Judge orders U.S. to return families affected by Trump's separation policy

A judge ordered the U.S. to return three migrant families who were affected by  President Trump's family separation policy​ in his first term and then deported in his second.

• Feb 7

Feds releasing 4th-grader who's from same suburb as Liam Ramos, officials say

Federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, the first of several students detained by immigration officers in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, school officials said.

• Feb 4

Don Lemon says he offered to turn himself in but agents were sent for him

Don Lemon says he offered to turn himself in to face charges over his coverage of a protest at a church but federal agents were sent for him anyway.

• Feb 3

Hennepin County, Minnesota sheriff says she feels "scapegoated" by feds

The Hennepin County sheriff is considering whether to notify ICE before releasing people accused of the "worst of the worst" crimes — murder, rape and violent felonies.

• Feb 3

Judge blocks DHS from ending deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, granting a last-minute reprieve to 350,000 immigrants who were set to lose protections on Tuesday.

• Feb 2

Immigrant pursued by federal agents before Alex Pretti's killing speaks out

"I was there. I saw everything," Jose Huerta Chuma, who remains in hiding, told CBS News.

• Jan 31

Noem can't end protections for Venezuelans in U.S., federal appeals court rules

A federal appeals court said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem acted illegally when she ended legal protections giving hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the U.S.

• Jan 29

U.S. sees slowest population growth since 2021 due to decreased immigration

Net international migration dropped sharply amid President Trump's immigration crackdown, new Census data shows.

• Jan 27

Judge blocks ICE from deporting or transferring 5-year-old and his father

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.

• Jan 27

Heads of immigration agencies set to testify to Congress in February

Leaders of three immigration enforcement agencies are set to testify before House and Senate committees next month.

• Jan 27

Bovino, some Border Patrol agents set to leave Minneapolis

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.

• Jan 26

U.S. officials' response to Alex Pretti shooting causes anger among some at DHS

"When we gaslight and contradict what the public can plainly see with their own eyes, we lose all credibility," one DHS official said.

• Jan 26

5-year-old taken into ICE custody has immigration case, preventing deportation

The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.

• Jan 24

Minnesota official denies DHS claim that the state is releasing dangerous criminals

Paul Schnell, Minnesota's corrections commissioner, rejects DHS' claims that state authorities have been releasing hundreds of dangerous criminals, rather than turning them over to ICE.

• Jan 21

St. Paul mayor says city's Hmong community "afraid to leave their homes" due to ICE

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, a Hmong American who represents the city with the largest concentration of Hmong in the U.S., says fear of immigration enforcement has driven naturalized U.S. citizens to hide in their homes.

• Jan 21

Internal memo authorizes ICE to enter homes without judicial warrants in some cases

ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.

• Jan 21

ICE launches latest immigration arrest operation in Maine

Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration's widening mass deportation campaign.

• Jan 21

Man detained by ICE at gunpoint in underwear asks, "What did I do wrong?"

A U.S. citizen detained by ICE at gunpoint in his underwear in frigid conditions in Minnesota asks, "What did I do wrong?" The Associated Press says

• Jan 20

CBS News poll finds more Americans say ICE being too tough

Looking overseas, there is wide opposition to the idea of taking Greenland by force.

• Jan 18

DHS confirms Mexican citizen's death in ICE custody in Georgia

Mexican authorities were seeking details about the death of a Mexican citizen in an ICE detention facility in Georgia.

• Jan 16

ICE's detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens

The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.

• Jan 16

ICE's No. 2 official, a Noem ally, leaving agency to run for Congress

Madison Sheahan, the No. 2 official at ICE and a close ally of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving the agency to run for Congress.

• Jan 15

Appeals panel says judge didn't have authority to order Mahmoud Khalil's release

A panel of judges on a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a district court judge did not have the authority to order the release of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

• Jan 15

Trump administration ending deportation protections for Somalis

The U.S. government is revoking the legal status of immigrants from Somalia who had Temporary Protected Status.

• Jan 13

Noem says she's "focused on policing the streets, not policing President Trump's words"

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has deployed 2,000 agents to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to conduct immigration raids and assist in the widening fraud investigation.

• Jan 6

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