The Trump administration’s policy of detaining most migrants facing deportation without bail has just suffered a setback in court. A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York, ruled unanimously on Tuesday that the administration cannot broadly apply mandatory detention by classifying nearly any undocumented migrant as an “applicant for admission,” even if they have been living in the United States for years.

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The proposal started as a joke on social media and ended up with the endorsement of the U.S. president. Donald Trump has backed renaming the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement — NICE — a play on the acronym.

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Information about what is happening inside the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan — the largest immigration detention center in the Midwest — depends on who is telling the story. According to civil society organizations and detainees inside, hundreds of detainees have gone on a hunger strike in protest of the “inhumane” conditions. For the federal government, however, no such strike is happening, and the center meets — and even exceeds — the standards of other prisons in the country.

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On April 14, Deisy Rivera Ortega went to an immigration office in El Paso with her husband, Sergeant First Class Jose Serrano, hoping to make progress on her application to remain legally in the United States. She left in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The appointment was part of the “parole in place” process, a mechanism that has traditionally allowed family members of military personnel to regularize their status without leaving the country.

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The dispute surrounding Infowars, the website founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has entered a new phase: its potential transformation into a platform run by The Onion, the well-known satirical news site. The proposal, still pending judicial approval in Texas, marks the latest chapter in a protracted legal battle that began following Jones’s false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, in which 26 people were killed. Those statements — in which he described the shooting as “a giant hoax” — led to defamation convictions that forced him to face payments of up to $1.3 billion and resulted in the liquidation of his company’s assets.

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Starting this Monday, April 20, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Florida is entering a new phase with the implementation of rules aimed at changing the shopping habits of its beneficiaries. The state has restricted the use of these funds for the purchase of soft drinks, candy, and ultra-processed desserts, focusing resources on options with greater nutritional value — a move that may sound positive but could also pose a problem due to the higher costs of healthier foods.

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Every third Monday in April, Boston ceases to be just a city and becomes the host of one of the most important races on the planet. The streets fill with banners, bells, and thousands of personal stories that all converge on a single event: the 2026 Boston Marathon, which will be held on April 20 for its 130th edition.

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Meenu Batra, an interpreter with more than 20 years of experience in immigration courts and a life built over three decades in the United States, was detained by immigration agents at an airport in South Texas while on her way to work. Her case adds to a series of arrests involving people who have lived and worked in the country for years with official authorization.

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With the April 15 deadline — known as Tax Day — upon us, millions of taxpayers in the United States are reaching the end of the tax year without having filed their returns yet. Although more than 88 million forms had already been submitted weeks earlier, a large number of people continue to file at the last minute, running the risk of making mistakes or facing penalties.

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An image of a man in his underwear, wrapped in a blanket as he was being arrested by federal agents, went viral during the massive immigration raid launched by the White House in Minnesota earlier this year, sparking outrage across the country. Now, the arrest of that man, a U.S. citizen, has triggered a criminal investigation into possible kidnapping, unlawful entry, and unlawful detention, and has opened a new front of conflict between local authorities and the federal government.

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Rubeliz Bolívar was preparing to board a flight at McAllen Airport in Texas when she was detained by immigration agents. She was traveling with her five-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen, to California, where she had an asylum interview scheduled with her husband. Instead of making it to that interview, she ended up in custody. After being separated from her mother, the child was later handed over to relatives.

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President Donald Trump has unveiled a first look at his future presidential library, a project that, according to the materials he shared, would be a skyscraper in downtown Miami. The presentation, made via a video shared on his social media platform Truth Social and reposted by his son Eric Trump on X, shows a high-rise building with the president’s surname in gold letters, whose roof would feature a spire illuminated in the colors of the American flag.

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