“The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation,” the New York Times reports.

“Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks.”

“The Trump administration launched a plan Tuesday to channel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a change that some attorneys said could lead to people being removed from the United States without a hearing,” the Washington Post reports.

“White House border czar Tom Homan said the vetting and training processes for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents are ‘under review’ after revelations that the agent who allegedly shot and killed an immigrant in Maine had been accused of domestic violence,” NOTUS reports.

“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is ramping up immigration arrests, ending a spring lull that followed the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents,” Bloomberg reports.

“Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made 16,213 arrests during the first 11 days of July for a daily average of more than 1,400, according to federal records. That came after a daily average of more than 1,300 in June, when the monthly total of almost 40,000 set a record for President Donald Trump’s second term.”

“The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend more than $30 million for body-worn cameras after the fatal shooting of two immigrants in the past two weeks renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement approach,” NOTUS reports.

“The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Markwayne Mullin is cultivating a relationship with business groups whose concerns about losing workers to aggressive immigration enforcement had been rebuffed by former secretary Kristi L. Noem,” the Washington Post reports.

“Earlier this month, DHS officials met at the agency’s Washington headquarters with the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, which represents the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and major trade associations that depend on immigrant labor.”

“It was the first such meeting to be reported since President Donald Trump reentered the White House. Business groups say they have been trying to gain a foothold at the agency since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests began to spike last year.”

“Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters, according to people briefed on the decision,” the New York Times reports.

“If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents, as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism over killings at the hands of federal officers.”