A photo from 2018 showing a man being led away by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was altered to include a t-shirt message of support for President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.

At least 15 immigration-related bills were filed in Indiana's 2025 legislative session, which come at the same time as action from the White House.

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her party successor for relying on far-right support on the flashpoint issue of immigration.

The veto pledge capped a dramatic few days in which Republican legislators publicly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and portrayed themselves as truer allies of President Trump.

The day before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally at an arena in Washington, where he repeated some of the most frequent false claims from the campaign trail while also sprinkling in some new falsehoods.

"As mayor, I am committed to the continuation of equity, which is actually stronger and better than equality because it meets people where they are and brings them up," Ali said. "Equity is fairness for all and meeting people where they are and making sure they get what they need to succeed."

There is a tension in U.S. public opinion about President Trump’s immigration plans.

The first bill President Donald Trump signed in his new term included a provision inspired by a woman killed in Omaha by a drunken driver who was in the country

PODER of Idaho, a local group dedicated to Latino and immigrant communities, has seen an uptick in donations, according to Executive Director Estefanía Mondragón. The Alliance of Idaho, which offers low-cost immigration legal services, said the number of participants in its year-end fundraising campaign nearly doubled.

The German Catholic and Protestant churches warned on Tuesday against the conservative opposition's plan to crack down on immigration, which they said could break a convention against mainstream parties cooperating with the far-right.

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.