U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

News Summary:

On April 25, 2026, President Donald Trump argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that his administration's decisions to rescind humanitarian protections, which shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants from deportation, are not subject to judicial review. Earlier on the same day, House Republicans pushed back against the Senate’s two-step "skinny" plan to end a record-breaking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, citing frustration that the proposed GOP-only funding package focuses solely on immigration enforcement and omits other policy priorities ahead of November's midterm elections. Separately on April 25, internal DHS training materials reviewed by The New York Times revealed the Trump administration had instructed U.S. immigration officers to consider applicants' political views, including criticism of Israel, pro-Palestinian campus activism, and acts like desecrating the American flag, when reviewing green card applications. On April 24, Arizona’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the DHS to halt an ICE facility in Surprise, Arizona. This action followed an appeals court's ruling on April 24, which affirmed a district court's decision that President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration asylum claims at the border is unlawful, stating that the Immigration and Nationality Act allows migrants who cross the southern border to apply for asylum.