National News
Trump administration plans $100,000 visa fee for high-skill foreign workers
The proposed fee for domestic hires follows a federal judge's June ruling striking down a similar $100,000 charge for workers hired abroad.
Immigration
National News
Fentanyl seizures plummeted as Trump administration shifted focus to immigration
One HSI office cut its drug team from seven agents to three as immigration work consumed 99% of staff hours, a DHS watchdog found.
Local
ICE has begun targeting and detaining Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio
Detainees are sent to Butler County Jail, already over its recommended capacity, as a Cleveland immigration lawyer says local jails profit from federal detention contracts.
Local
Ohio immigrant group adds to its list of criminally charged federal agents
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance's tally nearly tripled to 152 cases, with about 90% involving sexual abuse or gender-based violence allegations.
Local
‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE offices
Since TPS ended, Springfield-area Haitians report weekly to a Blue Ash ICE office, where interfaith clergy have joined a months-long volunteer network preparing for possible family separations.
Local
Ramaswamy wanted young Americans to pass a citizenship test before voting. His own father never took it.
Ramaswamy falsely told voters both parents passed the naturalization test his voting-age plan required.
National News
Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge
Court filings reveal undercover agents, facial recognition and license plate tracking targeted unions and groups never charged in the 15-defendant conspiracy case.
Local
Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio’s ICE offices and wear ankle monitors
Advocates say Springfield is singled out among 30,000 central Ohio Haitians, while ICE detained four Haitians locally in a single week this month.
National News
More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?
An Idaho lawmaker who used both IVF and surrogacy to build her family says surrogacy restrictions are likely coming to her state's 2027 legislative session.
National News
ICE to outfit agents with electric shock gloves from KY company in $20 million no-bid contract
The ACLU of Kentucky warns the shock gloves add coercive power without oversight, while a GOP lawmaker who tested the device calls it harmless.
Local
‘Not a safe place.’ Aid worker describes conditions in Haiti as Ohioans are forced to return
An IRC aid worker in Port-au-Prince disputes a Florida congressman's claim that deportations will help, citing gang rule, mass rape and 5 million people going hungry.
National News
With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests
A policy analyst says the 51,000 July arrests still fall short of Trump's 2,000-daily goal and mostly catch non-criminals in legal gray areas, not deportation priorities.
