WW9 / Atlas index / Immigration and enforcementImmigration and enforcement Ports, laws and great moves, through the 2025-26 raids, troops and detention. 39 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.
Open this layer on the map Port of New Orleans 1718 · Port in United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_New_Orleans Naturalization Act of 1790 1790 · United States federal law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1790 Haitian Revolution 1791–1804 · 1791–1804 slave revolt in Hispanola (placed at Saint-Domingue) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution Castle Clinton 1808 · Restored fort in Manhattan, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Clinton Key West 1828 · Island and city in Florida, United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West Page Act of 1875 1875 · United States immigration law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Act_of_1875 Hotel de Inmigrantes 1911 · Defunct immigration hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_de_Inmigrantes Immigration Act of 1917 1917 · United States law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1917 Immigration Act of 1924 1924 · 1924 United States immigration law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Freedom Tower (Miami) 1925 · Building in Miami, Florida, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_%28Miami%29 Mexican Repatriation 1929–1936 · Mass repatriation during the Great Depression (placed at United States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation Bracero Program 1942–1964 · 1942–1964 migrant worker program (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracero_Program Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 1952 · American immigration law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952 Ellis Island 1965 · Island in New York Harbor in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island Hart-Celler Act 1968 · American immigration law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart-Celler_Act Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 1986 · Legislation changing US immigration law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986 Fort Mose 1994 · United States historic place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mose Pier 21 1999 · Former passenger ship terminal in Halifax, Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_21 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2012 · United States immigration policy that protects certain undocumented immigrants (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals Springfield and the false pet-eating claims 2024 · Springfield, Ohio September 2024: national candidates repeat false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield eat pets. City officials say there are no credible reports; schools and offices receive bomb threats.Wikipedia, Springfield pet-eating hoax (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax ) 'Alligator Alcatraz' 2025–2026 · Big Cypress, near Ochopee, Florida July 2025: Florida opens an immigration detention camp on an airstrip in the Everglades, in Big Cypress country the Miccosukee and Seminole hold sacred. In April 2026 an appeals court lets it stay open; by May reports say closure is expected as the environmental case returns to the judge who orderedWUSF (https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2026-04-22/federal-appeals-court-keeps-alligator-alcatraz-open-rejects-need-for-federal-environmental-review ); ClickOrlando/AP (https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2026/05/13/expected-closure-of-everglades-detention-center-is-no-accident-given-timing-environmentalists-say/ ) D.C.: federal takeover and Guard 2025–2026 · Washington, D.C. August 2025: about 2,000 National Guard deployed in D.C., 500 more after a November 26 shooting; deployment extended through 2026. Judge Jia Cobb rules it unlawful November 20; the order is stayed on appeal.Wikipedia, Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_military_deployments_by_the_second_Trump_administration ) Haitian TPS ended 2025–2026 · Springfield, Ohio June 25, 2026: the Supreme Court rules 6-3 that the government can end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. About 12,000-15,000 Haitians live in Springfield and about 30,000 with TPS in central Ohio.Axios Columbus (https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2026/06/25/supreme-court-tps-ohio-haitian-immigrants ); NPR (https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/g-s1-108463/judge-blocks-ending-protections-haitians ) Los Angeles: raids, then troops 2025–2026 · Los Angeles, California June 2025: immigration raids across the city, then 4,000 federalized National Guard and 700 Marines. Judge Charles Breyer rules the federalization unlawful (June 12) and the troops in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act (Sept 2); after appeals, troops leave the city in December and are withdrawn inWikipedia, Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_military_deployments_by_the_second_Trump_administration ) Memphis Safe Task Force 2025–2026 · Memphis, Tennessee Announced September 2025, arriving in October: a federal task force of at least 219 deputized officers, plus Tennessee Guard. A state court blocks the Guard deployment November 17 (stayed on appeal). By July 2026 at least four people had been shot and killed by federal authorities in task force operWikipedia, Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_military_deployments_by_the_second_Trump_administration ); Capital B News (https://capitalbnews.org/trump-national-guard-city-updates/ ) Operation Charlotte's Web 2025 · Charlotte, North Carolina November 15, 2025: 130 arrests in the first 48 hours, more than 370 by November 21, per DHS.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ) Operation Metro Surge 2025–2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota December 2025 to February 2026: about 3,000 people arrested across the Twin Cities and Minnesota. Federal agents kill two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, setting off mass protests.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ); CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/minnesota-minneapolis-ice-how-we-get-here-9.7062336 ) Operation Midway Blitz 2025–2026 · Chicago, Illinois Starts September 9, 2025, with hundreds of agents staged at a naval base. Courts block the Guard deployment; the Supreme Court refuses the administration's emergency request December 23.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations in the second Trump presidency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ) Operation Salvo 2025–2026 · New York City Running since July 2025, announced January 8, 2026: CBP with ICE and prosecutors; DHS claims 54 gang-related arrests and 30 immediate deportations.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ) Portland: Guard blocked 2025–2026 · Portland, Oregon September 27, 2025: 200 Oregon Guard ordered in; Judge Karin Immergut blocks it in October. Troops withdrawn January 2026.Wikipedia, Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_military_deployments_by_the_second_Trump_administration ) Record deaths in ICE detention 2025–2026 · ICE headquarters, Washington, D.C. By April 17, 2026, 29 people had died in ICE custody in fiscal 2026, passing the record of 28 set in 2004, with about 60,000 people held.NPR via KPBS (https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2026/04/17/deaths-of-migrants-in-ice-custody-hit-record-high-under-trump ) Swamp Sweep and Catahoula Crunch 2025–2026 · New Orleans, Louisiana December 3, 2025: Border Patrol's Swamp Sweep aims for 5,000 arrests; AP finds fewer than a third of the first 38 arrested had criminal records. Catahoula Crunch makes 560 arrests in southeastern Louisiana. 350 Guard arrive in the French Quarter December 30.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ) Operation Catch of the Day 2026 · Lewiston, Maine January 21-29, 2026, in Lewiston and Portland, Maine: about 100 arrests against roughly 1,400 targets, including corrections officers with no criminal records.Wikipedia, List of immigration enforcement operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_immigration_enforcement_operations_in_the_second_Trump_presidency ) Angel Island Immigration Station Former immigration detention center in San Francisco Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Island_Immigration_Station Chinese Exclusion Act American federal law enacted in 1882 (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act Emergency Quota Act Immigration-related US Congress Act of 1921 (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act Port of Charleston Port in United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Charleston Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Town in South Carolina, United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan%27s_Island%2C_South_Carolina Wet feet, dry feet policy US policy on Cuban migrants between 1995 and 2017 (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet%2C_dry_feet_policy