Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips - August 12, 2026

8/12/26
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 12, 2026.

National

Reuters ACLU, other groups sue to block Trump effort to curtail birthright citizenship
By Jonathan Stempel

CNN ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on electrical shock gloves for agents
By Julianna Bragg

The New York Times Trump Sues New York and Other States Over In-State Tuition for Migrants
By Luis Ferré-Sadurní

Bloomberg Fast-Tracked Deportations for Migrants Permitted by Court
By Suzanne Monyak

Axios Deportations to cost the Heartland billions
By Abbey Higginbotham

Spectrum News House Democrats call for comprehensive immigration reform after New Jersey detention center death
By Susan Carpenter

NOTUS No ID, No Money, No Way Out: DHS Deports a Man to a Country He Doesn't Know
By Jose Pagliery

The New Republic ICE's Airport Crackdowns Are Designed to Spread Fear
By Felipe De La Hoz

Local

The New York Times He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free.
By Nicholas Casey

The Texas Tribune Feds plan to sell three warehouses near El Paso it bought for migrant detention centers, Congress member says
By Alejandro Santos Cid, Uriel J. García

Michigan Advance States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools
By Shalina Chatlani

The Guardian In Ohio, Haitians' American dream shatters as Ice prepares to deport them
By Stephen Starr

The Beacon Deportations have already cost Kansas City thousands of jobs — and hurt American workers too
By Mary Sanchez

Spotlight PA ICE considering buying immigrant detention facilities, other options to maintain capacity in Pa.
By Melissa Pérez-Carrillo

The Texas Tribune Migrant kids are being held in a South Texas detention center longer than a court order allows
By Uriel J. García, Alex Nguyen and Colleen DeGuzman

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