Immigration and Emigration

• Was Renee Good Obligated to Comply With an ICE Agent’s Orders? - The agent told Ms. Good to get out of her car before fatally shooting her. Legal experts said immigration agents may sometimes, but not always, have the authority to make such commands.
• Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE - Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.
• Venezuelan Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Restore Deportation Protections - The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States.
• Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says - The agent shot an immigrant from Venezuela in the leg while trying to arrest him, an official said. The shooting comes a week after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city.
• ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say - The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
• Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis - Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.
• Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target. - A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
• After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits - The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.
• Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide After Minneapolis Shooting - Demonstrators across the country expressed anger at the killing of a woman in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.
• The ICE Shooting Came During an Operation Focused on Somali Immigrants - Federal immigration officials have stepped up enforcement activity in Minnesota amid a fraud scandal there that includes many people of Somali origin.