Hamed Aleaziz

UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum. Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama. Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:

Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

Actually, Most Immigrants Won’t Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...

DHS memo obtained by the Times shows the top lawyer of the agency assuring agents that they were “not legally required to comply with state and local mask prohibitions while carrying out their official duties.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/n...

Belatedly, honored for this recognition of our work last year. If you work in the federal government on immigration and want to talk about what I should be looking into right now message me on Signal: haleaziz.81

New: An internal email obtained by Times shows, a lawyer for ICE instructed a Justice Department lawyer preparing to appear before Judge DuBose, that he should withhold information about international charges from the judge. The email has not been previously reported.

Latest:

Scoop: immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests, posting criticism of Israel on social media and desecrating the American flag, according to internal documents. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

Notable comment from DOJ. A spokesperson said officials were “pursuing the highest volume of denaturalization referrals in history” from the Department of Homeland Security.

Scoop: The DOJ has identified nearly 400 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Remaining silent about a deadly crackdown against protesters there. $30 million in funds. Inside how Cameroon and the U.S. struck a deal over third-country migrants. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w...

We spent hours talking to Greg Bovino in his final days as a Border Patrol official. He mocked Tom Homan. Criticized the current CBP chief. Acknowledged clashes with ICE and the National Guard. Lots more here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...