The New York Times

1. Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration

   Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.

2. Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case

   A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.

3. Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship

   The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.

4. Lawmakers May Continue to Inspect ICE Detention Centers, Appeals Court Rules

   A federal appeals court declined, for now, to halt an order requiring D.H.S. to permit unannounced visits to immigration detention centers by Democrats in Congress.

5. Virginia’s Top Court Delivers a Major Victory for Republicans

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