Andrew Kreighbaum
@kreighbaum
Reporting on immigration and labor @blaw / member @guildatBIG @WBNG32035 / email: [email protected] / signal: kreighbaum.85
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L.A. will provide cash assistance to immigrants affected by raids latimes.com/california/sto…
The US Department of Labor quietly ended its only nationwide job training program for low-income seniors just as tens of thousands must meet new work requirements to tap into Medicaid and food assistance. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
NEW: Trump administration announces visa restrictions on Brazil’s Supreme Court over “political witch hunt” against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Today we published our 2nd story investigating the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to Salvadoran. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum propublica.org/article/venezu…
Nomination of Karen Evans to be DHS management under secretary has been withdrawn congress.gov/nomination/119…
Among the people fired from the State Department: the entire staff of the office assisting families of employees who die overseas, sources told CNN More on the cuts & reorganization- and its impact - from me, @kylieatwood & @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
SCOOP: For migrants and asylum seekers, a tattoo of a clock or an autism ribbon could land you in CECOT But if you’re a Border Patrol agent, it’s all good! The CBP “grooming standard” rules allow agents to have “obscene or gang-related” tattoos — so long as they cover them up
NEW w/ @MHackman: A small but growing group of House Republican lawmakers is encouraging the Trump administration and other factions of their party to pivot toward addressing immigration policy inside the country now that President Trump has brought illegal border crossings to…
USCIS has a new director as Joseph Edlow, President Trump's pick to lead the agency, received Senate confirmation Tuesday in a party-line vote news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
NOW VOTING: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #184 Joseph Edlow to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
Almost 12,000 Afghans in the US will get a weeklong reprieve from termination of Temporary Protected Status. A federal appeals court granted an emergency request to stay Trump administration plans to terminate the protections set to expire Monday. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
New: Reps. Salazar & Escobar are pushing a bipartisan immigration bill today in a test of lawmakers’ willingness to engage in broad reform talks with border crossings at record lows — after years of failed attempts and increasingly fractious politics news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
SCOOP: Another round of firings hit immigration courts on Friday. These firings come after Congress approved $3 billion in part to hire more judges. Since the start of the admin, over 80 judges have been fired or took the Fork in the Road. npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-…
UFW told us that this worker has died
The United Farm Workers union said it was told one worker fell several stories from a greenhouse and is not expected to survive. Seems to be the most serious injury to date tied to immigration sweeps that have unfolded over the last month. latimes.com/california/sto…
After a Maryland judge denied a request to preserve protections, almost 12,000 Afghans in the US will lose Temporary Protected Status Monday news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
