Immigration and Emigration

• The ICE Shooting Came During an Operation Focused on Somali Immigrants - Federal immigration officials have stepped up enforcement activity in Minnesota amid a fraud scandal there that includes many people of Somali origin.
• Homeland Security Steps Up Enforcement in Minneapolis - Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, posted a video showing an immigration arrest being made as part of the administration’s announced crackdown.
• Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show - The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.
• Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses - Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.
• ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants - After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”
• Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists - An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
• Long Before Bondi Massacre, Australian Jews Lived With a Sense of Peril - Armed guards, bollards and secretive precautions became part of life amid antisemitic attacks and blurred lines between anger at Israel and hatred of Jews.
• 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.
• 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.
• Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations - Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.