Gloria and Dustin Hoffman take a selfie with their kids. Gloria Hoffman hide caption
October 26, 2026 • A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries.
Students from Ciudad Juarez head across the Paso del Norte International Bridge to school. Many are U.S. born children and attend private schools in El Paso. Angela Kocherga/KTEP hide caption
October 26, 2026 • Thousands cross into the U.S. every day to visit family, shop and go to school using a "border visa," but a new policy has kept many away from the international bridges.
A detainee boards a deportation flight on GlobalX Air in Minnesota in December 2025. Photo by Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption
October 9, 2026 • The Trump administration's effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona judge said his deportation violated due process.
October 9, 2026 • The Trump administration says it has deported more than 25,000 people to countries to which they have no ties. NPR spoke to three men who say it feels like they've lost control over their own lives.
A Roxbury, N.J., warehouse was one piece of a billion-dollar plan by the Department of Homeland Security to detain migrants. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
October 8, 2026 • Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
Demonstrators gather within the "free speech zone" near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention facility on October 31, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images hide caption
October 2, 2026 • The lawsuit says the prominent conservative podcaster falsely claimed the protesters were assaulting ICE officers during demonstrations at an ICE facility in Illinois last year.
The family of Renee Good, from left; father Tim Ganger, mother Donna Ganger, brother Luke Ganger and brother Brent Ganger, listen during a news conference after the family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. Ellen Schmidt/AP hide caption
October 1, 2026 • The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent last January in Minneapolis set off a firestorm of protests around the U.S. Her family is speaking out for the first time.
Richard Clavet sits outside at one of a string of Canadian-themed hotels and motels he owns along South Federal Highway in Hollywood, Fla., on March 27, 2025. Clavet is from Quebec and has served Canadian clientele for years. Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
October 1, 2026 • This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.
Migrants deported from the U.S. get off an airliner at the runway of the Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela, Costa Rica, in April 2026. Ezequiel Becerra/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
September 29, 2026 • The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.
The Rev. Esdras Paredes participates via phone in a baptism in Fond du Lac, Wisc. Fiona Murphy/RNS hide caption
September 29, 2026 • Pastoring is an intense job. But what happens when a pastor is stuck thousands of miles away from his church –- with no hope of returning anytime soon?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk a detainee out of the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, Calif., on July 27. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
September 23, 2026 • Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
Bullet holes can be seen in a car in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. Courtesy of Austin Councilmember Mike Siegel hide caption
September 20, 2026 • The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it was leading the investigation into the officer involved in a shooting of "an illegal alien from Venezuela" during an operation in Austin, Texas.
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Gastonia, N.C. Matt Kelley/AP hide caption
September 17, 2026 • The White House says it is withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead ICE, ensuring that an agency at the forefront of President Trump's domestic agenda will remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for at least a while longer.
ICE agent Christian Castro gets in a vehicle surrounded by journalists after leaving the Cameron County Detention Center in Brownsville, Texas. Michael Gonzalez/AP hide caption
September 17, 2026 • Christian Castro, a federal immigration officer, made his first court appearance in Minnesota since he was booked Wednesday into a local jail. Castro faces multiple state and federal charges in connection with a shooting during the immigration surge in Minnesota.
September 17, 2026 • The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.
Freight trucks travel northbound on Interstate 5 Highway in September 2025, in Tracy, Calif. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP hide caption
September 17, 2026 • Singh, the driver, sustained 17 lacerations, including to his neck and chest, according to court documents recently obtained by NPR.
Herlain, who asked NPR to withhold her last name, poses for a portrait at her home in North Lauderdale, Fla. She is a registered nurse from Haiti who recently lost her temporary protected status, or TPS. Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR hide caption
September 15, 2026 • Haitians in the U.S. lost their Temporary Protected Status under Trump's immigration crackdown. Now facing deportation to a homeland wracked by gang violence, disease and extreme poverty, Haitians in Miami are meeting the moment with grief, anger, and courage.
Yolanda Alvarado, a fifth-generation cattle rancher in west Texas, stands with her sons at a press conference on Monday in Marfa, announcing a landowner lawsuit against a proposed border wall along the border with Mexico. Mary Cantrell/ Marfa Public Radio hide caption
September 14, 2026 • A lawsuit filed Monday takes aim at federal agencies' use of waivers to expedite construction of a wall along the border with Mexico and claims that landowner's constitutional rights are being violated.
FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
September 12, 2026 • Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
Lucelly, who asked NPR to withhold her last name, is an undocumented worker from Colombia who went to clean up at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. Since then she has battled breast cancer and respiratory disease. Nate Langston Palmer for NPR hide caption
September 11, 2026 • After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
An exterior view of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency headquarters is seen July 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images North America hide caption
September 11, 2026 • The Trump administration declined this week to terminate TPS for Salvadorans, even though it has done so for people from other countries like Haiti and Syria. But it also hasn't said whether it will extend the protection in the future.
Observers film ICE agents in Minneapolis in February. A new lawsuit alleges that the federal government is trying to intimidate observers who monitor immigration enforcement operations. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
September 10, 2026 • The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.
When Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban in 2021, 33-year-old S. was among those evacuated. S. has three children, but only her youngest made it out of Afghanistan with her and resettled in California. Two of her other children, her daughter, 14, and her son, 9, are in Kabul. S. asked NPR to use only her first initial — to protect her children and other relatives who are still in Afghanistan. Andri Tambunan for NPR hide caption
September 10, 2026 • Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Some Afghans who helped the U.S. prosecute that war were allowed to come to America. Now they face possible deportation.
A poster calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get out of the community hangs on a door in the Little Village neighborhood on January 22, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
September 8, 2026 • A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
