Trump Action Archive

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• First deportees arrived in Liberia under third-country agreement — The United States sent its first group of 20 deportees to Liberia on Thursday under a new agreement allowing the country to accept as many as 1,200 people being deported from the United States.

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• ICE detains boat captain following fatal capsizing incident in New York harbor — Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, captain of a boat that capsized near the Statue of Liberty on August 8, killing a 27-year-old woman and her five-month-old daughter, was taken into custody by ICE on August 20.

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• Case update — State of New York v. Administration for Children and Families (D.D.C.) 1:26-cv-02726 — Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint adding the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Mullin as Defendants and challenging two newly disclosed actions alongside the TANF SORN: a bulk transfer of
• Motion granted — Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security (N.D. Ill.) 1:18-cv-03757 — Judge Cummings granted in part Plaintiffs' motion to enforce the consent decree for Akhliddin Rakhmonov, David Achile, Yecenia Encaris Lira, Yiyun Lin, and Argenis Enrique Diaz-Villamizar.
• Remand ordered — Barbara v. Trump (D.N.H.) 1:25-cv-00244 — In light of the Supreme Court's decision, the First Circuit lifted the abeyance of Defendants' appeal, Case No.

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• ICE agents conducting arrests in immigration courthouses despite prior judicial recognition of chilling effect — ICE agents have conducted high-profile mass arrests in immigration courthouses, stalking hallways and detaining immigrants.

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• ICE and TSA coordinate to arrest individuals with expired visas — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has partnered with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to enable ICE officers to arrest individuals with expired visas at airports and transportation hubs.

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• Complaint filed: State of Illinois v. United States Department of Transportation — A coalition of 20 states, the District of Columbia, and the Governor of Pennsylvania filed suit in the Eastern District of Virginia challenging federal demands for roughly 17 million commercial driver's license

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• Secretary of State designates foreign nationals deportable on foreign policy grounds — Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that a number of foreign nationals are deportable on foreign policy grounds, including a Cuban national linked to an influence campaign tied to Havana, Iranian nationals
• State Department cancels 175,000 visas under Trump administration — The US Department of State announced it has revoked more than 175,000 visas since Trump returned to office, quadrupling the pace from Biden's final year.
• State Department revokes visa of Turkish student for political speech on Gaza — Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, had her visa revoked after co-writing an opinion piece criticizing the university's stance on the war in Gaza.

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• DHS posts procurement forecast for ICE electric-shock glove contract — The Department of Homeland Security published a procurement forecast on August 10, 2026, announcing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to purchase the CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E.
• ICE announces procurement of shock gloves for detainee control — On August 10, ICE published a notice announcing plans to spend up to $20 million on shock gloves that deliver electrical charges to subdue individuals.
• ICE procurement of electric shock gloves for immigration enforcement — U.S.

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• ICE attaches ankle monitors to Haitian immigrants in Blue Ash, Ohio — On 9 August 2026, ICE fitted multiple Haitian nationals with ankle monitors at its Blue Ash, Ohio facility after summoning them via Department of Homeland Security letters.
• DHS orders Haitian immigrants in Springfield to wear ankle monitors — DHS has begun ordering Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, who arrived legally under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program to report to a DHS facility where they are fitted with ankle monitors.

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• Federal judge approves Trump administration termination of South Sudan TPS protections — U.S.
• Motion denied — African Communities Together v. Noem (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-13939 — Judge Saris denied Plaintiffs' motion to amend their complaint to add two additional claims and their renewed motion to postpone the termination of South Sudan's TPS designation, concluding that Plaintiffs' two

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• FBI declines to conduct civil rights probe into ICE officer's fatal shooting — CBS News reported that the FBI is not conducting a civil rights investigation into the death of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who was killed by an ICE officer in Maine in July 2026.

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• At least 52 military family members detained since Trump took office — An Associated Press investigation identified 52 parents and spouses of active-duty service members detained since Trump returned to office in 2025.
• More than 50 military family members detained by immigration agents; at least 6 deported — The Associated Press reported that more than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty military members have been detained by immigration agents since Trump returned to office in 2025.

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• ICE arrests reach 43,000 in July 2026; 238,000 detained in first seven months of year — ICE arrested and sent over 43,000 people into detention in July 2026, the highest monthly total of Trump's second term, according to agency detention data provided to Congress and reviewed by the Washington Post.

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• ICE purchased private immigration detention centers for $1.5 billion — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending billions of dollars acquiring private immigration detention centers.

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• ICE and TSA expand airport immigration enforcement targeting visa overstayers and asylum seekers — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have dramatically expanded collaboration at US airports, conducting as many as three dozen daily arrests in July with a

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• Trump issues executive order restricting birth tourism via nonimmigrant visas — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6, 2026, directing the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to prevent foreign nationals from entering the United States on nonimmigrant visas for the
• Trump issues executive order restricting birthright citizenship based on Supreme Court ruling — President Trump issued an executive order on August 6, 2026, implementing restrictions on birthright citizenship following the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in Trump v.
• Trump signs executive orders further restricting birthright citizenship — Trump signed two executive orders designed to further restrict eligibility for birthright citizenship and to prevent people from entering the U.S.

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• Federal judge blocks New York's ban on ICE officers wearing masks — US District Judge Mae D'Agostino of the federal court in Albany issued a preliminary ruling blocking enforcement of New York's law that banned ICE agents from wearing face coverings and required visible identification.
• Federal judge blocks New York mask-and-ID rule for ICE agents — U.S.

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• ICE detains and releases Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka at Baltimore/Washington airport — In July 2026, ICE detained Fatima Ameaka, a Cameroonian citizen with a doctorate in pharmacy working at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, at Baltimore/Washington International Airport.

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• ICE detainee releases video of contaminated drinking water at Adelanto facility — Carlitos Ricardo Parias, detained at the Adelanto ICE facility in California (operated by private company Geo Group), released video footage showing a water bottle apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures.

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• ICE prison planned for Winton, North Carolina — ICE is planning to establish a detention facility in Winton, North Carolina.

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• Court filing reveals ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles operations — Agents accused in lawsuit of using anti-immigrant slurs and denigrating undocumented Mexicans

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• Court-appointed monitor finds California City ICE facility neglected detainees' medical needs — A court-appointed monitor, Dr.

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• Judge Blocks ICE Enforcement Near Churches — A year after Christian and Jewish groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration's reversal of the "sensitive locations" policy, a judge blocked warrantless ICE enforcement actions near some churches involved

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• ICE Arrests Immigrants at Airports with Expired Visas — ICE has begun arresting immigrants at airports whose visas have expired, including spouses of U.S.

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• US Justice Department dismisses charges against California union leader — The US Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss charges against David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West, who was arrested during a protest against an