Maria Sacchetti

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Marianne LeVine |Maria Sacchetti |Jeremy Roebuck |Carol Leonnig |Ellen Nakashima

The Department of Homeland Security has enlisted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct welfare checks on children and young people who came to the United States without their parents, alarming advocates who worry it’s an effort to target them for deportation or scare them.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Lisa Rein |Hannah Natanson |Maria Sacchetti

At the request of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, the Social Security Administration this week added the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively erasing their ability to receive benefits or work in the United States, according to four people familiar with the situation and records obtained by The Washington Post.

1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Lisa Rein |Hannah Natanson |Maria Sacchetti

The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively erasing their ability to receive benefits or work legally in the United States, according to four people familiar with the situation and records obtained by The Washington Post. The move, requested by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Sacchetti |Shayna Jacobs

Judges in Texas and New York pause removals under the Alien Enemies Act (washingtonpost.com) Judges in Texas and New York pause removals under the Alien Enemies Act By Maria Sacchetti; Shayna Jacobs 2025041000213000 Federal judges in parts of Texas and New York temporarily blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from using a centuries-old wartime powers act to summarily deport immigrants the government alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua. The hearings marked...

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Sacchetti |Marianne LeVine

Advocates restart efforts to block expulsions under the Alien Enemies Act (washingtonpost.com) Advocates restart efforts to block expulsions under the Alien Enemies Act By Maria Sacchetti; Marianne LeVine 2025040822575000 Immigrant advocates re-upped their legal challenges Tuesday to the Trump administration's use of a wartime powers act to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, fighting the issue in court districts where immigrants are being held one day after the Supreme Court...