“The message is ‘We can take your children,’” Andrew Rankin, an immigration attorney in Memphis, told me. “The message is ‘We have the power.’ They want to scare the daylights out of people.” ...

Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children and youth who suffered parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment ...

Migrant rights advocates say the loss of bond hearings means many detainees will have to fight their deportation cases without legal representation.

An ICE memo was issued on July 9 by Acting Director Todd Lyons. Migrants may be deported to "third countries" with minimal notice. In "exigent circumstances," deportation can occur within six hours.

The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration ...