Expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests

A dramatic increase in immigration enforcement at US airports has reportedly placed the airline industry at odds with the Trump administration as workers decline to help federal officials arrest their targets – many of whom have pending applications for visas, asylum or green cards.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – both part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – have expanded their collaboration to make as many as three dozen daily arrests at US airports last month, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Federal lawsuit alleges children are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally

The Trump administration is deliberately targeting children who came to the US unaccompanied by a parent or guardian as it pushes to quickly return them to the countries they fled – amid “drastic policy changes” in immigration courts, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit shared with the Guardian.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are trying to prevent imminent deportation to the places from where they escaped danger or harm.