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Axios reports: The agency charged with carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation promises has warned Congress it is short a whopping $2 billion for this fiscal year, Axios has learned. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repeatedly has faced significant budget shortfalls in recent years. Trump’s immigration plans — which include deporting “millions” of unauthorized immigrants — would rack up costs …

ABC News reports: As early as Friday, President Donald Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act — a wartime law that allows the president to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy nation — as part of the efforts to carry out mass deportations, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. During World …

Politico reports: A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases, a private fleet of 100 planes, and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests. The blueprint — laid out in …

The Wall Street Journal reports: The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, administration officials and other people familiar with the matter said, amid frustration in the Trump administration that deportations haven’t accelerated faster. The administration is shaking up the leadership at ICE and is soon expected to announce a new acting …

Reuters reports: During his first month in office, US President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people, according to previously unpublished data from the US Department of Homeland Security. This figure is lower than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns recorded during the final full year of Joe Biden’s administration. A senior Trump administration official and experts noted that deportations …

The Catholic News Agency reports:  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is suing the Trump administration over what the bishops say is an unlawful suspension of funding for refugee programs in the United States. Upon taking office last month, President Donald Trump issued sweeping executive orders that, among other measures, directed a freeze on foreign assistance funds and grants, …

The Independent reports: An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities and have her family deported from the U.S, her grieving parents have said. Jocelynn Romo Carranza passed away on February 8 after spending five days being treated in a Dallas hospital. This came …

Florida Politics reports: St. Cloud Police Chief Douglas Goerke will be one of eight inaugural members of Florida’s new State Immigration Enforcement Council. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson named Goerke to the panel, where he’ll join four appointees chosen by the Legislature’s top two officials in advising the Cabinet on how best to coordinate immigration enforcement with Trump’s administration. Established under …

The Guardian reports: People attending recent mandatory immigration check-ins or court appearances have been escorted out in federal custody after the Trump administration allegedly tricked, lied to or otherwise deceived them as part of its mass deportation campaign. Amid a blitz of immigration-related policy changes over the last few weeks, Donald Trump and his subordinates have greenlit the ability of …

Axios reports: U.S. agents arrested more than 21,000 unauthorized immigrants in November as President Biden’s term wound down — a pace the Trump administration doesn’t appear to be matching in its first month despite its crackdown, an Axios review of new data finds. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, says about 14,000 immigrants have been arrested in the three-plus weeks since …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, after he suggested that she could be “in trouble” for advice she is giving to immigrants if they are targeted in one of Homan’s raids. “I sent an email today to the deputy attorney general,” Homan told Laura Ingraham on Fox News …

The Fresno Bee reports: Dozens of demonstrators protested outside the World Ag Expo on its opening day Tuesday to urge farmers and employers to take a stand against potential mass deportations of farmworkers in the Central Valley. Demonstrators held banners that read “Stop Deporting Workers” and “End Harmful Immigration Detention Policies” at the expo’s entrance on the corner of South …

The Associated Press reports: More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship. The lawsuit, filed …

Reuters reports: A group of demonstrators gathered outside Trump International Golf Club on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies while he spent his leisure time at the venue. Holding signs, waving Mexican, Guatemalan, and American flags, and chanting “Immigrants Make America Great,” the protesters made their voices heard as Trump’s motorcade passed by. One protester held a sign …

The Associated Press reports: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asks her not to deport Venezuelans without criminal records as ordered by Trump. “I respectfully request, within all applicable rules and regulations, that you assess all options available to ensure that Venezuelan nationals without criminal records are not forcibly returned to one of the most repressive …

NBC News reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that “due process will be followed” for all migrants housed at Guantanamo Bay. Noem reiterated the Trump administration’s goal of housing the “worst of the worst” migrants at Guantanamo Bay, referring to those who have committed crimes while living in the U.S. illegally. Still, Noem dodged multiple questions about …

Axios reports: A new White House video features mothers whose children’s deaths were linked to undocumented immigrants rebuking actress Selena Gomez for her Instagram post in which she cried over President Trump’s plans for mass deportations. The video is the latest sign that Trump’s new administration will use campaign-like tactics — and the power of social media — to talk …

Click Cuba reports: Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho, known for his political activism and his criticism of the Cuban regime, faces an increasingly complicated situation. He is currently in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detained at the Broward Transition Center, Florida. However, his case has taken an unexpected turn, not only due to rumors of …

The Latin Times reports: A Puerto Rican family, including a toddler, was taken into custody by ICE in Milwaukee after being overheard speaking Spanish; this incident is the latest in a surge of racial profiling concerns amid Trump’s immigration crackdown. The family, all U.S. citizens, were transported to a detention center before officials acknowledged their mistake and issued an apology. …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump’s military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials. That is more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines from El Paso, Texas, the departure point for the flight, according to a …