Newswatch Immigration State-by-State
Arkansas
Deportees sent to Sierra Leone risk return home | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 21, 2026 06:11 AM EDT
Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Asylum seekers deported by the U.S. to Sierra Leone risk being sent back to their home countries where they face persecution, according to one of their lawyers and documents seen by The Associated Press, despite prior U.S. court orders barring their deportation to those countries.
Arkansas
Jamaica in talks to accept US deportees | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
June 19, 2026 03:47 AM EDT
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica is in discussions with the United States to accept third-country deportees, a move that would add the island nation to a growing number of Caribbean countries working with the Trump administration on its immigration agenda.
Florida
'Should be deported!' Florida Republicans turn on each other over JD Vance - NewsBreak
June 19, 2026 07:42 PM EDT
News Break, Inc
Vice President J.D. Vance's comments about Israel have sparked an ugly, public brawl of words among two of the Florida GOP's most controversial figures. Th
Florida
Mom, Mayan translator reunites with U.S.-born kids before deportation
June 18, 2026 08:41 PM EDT
The Palm Beach Post
Olga Perez has translated a rare Guatemalan dialect for 20 years across Florida. Now she must self-deport by July 5, leaving four children behind.
Florida
Why Jacksonville faith leaders prayed at 'Deportation Depot' | Opinion
June 18, 2026 05:00 AM EDT
The Florida Times-Union
A retired Catholic bishop reflects on a recent gathering at Florida's 'Deportation Depot" to pray for immigrants and protest current state policies.
Georgia
'Hopefully they learned their lesson': Rural Georgia town bashes DHS's attempted takeover
June 19, 2026 02:47 PM EDT
Raw Story.
An elected official in a small, rural town in east Georgia bashed President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security after local residents defeated the department's attempt to turn a local warehouse into one of the nation's largest deportation centers, according to a new report. Trump's DHS ha...
Hawaii
Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump - West Hawaii Today
June 18, 2026 06:05 AM EDT
West Hawaii Today.
A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana maximum-security prison that’s become a symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. In a Pennsylvania detention center, a Chinese man who had previously attempted suicide was found hanging in the shower. In a New York facility, a Honduran man with an elevated heart rate and tremors from alcohol withdrawal died in his cell with no emergency care.
Indiana
Detainee death rate doubles under Trump - The Garden Island
June 21, 2026 06:04 AM EDT
thegardenisland
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana maximum-security prison that’s become a symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. In a Pennsylvania detention center, a Chinese man who had previously attempted suicide was found hanging in the shower. In a New York facility, a Honduran man with an elevated heart rate and tremors from alcohol withdrawal died in his cell with no emergency care.
Kansas
A former Kansas mayor wasn't a US citizen, but voted. His supporters say it's not that simple.
June 16, 2026 01:00 AM EDT
The Christian Science Monitor.
Joe Ceballos, who twice led the tiny Kansas town of Coldwater, and voted in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, is facing deportation.
Minnesota
DOJ Indicts 15 Alleged Antifa Activists Over Signal Network Used to Track ICE Agents During Minnesota Raids
June 17, 2026 03:33 PM EDT
Latin Times.
The 94-page indictment alleges the group's goal was to "forcibly challenge, block or stop immigration raids, detentions and deportations"
New Jersey
ICE plans to offload two warehouse properties intended to be mass detention centers | Jefferson City News-Tribune
June 21, 2026 05:00 AM EDT
The News Tribune.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to offload its two warehouse properties in Pennsylvania and another in New Jersey -- bought for a total of more than $336 million -- that had been purchased to further support President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.
New Jersey
'They have all the power': investigation finds that 93% of ICE arrests in New York and New Jersey targeted Latinos
June 20, 2026 10:00 AM EDT
The Guardian.
Hundreds of ICE street arrests filed over five-month period were clustered in predominantly Latino communities in the two states
Oklahoma
How an unwarranted immigration arrest began unraveling one Tulsa couple's life
June 22, 2026 05:00 AM EDT
KOSU Radio.
As immigration enforcement in Oklahoma continues to ramp up, one Tulsa couple’s experience shows how the federal government is piling onto trauma of people protected from deportation.
South Carolina
Are your local police collaborating with ICE? - ACLU of South Carolina
June 05, 2025 10:30 AM EDT
aclusc
Note: This page is continuously updated as more agencies sign 287(g) agreements with ICE. The second Trump administration has been quietly building a network of local collaborators to carry out its mass deportation agenda. Your local law enforcement agency might have already signed up via the 287(g) program. Take a look: In addition to the […]
Tennessee
Care or Deportation? New Tennessee Law Threatens Sick Undocumented Kids
June 17, 2026 12:50 AM EDT
Yahoo! Inc.
A controversial new state law is forcing terrified parents to choose between life-saving medical treatments for their critically ill children and facing deportation. Advocates warn this horrifying leg...
Texas
"I'm begging my own country to let my wife go": Veteran fights to prevent wife's deportation
June 17, 2026 08:44 AM EDT
CBS News
Retired staff sergeant Wilmer Trujillo, who served roughly 20 years in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard, is asking ICE to release his wife of six years.
Virginia
DOJ Sues Virginia Over Laws Restricting ICE
June 22, 2026 07:58 AM EDT
WMAL Radio.
The Justice Department filed suit against Virginia last week over two state laws that federal officials say unconstitutionally restrict ICE...
