March 20, 2025: Immigration & Border Highlights

March 20, 2025: 11:00 p.m.:

March 20, 2025: Immigration & Border Highlights

• The Trump administration is reportedly planning to militarize a section of the New Mexico border with active-duty U.S. troops authorized to detain individuals crossing illegally, aiming to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts military involvement in domestic law enforcement.

• A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian-born Georgetown University researcher, who was detained over alleged ties to Hamas; the judge’s order allows time to resolve Suri’s petition for release.

• The Navy destroyer USS Gravely has been deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to enhance security measures, marking an unprecedented use of naval resources for border enforcement.

• President Trump has called on the Supreme Court to limit federal judges’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions that block his administration’s policies, following several legal challenges to his immigration agenda.

• Border authorities are adopting more aggressive tactics when questioning immigrants and tourists with visas, leading to increased scrutiny and detentions, in line with President Trump’s executive order calling for “extreme vetting.”