NEW: The US and Ecuador claimed they bombed a drug trafficking complex in early March.
A @nytimes.com investigation found it was actually a dairy farm.
From Ecuador:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...
NEW: The U.S.-Ecuador military operations against drug gangs were months in the making.
A look at a new phase in Ecuador's drug war, from Noboa's courting of Trump to months of training by US Special Forces.
W/ Eric Schmitt & Jose Maria León Cabrera:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...
NEW: Carlos García, a Venezuelan politician opposed to Maduro, fled Venezuela in 2017 to escape charges from the Maduro regime.
He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.
His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
I visited Vieques in December and wrote a 36 Hours column for the @nytimes.com.
The small island has retained its no-frills charm, keeping overdevelopment at bay.
Go for its bioluminescent bay, stay for some of the most beautiful beaches in Puerto Rico.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NEW: After Maduro's capture, Venezuela's government will now receive more deportation flights following discussions with Trump officials.
Up to three deportation flights per week are expected, up from two-a-week last year.
W/ Annie Correal and @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
A Year Into Trump’s War on Immigration, Images of an Altered America
Read it here:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Grab our 8-page special section in Sunday’s @nytimes.com, a deep dive into Year One of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, in print today.
With amazing photographs by Todd Heisler.
UPDATE: DHS said the man is Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez.
DHS says he entered US on a tourist visa in 2017 and overstayed. Said he had an assault arrest; did not specify if he had been charged/convicted.
Council says he had TPS that granted him work authorization until Oct. 2026.
NEW: A Venezuelan employee of the New York City Council was detained by Trump immigration officials during a routine appointment on Long Island.
Julie Menin, the Council speaker, said the staffer was legally authorized to live and work in the US until October.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/n...
NEW: Kristi Noem showed up in New York City to tout gang-linked arrests in the city and defend the officer in the Minneapolis shooting.
She had sharp words for Mamdani, but stopped short of calling for an escalation in NYC.
W/ @la-ley.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
NEW: A look at Year One of Trump’s immigration crackdown, with reporting and photography from across the United States.
W/ Todd Heisler:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NEW: After months of trying, Democrats in Congress were finally allowed into the holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza.
Rep. Dan Goldman said he was told by ICE officials that 60% of those detained in NY did not have criminal records.
With @oliviabensimon.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
NEW: The Trump administration has fired 8 immigration judges in one day in New York City as feds seek to restrict immigration nationwide
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The U.S. has been sending separated children back to Venezuela, following negotiations between both governments.
A few children are flown back each week, in deportation flights with adults.
But each week, more parents are also separated in the US as arrests here escalate.
ICE says it doesn't separate families, and offers parents the choice to be deported w/ children.
But since ICE is subjecting migrants to mandatory detention, it is dealing with a growing number of children split up from parents in detention or being deported.
Others said they were never given a choice, or were pressured/given misleading guidance by ICE.
Parents landed in ICE custody after being arrested by ICE or Border Patrol.
But many were transferred to ICE by local police in red states after traffic violations, etc.
Many parents we spoke to said that they were given a choice by ICE to deport w/ their children.
But many said they were told they would have to wait for months in detention if so.
Many ultimately chose to leave w/o children, hoping to facilitate their return from Venezuela.
I teamed up with Julie Turkewitz and Isayen Herrera, in Colombia and Venezuela, to explore what's happening.
We interviewed more than a dozen families in Venezuela, including recently deported parents, and reviewed police records, immigration case files, and court documents.
NEW: A growing number of children have been left in the care of relatives, neighbors & babysitters after parents have been deported by ICE.
Few countries have been as vocal as Venezuela, which claims 150 children have been separated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
NEW: As New York braces for a potential surge in ICE activity, Tom Homan renewed his threat to send more agents to New York.
That and more with @la-ley.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
NEW: Following a legal fight, ICE freed a blind Ecuadorean man who was being held in isolation at a New York county jail.
He was one of several Hispanic men picked up by ICE in Queens in recent days.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
NEW: The New York Times and KFF surveyed 1,800+ immigrants in the United States.
Half of all immigrants say they feel less safe since President Trump took office, and yet the majority are resolved to stay.
Check out the poll's findings:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
NEW: A federal judge dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit against a New York law that prohibits ICE arrests at local courthouses.
The judge sided with New York.
(This has no impact on arrests happening at federal immigration courts)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
NEW: A federal judge dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit filed in June against a New York state law that prohibits ICE arrests at state/local courthouses.
Story to come.
Our story from the original lawsuit in June:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...
NEW: ICE has explored whether to use a Coast Guard base on Staten Island for detainees, visiting last week.
Unclear if ICE will proceed, but search for beds comes amid talks of wider crackdown in New York.
W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
NEW: A blind Ecuadorean man has been held by ICE since Tuesday at 26 Federal Plaza without access to a lawyer, according to a petition filed by his sister in Manhattan federal court.
A hearing on his case is taking place now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
That federal immigration raid on Canal Street last month was supposed to have been a lot larger. It's also a harbinger of what might come. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
The Canal Street raid, which included more than 50 agents, was supposed to be even larger.
Feds had amassed more than 100 agents for the raid, but it was scaled back at the last minute, after details leaked, per 3 people familiar.
Raid was a harbinger of what's to come.