgal's prior arrests unfairly villainized him.

Mamdani condemned officers' aggression towards Avila Chevalier, saying it is not acceptable to throw anyone to the ground.

Tisch referred to Belgal's previous criminal record during a Thursday press conference.

On Monday at dawn, more than 80 federal agents swarmed the protesters' camp, making arrests and preventing people from reaching the cottonwood.

A 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border, known as the "grandmother", was destroyed to make way for construction of Donald Trump's border wall.

Santa Cruz county sheriff David Hathaway has previously said a wall in this area is senseless since this remote valley has no history of significant illegal activity.

DHS did not address questions from the Guardian seeking the name of the officer and whether he was equipped with a body-worn camera.

Surveillance footage showed the officer chase Parra-Hernandez and then hit him with his car.

Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and was taken to a hospital.

The shooting in New York has sparked outrage and protests demanding that immigration authorities leave the city.

New footage shows ICE agents opening fire on a man driving his car with his child in the backseat in New York.

David Gonzalez, 32, is in custody on felony assault charges.

A woman found Gonzalez sleeping on her and her father's front lawn at about 3am.

Gonzalez physically attacked the daughter and took her to the ground when she tried to intervene.

The Department of Homeland Security referred all questions about Gonzalez to Fresno police.