Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing NYT | Top Stories By: Nicholas Nehamas, Miriam Jordan, Coral Davenport, Hamed Aleaziz, Lydia DePillis and Zolan Kanno-Youngs 30 May 2026 at 21:41 The methodically planned strategy is intended to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States. © Salwan Georges for The New York TimesA man and child exited the Annandale Immigration Court last May in Annandale, Va. The Trump administration is pressuring immigrants to leave the country voluntarily by squeezing them financially.