
Justice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants
An ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April. Photograph: Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April. “We are forced to conclude that our prior opinion erred in its analysis and result,” he wrote.Craddock also dismissed the argument that Congress’s decades of inaction on the issue amounted to implicit endorsement of the narrower reading.
- ▪An ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April.
- ▪Photograph: Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April.
- ▪“We are forced to conclude that our prior opinion erred in its analysis and result,” he wrote.Craddock also dismissed the argument that Congress’s decades of inaction on the issue amounted to implicit endorsement of the narrower reading.
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| Publication time | Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:02:39 GMT |
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An ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April. Photograph: Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn ICE agent makes an arrest on a traffic stop in Mustang Ridge, outside Austin, Texas, on 16 April. Photograph: Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty ImagesUS newsJustice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants New DoJ opinion says entire state government has duty to report, not just agencies responsible for welfare programsJoseph Gedeon in WashingtonWed 2 Sep 2026 16.02 EDTLast modified on Wed 2 Sep 2026 16.09 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe US Department of Justice has ordered states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants to…
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