ICE agent questioned a Mescalero Apache Tribal member in Ruidoso, sparking concerns in Indigenous communities.
President Donald Trump has vowed to target the estimated 11.7 million people in the United States without legal status.
The Mexican government under President Claudia Sheinbaum started readying itself to serve as an oppositional force to Trump.
The undocumented Gary and Merrillville men had each been previously deported from the U.S. at least once before but reentered the country illegally, records show.
Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said.
President Trump’s executive orders this week outline a sweeping agenda, from declaring an invasion at the border to curtailing birthright citizenship. But significant questions remain about what’s next.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration intensified efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, making U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a central focus.
NM AG Raúl Torrez responds to Trump immigration orders with guidance to community leaders on their rights and federal law
Noem highlighted her 2024 decision to send South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border “when Texas asked for help and when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented border crisis.