Immigration News Today: DHS Plans to Pause Buy-Up of New Warehouses for Detention Facilities

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Washington D.C.

DHS plans to pause buy-up of new warehouses for detention facilities:
Two officials said the pause may be temporary, as incoming DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reviews the agency’s existing policies and strategy. —NBC News 

Trump admin. lifts asylum pause for some migrants:
The suspension, put in place after the shooting of two National Guard members in late November, applies to most countries, except those on the travel ban list. —CBS News

USCIS broadens pathway for foreign nurses to work in U.S.:
The agency authorized a new credentialing organization for healthcare workers, potentially speeding up a pathway for tens of thousands of internationally-trained nurses to enter the American healthcare system. —Migrant Insider, USCIS.gov

New York

Feds probe whether NYC councilmember, Hochul aide accepted bribes related to migrant shelter:
The probe includes Councilmember Farah Louis, representing District 45 in Brooklyn, and Debbie Louis, Albany’s assistant secretary of New York City intergovernmental affairs. —AP

Report finds immigrant legal services in New York under strain:
New York Legal Services Coalition finds that the $64.2 million the state has invested in immigrant legal services falls short as lawyers face “an urgent surge in demand.” —City & State

NYC student freed from ICE detention returns to school:
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at ELLIS Prep Academy, was back in class after 10 months in ICE custody. —Chalkbeat

Around the U.S.

Mexican immigrant Jose Guadalupe Ramos found dead in LA detention facility, ICE reports:
He is the 14th person to have died this year in ICE custody, according to the agency’s records. —Reuters 

Salt Lake City Mayor says ICE planning detention ‘mega center’: 
Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the facility, which could hold up to 10,000 people, would be a ‘hub’ in the agency’s ‘hub and spoke’ detention model. —Utah News Dispatch

California senators seek answers on how TSA shares information with immigration authorities:
The move follows the viral arrest of a Guatemalan mother and daughter at San Francisco International Airport last week. —New York Times 

Trump admin. must reverse termination of legal status for thousands of migrants who used CBP One app, judge rules:A federal judge ruled that DHS acted unlawfully when it sent emails to many users of the Biden-era app telling them to leave the country. —Reuters