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March 12, 2025: 11:00 p.m.:
March 12, 2025: Immigration & Border Highlights
- Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, visited the New York Capitol to support Republican efforts to overturn state laws restricting federal immigration enforcement. He emphasized increasing security along the northern border and criticized Governor Kathy Hochul’s sanctuary policies.
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and permanent U.S. resident, remains detained in Louisiana as legal battles continue over the Trump administration’s plan to deport him for his involvement in campus protests against Israel. Civil rights groups argue that his detention violates free speech rights.
- The Trump administration has revamped the CBP One app, now called CBP Home, to enable individuals living illegally in the United States to voluntarily declare their intent to leave the country. This move aligns with the administration’s efforts to promote self-deportation as a cost-effective strategy to reduce the number of immigrants without legal status.
- Nancy Dominguez was charged with drug smuggling after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in El Paso found methamphetamine hidden in a fold of her stomach fat. She and her companion, Hector Ruben Rojas, were found in possession of almost half a pound of crystal meth.
- Aniceto Garcia III has been indicted for attempting to circumvent a checkpoint on Interstate 35 with three migrants in his vehicle. He faces charges including conspiracy to transport migrants and could face up to 10 years in prison for each count.
