The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its ability to quickly deport illegal immigrants who have recently arrived at the border, overturning a Biden-era tweak.

The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and demanding a review on parole use.

A top Justice Department official directed U.S. attorneys to investigate state and local jurisdictions that fail to enforce immigration laws.

India is reportedly planning to take back 18,000 illegal immigrants in the US amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. While the total number is unclear, some 220,000 ‘unauthorised’ Indian immigrants were living in America as of 2022,

The executive orders will include deploying U.S. troops to the southern border, and ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

The bill is named after and was inspired by a Georgia nursing student who was attacked and brutally murdered while jogging by an illegal immigrant in February 2024.

The order for DHS employees to return to work falls in tandem with Trump’s mass deportation plan announced in his inaugural address Monday

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

The Trump administration rescinded two major Biden-era immigration initiatives Tuesday, further cementing the White House’s dedication to tougher enforcement policies. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a directive that rescinds the Biden administration’s guidelines on so-called “sensitive locations” where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are prohibited from conducting enforcement activities.

We are scholars of immigration who closely follow public discussions about immigration policy, trends and terminology. Understanding the many different immigration terms – some technical, some not – can help people better understand immigration news. While not an exhaustive list, here are 10 important terms to know: