The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.
President Donald Trump has lifted long-standing restrictions on migrant arrests at sensitive locations such as schools and churches, reversing policies set by ICE and CBP over the past decade.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has decided not to allocate any new funding to help New York City manage its migrant crisis. This marks a notable change in her policy, after previously committing to cover about a third of the city's costs related to sheltering migrants two years ago.
The move is part of President Trump's agenda to enforce immigration laws and fulfill his campaign promises of mass deportations.
The CBP One app has been highly popular, functioning as an online lottery system that grants appointments to 1,450 people daily at eight border crossings. These individuals enter the U.S. under immigration "parole," a presidential authority that Joe Biden has exercised more frequently than any other president since its creation in 1952.
Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.
The sudden policy changes disrupt immigration pathways, leaving migrant and local communities facing uncertainty and challenges.
Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
The president moved quickly to cancel the CBP One app, which allowed migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States, turning away potentially tens of thousands of migrants.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
About 200 migrants who had their CBP One immigration appointments canceled when President Trump was sworn into office are refusing to leave the San Ysidro border checkpoint until they are seen.
Nearly one million people were granted parole in the United States as they pursued their asylum cases through the application. At least 30,000 CBP One appointments across the southern border were canceled, with over 270,000 migrants continuing to log in daily to seek an appointment.