Trump Action Archive

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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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• 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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• 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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• States sue federal government over FEMA and DHS grant conditions — Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the federal government, challenging conditions imposed on FEMA and DHS grants.
• Complaint filed — State of Illinois v. Federal Emergency Management Agency — On July 23, 2026, 25 states, the District of Columbia, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania filed a complaint against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the District of Rhode Island.
• States sue Trump administration over FEMA disaster aid conditions — The 25 Democratic attorneys general say administration imposed ‘unlawful’ conditions on federal disaster grants

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• DOJ Files First-Ever ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court’ Application — The Trump administration's Department of Justice submitted an application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a court established in 1996 but never previously used.

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• Deportation of Pardoned Minnesota Man Announced — Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, announced the deportation of Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian immigrant who was pardoned by Minnesota state officials in June 2026 for a 2006 conviction.

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• ICE detains eyewitnesses to Houston shooting — Following the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer, the three eyewitnesses present in the van, including Araujo's brother, have been detained by ICE.

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• Complaint filed — Doe v. Mullin — On July 8, 2026, J.

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• Attorney General Targets 'Birth Tourism' — Following the Supreme Court's decision, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a crackdown on "birth tourism," where tourists and temporary visitors give birth in the U.S.

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• ICE Arrests 10,000 People in 5 Days — ICE has significantly increased its arrest rate, detaining over 10,000 individuals in five days, following a directive from the White House to ramp up enforcement.
• ICE arrests 10,000 people in five days — ICE conducted a series of arrests, detaining about 10,000 people over five days at the end of June.

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• Department of Justice Charges Anti-ICE Activists — The Department of Justice has charged nearly 40 people over a protest at a church and another 15 with broad conspiracy charges related to their responses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities in

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• Supreme Court Ruling Ends TPS for Haitians and Syrians — On Thursday, the U.S.
• Supreme Court allows termination of TPS for over 350,000 individuals — The Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump administration to end the temporary protected status (TPS) for more than 350,000 individuals from Syria and Haiti, citing procedural reasons for their decision.
• Supreme Court ruling strips TPS from over 350,000 immigrants — The U.S.

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• Federal judge quashes subpoenas for Minnesota officials — A federal judge in Minnesota quashed subpoenas issued by the US Department of Justice to state and local officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.
• Federal judge quashes subpoenas tied to Trump's immigration enforcement — A federal judge in Minnesota has quashed subpoenas related to former President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown.

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• Fifteen people charged with conspiracy in Minnesota immigration crackdown — Fifteen individuals in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers in response to a controversial immigration enforcement crackdown.
• Indictment of Anti-ICE Protesters in Minneapolis — Fifteen anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis have been indicted for conspiracy, highlighting ongoing tensions between law enforcement and activists.

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• US judge dismisses criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García — A US judge dismissed the criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García, finding that the Trump administration would not have prosecuted him had he not challenged his deportation.

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• ICE Re-arrests El Gamal Family in Violation of Court Order — The El Gamal family, consisting of an Egyptian mother and her children, was re-arrested by ICE shortly after being released from detention by a federal judge's order.

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• Trump Administration Pushes DoJ to Pursue Denaturalization Cases — The Trump administration is reportedly urging the Department of Justice (DoJ) to initiate denaturalization proceedings against 384 foreign-born individuals whose U.S.
• DOJ Plans Mass Denaturalization Effort — The Trump administration's Justice Department is preparing to file denaturalization cases against 384 individuals, marking an unprecedented increase in such efforts.

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• Immigration Judges Fired for Blocking Deportations — The Trump administration abruptly fired two immigration judges who had blocked the deportations of students Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi.
• Immigration judges fired after blocking deportation of pro-Palestinian students — The Department of Justice has terminated six immigration judges, including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who had ruled against the Trump administration in deportation cases involving pro-Palestinian students Rümeysa

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• Final Order of Removal for Mahmoud Khalil — The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a final order of removal for Mahmoud Khalil, who claims the decision is politically motivated due to his activism against genocide in Palestine.

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• US Authorities Arrest Soleimani's Relatives in Los Angeles — US federal agents arrested Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter, relatives of the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, in Los Angeles.
• Arrest of Soleimani's Relatives by U.S. Authorities — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the arrest of individuals claimed to be the niece and great-niece of the late Qassem Soleimani.

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• TSA tipped off ICE leading to arrest at San Francisco airport — TSA agents at San Francisco International Airport tipped off ICE officers, resulting in the arrest of Guatemalan nationals Angelina Lopez Jimenez and her nine-year-old daughter, Wendy Godinez Lopez.

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• Complaint filed — Leon Rengel v. United States — On March 24, 2026, Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel filed a complaint against the United States in the District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Venezuelan Man Sues Trump Administration — A Venezuelan man has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the Trump Administration, alleging wrongful identification, denial of due process, and illegal deportation.

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• Complaint filed — Illinois v. HUD — A coalition of 16 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia, led by Illinois and California, filed a complaint in the Northern District of California challenging the FY2025 Fair Housing Assistance Program

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• ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in court testimony — In a federal lawsuit in Oregon, ICE agents testified under oath about the use of a custom-made app called Elite to identify neighborhoods and individuals for targeting, and the existence of daily arrest quotas.

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• Federal authorities arrest more people over Minnesota anti-ICE church protest — On Friday, federal authorities arrested 25 more individuals for their involvement in a January protest at Cities Church in St Paul, Minnesota, bringing the total number of people charged to 39.