Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security confirmed a police-bonus program starting October 1 that will pay participating agencies up to $1,000 per trained officer per quarter to help locate undocumented immigrants.
• A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Judge Jia Cobb, temporarily halted the administration’s expanded expedited removal procedures, citing due-process concerns.
• U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued an injunction blocking the deportation of hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan minors, ordering a two-week pause on their removal.
• A California judge ruled President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles unlawful under the Posse Comitatus Act, and the administration is expected to challenge the decision.
• Chicago’s mayor signed an order directing city agencies not to cooperate with any federal or National Guard deployment, further complicating planned operations in major Democratic-run cities.