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Yesterday — 21 December 2025Main stream

Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists

An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in June.

‘It’s Just Us’: The Firefighter, His Son and a Treacherous Choice

For two decades, Luis Martinez has fought wildfires for the U.S. government. Now he’s facing down cancer, debt and the threat of separation from his 11-year-old.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

Luis Martinez, a wildfire fighter in Washington State, and his 11-year-old son, Rooney.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries

In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere.

© Adam Gray for The New York Times

Federal agents detaining a man after his immigration hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York earlier this year.

How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE

In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.

ICE Allows Democratic Lawmakers Inside Migrant Cells in New York City

The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Representative Daniel Goldman on Friday visited immigrant holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.

Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup

19 December 2025 at 16:00
A detainee and eight others were held in a tiny room with an open toilet in freezing, filthy conditions.

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Erron Anthony Clarke was detained by ICE in November, and held in detention at the Alphonse M. D’Amato U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y.

Takeaways From the Trial of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan

19 December 2025 at 11:05
The Milwaukee judge was charged with obstructing federal immigration agents, who were trying to arrest a man who had appeared before her on a battery charge.

© Sara Stathas/Reuters

Judge Hannah C. Dugan, right, outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this week.

Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant

19 December 2025 at 21:14
The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.

© Sara Stathas/Reuters

Judge Hannah C. Dugan entered court on the first day of her federal trial.

A Lesson From the Abrego Garcia Saga

19 December 2025 at 02:35
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s release from immigration detention last week offers a useful model for how Democrats can successfully challenge the Trump administration, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues.
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