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Elliot Spagat

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Associated Press / U.S. immigration news editor

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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“If it continues for a long enough period of time, then it could therefore lead to increased prices, because we are not processing the amount of beef that consumers are currently demanding,” the VP of communications for Kansas Livestock Association said. apnews.com/article/meat...
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Meatpacking groups say ICE arrests could lead to higher prices and revenue loss
Meatpacking industry groups are raising concerns about recent immigration operations in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
apnews.com/article/san-... San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos. San Francisco is the first major city to be left without a primary immigration court, in a region known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
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San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos
San Francisco's main immigration court has closed, leaving chaos and dysfunction in a region long known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New: Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility in Dilley, TX apnews.com/article/immi...
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Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility
New revelations into a Texas detention facility are stirring concern among attorneys for the wellbeing of immigrant children.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
apnews.com/article/us-g... West Africans deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries
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West Africans deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries
Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia. Ghanaian authorities say they accepted them on humanitarian grounds.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino led me (pictured here) and other journalists on a swim across the All-American Canal in 2021. Now he leads immigration enforcement in LA. Profile: apnews.com/article/bovi...
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New: Trump administration investigates border shelters for smuggling, then sends them more immigrants. This time, ICE is releasing adults and families, mostly from internal operations, to shelters in Phoenix, Laredo, & El Paso. Reporting with @elliotspagat.bsky.social apnews.com/article/bord...
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Trump administration investigates border shelters for smuggling, then sends them more immigrants
The Trump administration has been releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to nongovernmental shelters along the U.S. border with Mexico after telling those organizations that prov...
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
New: Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country "immediately," officials said Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app
The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
BREAKING: DHS/FEMA sent letters today over “significant concerns” that federal grants used to address a surge of migration under former President Joe Biden were used for illegal activities, wrote the acting administrator of FEMA in a letter obtained by AP. apnews.com/article/bord...
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FEMA launches review of migrant shelter aid, suggesting smuggling laws were violated
The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants, suggesting they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers.
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New: 14 families with children as young as one year old are being held in a reopened family detention center in Karnes County, TX, according to @RAICESTEXAS which provides services at the center. Some were in the US for 20 days and others up to 10 yrs. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/02/2025
Join @apnews.com reporters for a Reddit AMA on their ongoing coverage on immigration — Trump's immigration announcements so far, including what's been done already, what might happen soon, and what might take longer to happen, if ever. We want your questions. Ask them here: bit.ly/3QfMQyC
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From the law community on Reddit: We’re Associated Press journalists reporting on immigration. Ask us anything.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
@apnews.com apnews.com/article/bord... Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil
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Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil
AP joined the Border Patrol for six hours in San Diego, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings much of the last year, and found no migrants until the last half-hour.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
www.cbp.gov/about/mobile... This strands tens of thousands who had appointments into early February
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CBP One™ Mobile Application
Securing America's Borders
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term
Resettlement agencies have raced to welcome refugees before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Some immigrants are already leaving the US in 'self-deportations' as Trump's threats loom
A Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations.
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Trump-allied group's warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack 'sanctuary' jurisdictions
Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions to threa...
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Elliot Spagat @elliotspagat.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Posting some @apnews.com immigration stories from the last few days. apnews.com/article/cbp-...
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Border app that became 'a salvation' for migrants to legally enter the US may end
The CBP One app has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work since January 2023, but it could end under President-elect Donald Trump.
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New: Border app, CBP One, that became ‘a salvation’ for migrants to legally enter the US may end Via @elliotspagat.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cbp-...
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Border app that became 'a salvation' for migrants to legally enter the US may end
The CBP One app has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work since January 2023, but it could end under President-elect Donald Trump.
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