Kilmar Abrego Garcia (center) and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura (center right), enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Monday in Baltimore, Md. The U.S. government is threatening to deport Abrego Garcia, a Maryland construction worker from El Salvador, to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be charged with human smuggling and deported to Costa Rica. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Senator Chris Van Hollen, right, sits with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Salvadorian citizen deported by the Trump administration — in El Salvador on April 17, 2025. Press Office Senator Van Hollen/Press Office Senator Van Hollen hide caption
Samuel Kangethe arrives with his luggage at the Detroit Metro Airport on August 17, 2025. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption
Samuel Kangethe cooks in his home on July 3 in Lansing, Michigan. Razi Jafri/NPR hide caption
An activist marches during a 2023 rally in Washington, D.C. for temporary protected status for Central American migrants to allow them to stay in the United States. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
An exterior view of Fred D Thompson Federal Building & Courthouse during the arraignment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on June 13, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption
Dan Stein poses for a portrait at his home in Rockville, Md., on May 13. Moriah Ratner for NPR hide caption
U.S. National Guard stand protect buildings Tuesday in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Thousands of people marched throughout the streets of Manhattan Tuesday night as part of a series of nationwide rallies against President Trump's immigration sweeps and the deployment of the U.S. military in California. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption
Juan Vega Paredes, a Dominican man who was arrested by immigration authorities in Puerto Rico in January, poses for a portrait in his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 3, 2025. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Rümeysa Öztürk (center) after being released from ICE custody Friday evening. Accompanied by Nora Ahmed, legal director of the ACLU of Louisiana (left) and Öztürk's attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai (right). courtesy of Öztürk's legal team hide caption
People take part in a rally and a protest in solidarity with Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi outside New York Federal Court as the court hears the U.S. government request to appeal the decisions in their cases in New York, United States on May 06, 2025. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Signs notify drivers at the U.S.-Canada Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Detroit, Michigan. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents direct vehicles re-entering the U.S. from Canada at the Ambassador Bridge Port of Entry in Detroit. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images hide caption
Yoiker David Sequera (left), Yoiner Purroy Roldán (center), and Mayfreed Durán Arapé (right) are part of the immigrants sent to Guantánamo Bay by the Trump administration. Via the Sequera, Roldán, and Arapé families hide caption
US President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2025. Ting Shen/CNP/MediaPunch/Alamy hide caption
Juan and Marian, father and stepmother of Carlos, who was taken into custody by law enforcement and immigration officers a week after President Trump took office, stand for a portrait in Cedar Park, Texas, on Jan. 29, 2025. Tamir Kalifa/for NPR hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A growing community of immigrants from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo now call Dayton, Ohio, home. Anita Nzigiye and her family opened a market to sell familiar foods, including smoked fish from Tanzania and specialty flours made from cassava and yams. Madeleine Hordinski for NPR hide caption
Simge Topaloğlu, a Turkish citizen pursuing her doctorate at Harvard University, was caught off-guard by a new international student visa regulation put forward by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
A century ago, many new immigrants to the United States ended up returning home. And it often took a while for those who stayed to learn English and integrate into American society. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Irma and Oscar Sanchez were apprehended by the Border Patrol when they took their infant son, Isaac, to a children's hospital to have emergency surgery. John Burnett/NPR hide caption