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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares in New York

How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants

a masked man checks the documents of a person standing in line
Masked federal agents check people's documents as they wait for hearings at the New York Federal Plaza immigration court in New York City on 5 March 2026. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration policy has led to a crackdown on immigrant communities that, increasingly, targets not just people who have violated immigration law but many immigrants who are in the US legally.

Throughout the past year, policies – many of which are actively being challenged in court – amount to the government attempting to strip people of their status, with countless numbers suddenly finding themselves undocumented, or about to be, and under threat of deportation.

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