The Guardian view on Trump’s immigration crackdown: who will have fewer rights next?
The president’s deportation machine is creating a class of people inside the US who have fewer protections against the power of the state
TL;DR
- Over half of those arrested by ICE in July had no criminal convictions or pending charges.
- Record arrests and deportations occurred in July, with 1,500 people apprehended and 1,100 removed daily.
- The Trump administration moved to end temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians, putting about 350,000 people at risk of deportation.
- More than 1 million TPS holders from 13 nations are now at risk of deportation.
- Trumpian legal tactics have left 1.7 million more immigrants open to deportation.
- An ICE directive in July 2025 rewrote detention policy, denying bond hearings to many migrants arrested inside the US.
- Federal judges have repeatedly ruled the ICE detention policy illegal, yet thousands remain in detention.
- A federal judge ruled visa cancellations for noncitizen students' pro-Palestinian advocacy unconstitutional.
- More than 100,000 children, three-quarters of whom are likely US citizens, have been separated from their parents.
- Some Republicans are pushing to restrict the rights of naturalised and dual citizens.