A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about 41,000.

U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.

About 87% of the Central Washington community of Sunnyside identifies as either Hispanic or Latino, according to 2024 U.S. Census estimates. It’s situated in the middle Yakima Valley, an agriculture mecca that produces a bulk of the region’s hops, asparagus and fresh fruit exports.

The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.

A memo from the acting deputy attorney general instructs officials to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration's immigration efforts.

The Trump administration has ordered 1,500 U.S. military troops to the southern border as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants.

The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his second administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced that it had rolled back Biden-era guidance that limited federal immigration arrests near sensitive locations, including schools, hospitals and churches.

The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.

The Trump administration has intensified immigration enforcement, increasing ICE arrests, ending restrictions at sensitive locations, reinstating the "Remain in Mexico" policy, and deploying troops to the border,

In a new memo, a Justice Department official seeks to realign the department's positions on immigration with President Trump's executive actions — and threatens local officials who don't cooperate.