Lawmakers told USA TODAY they have been denied entry in California and New York as the Trump administration increases quotas to detain migrants.

The Trump administration is tapping 41 companies to compete for contracts in his $45 billion push to expand immigration detention centers. They include private prison operators, tent companies and disaster relief providers.

About 50 inmates at Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, banded together and pushed down the wall of a dormitory room when meals were hours late, a lawyer told NJ Advance Media.

For months advocates have asked the county commissioners to adopt a 'welcoming' ordinance that could stop such arrests

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Trump administration is halting some ICE raids. According to The New York Times, an email sent on Thursday by a senior ICE official orders all agents to stop enforcement on agriculture, restaurants and hotels. The order is in line with comments President Donald Trump made Thursday on social media.

Federal authorities moved Jennifer Rodriguez to a detention center in Texas for roughly two months ahead of potential deportation to her native Colombia. Ultimately, she was released and returned

I hope that I can get back. I’m hoping something good happens,” Miguel López said in an interview from Mexico City.

With Donald Trump’s administration taking a more aggressive approach to deportations, Sacramento immigrants must contend with heightened fear at court.