Domingo Mendoza Méndez’s eyes fill with tears as he says he hasn't seen his family since July 10, when he went to an appointment with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was detained.

“I’m in the process for a U visa and they detained me, but I don’t know why they’re detaining me. I’m following all their rules,” Mendoza Méndez, a 45-year-old Mexican immigrant, said in a video call with Noticias Telemundo from the Freeborn County Correctional Facility in Minnesota.

The White House has released new guidance detailing how it would enforce President Trump’s executive order ending automatic birthright citizenship for certain children born in the U.S. While the order is currently on hold due to a recent federal court ruling, government agencies are preparing to implement the policy in the event that the executive order is permitted to go into effect in the future, raising concerns among immigrants, U.S. citizens, and employers.

The new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will likely focus the agency on the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda. On July 15, 2025, Joseph Edlow began as USCIS director following a Senate confirmation vote along party lines. Edlow’s job will be to implement the policies of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. The agenda will include restricting asylum, directing adjudicators to tighten the approval process for immigration benefits applications and ending or controlling the ability of international students to work in the United States after graduating from U.S. universities.

A federal judge in San Francisco has extended Temporary Protected Status for approximately 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal, at least until November. 

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem decided last month to revoke the status, saying conditions in those countries improved enough to no longer warrant Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, eligibility. 

While Trump administration officials have said that more than 70,000 people have expressed interest in the Trump "gold card" visa, some industry experts suggest the number of sales may be significantly lower.

Latitude Managing Director Chris Willis told Newsweek, "In the end, less than 1,000 Trump Cards will be sold—far below the standards for a golden visa program."

Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Commerce Department for comment.

The Trump administration is moving to fast-track cases in immigration court by allowing judges to drop "legally deficient asylum cases without a hearing."

The change in policy was laid out in an April 11 memo sent to staff at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a part of the Justice Department that decides who can be deported from the U.S.

The Oval Office announcement caught many immigration experts by surprise.

Last week the president known for touting his mass deportation plans floated a new way he wants to draw wealthy foreigners to the US: a “gold card” that offers investors a path to US citizenship for $5 million.

“I think it’s going to be very treasured. I think it’s going to do very well. And we’re going to start selling, hopefully, in about two weeks,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.

ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about negative effects on the food industry.

Employers must navigate a perilous legal landscape if employees lose legal status or encounter Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Trump administration ended humanitarian parole for over 500,000 people and has terminated Temporary Protected Status for several hundred thousand individuals. That loss of authorized workers combined with raids on businesses and arresting people at courthouses leaves many employers and employees in legal danger.