Judge Blocks Expediting Migrant Children’s Asylum Cases, For Now NYT > Top Stories By: Madeleine Ngo 31 October 2026 at 03:50 Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.” © Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesAn unaccompanied five-year-old migrant surrendered to Border Patrol officers last year.
Minnesota Declined to Buy a Prison for $75 Million. D.H.S. Paid $495 Million. NYT > Top Stories By: Ernesto Londoño 31 October 2026 at 01:15 The recent purchase of the prison to hold immigrants is among the acquisitions facing scrutiny in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push. © Tim Evans/ReutersThe Prairie Correctional Facility was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security to serve as an immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minn.