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![Pope Francis presides over a Mass for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces in St. Peter's Square.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_02-11-pope-francis-400x300.jpeg)
Pope Criticizes Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Apparent Response to J.D. Vance
Pope Francis pushed back on J.D. Vance’s invocation of his faith as a reason to embrace cruel immigration policy.
![Educators hold walk-ins with parents and students to say "no" to Trump’s attacks on Black history, immigrant students, LGBTQIA+ rights and public education in Chicago, Illinois, on February 4, 2025.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/02/Gi-j02bXMAArzhm-400x300.jpg)
Here’s How Chicago Educators Are Defending Their Students From Trump’s Attacks
They’ve created resources that may be helpful to other teachers who are developing sanctuary plans to protect students.
![Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a visit to the workshops of aircraft maintenance firm Aeroman in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on February 3, 2025.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_0204-rubio-400x300.jpg)
Rubio Makes Deal With El Salvador to Send Migrants, US Citizens to Prisons There
Critics have denounced the arrangement as “bizarre and unprecedented,” as well as illegal.
![Colombia's President Gustavo Petro (L) speaks next to Honduras's President Xiomara Castro during the CELAC Summit in Buccament Bay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on March 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2043357093-400x300.jpg)
As Trump’s War on Migrants Transcends Borders, Resistance Grows in Latin America
Leaders in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Honduras are pushing back against Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
![Aura Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and her daughter, are introduced to the congregation of the Fourth Universalist Society, and formally offered sanctuary by the church on March 18, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/01/2025_0131-church-400x300.jpg)
Here’s How Faith Leaders Are Standing Between ICE and Their Congregants
As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda and revokes “sensitive location” policy, religious groups are fighting back.
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Trump Militarizes Border, Ramps Up Deportation Flights in Immigration Crackdown
“We’re very, very concerned,” says immigration activist Fernando GarcĂa of the Border Network for Human Rights.
![Activists rally against racial profiling by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside of the Dirksen Federal Building following a court hearing on June 11, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-971569412-400x300.jpg)
Trump Reportedly Plans to Begin Immigration Raids in Chicago on Tuesday
Migrant rights advocates say it’s a performance to generate fear, but will have real costs for immigrant communities.
![Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1226-homan-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s “Border Czar” Says the Admin Will Bring Back Migrant Family Detention
Human rights advocates urge Biden to “use the power of the pen” to protect migrants before he leaves office.
![Haitian-Americans of all ages dance during a street protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1211-haitian-americans-400x300.jpg)
Organizers Demand Justice for Immigrants in Week of Action From California to DC
They are resisting anti-immigrant policies and urging the dismantling of the migrant detention and deportation regime.
![Soldiers participate in the combat medic military occupational specialty transition course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, on June 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1122-soldiers-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It
Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused.