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Immigration policy changes

The Trump administration's changes to immigration policies, including the revocation of Temporary Protected Status and parole grants, which have increased the number of removable noncitizens.

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Jan 29, 2026
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is Trump deporting only criminals

No — multiple independent outlets and policy groups report that the administration’s deportation effort does not remove “only criminals”; while officials stress criminal removals, reporting shows sign...

Jan 26, 2026
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What protections and resources does Walmart officially offer immigrant associates who face immigration enforcement actions?

publicly maintains a mix of supportive programs and strict compliance measures for immigrant associates: the company partners with immigration-support initiatives like and has agreed to corrective tra...

Jan 13, 2026
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Is any of trump and Vance rhetoric about ramping up ice in 2026 just posturing? I know their goals but the did the same in 2025 and did not reach their goals

The short answer: the 2026 rhetoric from Donald Trump and Vice‑President J.D. Vance about “ramping up” ICE is partly posturing and partly grounded in concrete policy moves and money — administration p...

Jan 12, 2026

Are most of the immigrants here illegally because of Democratic presidents

Most evidence in the provided reporting does not support the claim that “most immigrants are here illegally because of Democratic presidents”; the undocumented population has been substantial under bo...

Feb 6, 2026

How many legal immigrants were deported during the Trump administration compared to previous administrations?

Official tallies and independent trackers show large numbers of removals since returned to office, but available reporting does not provide a clean, verifiable count of ; the has publicly touted six‑h...

Feb 1, 2026

Did ICE detain people from courthouses?

have been detaining people inside and immediately outside courthouses across multiple states in recent months, a practice documented in local reporting and tracked by advocacy groups, and one that has...

Jan 30, 2026

How many people were at the border when President Biden left office

At the moment left office (January 2025), there is no single, undisputed headcount of “”; reporters and officials instead point to several different metrics — cumulative encounters over his term, rece...

Jan 23, 2026

Did Immigration and Customs Enforcement change policies under Trump that increased wrongful deportations?

underwent a marked shift in enforcement posture under that, according to multiple watchdogs and data projects, expanded arrests and detention and introduced operational changes that increased the risk...

Jan 23, 2026

Which specific Project 2025 proposals have been implemented since January 2025 and by what mechanism?

Since January 2025 has moved to implement multiple elements of primarily through executive orders, regulatory changes and agency-level guidance, with trackers from advocacy groups and news outlets doc...

Jan 13, 2026

What measures has the Biden administration taken to reunite migrant children with their parents after the Trump administration's family separation policy?

The Biden administration created an interagency Family Reunification Task Force in February 2021 to locate and reunify children separated under the Trump-era “zero tolerance” policy and opened web por...

Jan 12, 2026

How do immigration agencies track (or fail to track) cases involving claims of U.S. citizenship?

Immigration agencies maintain multiple public and internal systems to record and surface claims of U.S. citizenship, but those systems are fragmented, unevenly transparent, and subject to policy shift...