Immigration News Today: House votes for short-term DHS funding as partial government shutdown continues

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Washington, D.C.

House votes for short-term bill to fund DHS as partial government shutdown continues: 

The Senate also approved a plan to fund most of the department on Friday, though ICE and CBP have been kept out of the deal. —CBS News, NBC News

ICE may remain in airports even as TSA pay resumes, Border czar Tom Homan says:

ICE agents may remain in airports where worker shortages persist, Homan said yesterday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” —The Washington Post

Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons hospitalized multiple times over stress, officials say: 

Top White House policy adviser Stephen Miller has repeatedly yelled at Lyons during their calls, according to reports from four administration officials. —POLITICO 

Proposed salary rule makes hiring H-1B workers more expensive:

A new rule, now open for comment in the Federal Register, could raise the required minimum salaries by 21% to 33%, depending on experience level. —Forbes, federalregister.gov  

New York

Thousands in NYC march against Trump administration in solidarity with nationwide protests:

New Yorkers participated in the third round of ‘No Kings’ demonstrations this weekend, as over 3,000 events were organized across the country. —Gothamist, ABC7

Leqaa Kordia freed after one year in ICE detention:

The Palestinian woman was arrested outside Columbia University in 2024 during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. —Columbia Daily Spectator, NPR

New Jersey safeguards wage protections for undocumented workers:

The state’s Supreme Court held that employers cannot use an employee’s undocumented status to withhold wages. —JD Supra

[Warning: Graphic] ICE agents smash car window to detain individual in South Jersey, video shows:

Deborah Gomez says she began filming outside the Cumberland County Courthouse when the masked agents attacked her attorney’s car and arrested her husband. —NJ.com

Around the U.S.

Attorneys must be given access to clients in ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ judge rules:

The ruling comes as U.S. senators have launched an investigation into allegations of torture in the Florida detention center. —The Guardian, Miami Herald

ICE deployed to BWI-Marshall Airport amid hourslong security lines: 

The Trump administration has promised to pay TSA agents as a partial government shutdown over DHS funding enters its seventh week. —WBALTV, AP

San Francisco lawmakers propose bill that requires police to identify ICE agents: 

The new policy comes days after a viral airport arrest in which plainsclothes ICE officers detained a mother and daughter while SFPD held onlookers at bay. —SF Standard, KTVU

Judge tosses DOJ suit seeking to stop undocumented Minnesotans from accessing in-state tuition: 

The Trump administration claimed that Minnesota was failing to provide in-state tuition and financial aid benefits to U.S. citizens from other states. —Sahan Journal

[Long read] The Rise and Fall of ICE-Tracking Apps:

ICEBlock, at one point, was the most downloaded free social-networking app in the App Store. Then Apple took it down. —The New Yorker