Border Patrol surveillance is reaching local police
Border Patrol teams are analyzing Americans’ financial activity and other data, then passing intelligence to local police who make traffic stops, 404 Media reports. The outlet identified the teams as Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams, or PITT, in Border Patrol’s Spokane and Laredo sectors, and reported that they draw on law-enforcement-sensitive systems to develop leads for local officers. CBP would not say what financial activity it monitors, how it obtains the data or how widely the teams operate. 404 Media
Indiana State Police is seeking about $30 million in Justice Department funding for investigative technology including covert cameras, vehicle-identification tools and cell-phone-location systems. The agency says it would not change its immigration work if it wins the grant, but its application describes existing detainments, ICE operations and intelligence referrals through the 287(g) program. 287(g) Watch lists State Police among Indiana’s participating agencies. Indianapolis Star, Justice Department grant notice
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Salvadoran TPS reaches its printed end date
September 9 is the printed end date for the current Salvadoran TPS extension, not a turn-the-clock-off date. DHS had to review the designation at least 60 days earlier; a termination would require public notice and could not take effect less than 60 days after publication. If DHS did not make the required negative determination, TPS continues automatically for six months. As of Wednesday morning, no notice extending or terminating the designation appears in the Federal Register. Federal Register, Univision
That uncertainty has immediate stakes for people who have built lives under TPS. The Marshall Project reports from Marshall, Missouri, where Salvadoran workers at a Cargill plant are weighing what their status could mean for jobs, homes and families. The Marshall Project
Appeals court leaves IRS–ICE data-sharing block in place
A federal appeals court left in place a preliminary order blocking an IRS procedure used to provide taxpayer information to ICE. The D.C. Circuit said the procedure violated Section 6103’s confidentiality rules; more than 47,000 taxpayer records had already been disclosed. The ruling is preliminary, not a final decision on the merits. D.C. Circuit opinion, Courthouse News, Newsweek
Judge signals possible action on student-status rule
A judge in Massachusetts signaled that he may act before September 15 on DHS’s rule ending duration of status for F-1 students, certain J exchange visitors and I media representatives. Duration of status is the open-ended admission period that lets them remain if they comply with their program terms. Under the rule, admission would carry a fixed end date; anyone needing more time could have to seek an extension or status change. The rule has not been blocked. The PIE News, Federal Register
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The next four weeks.
- Sept. 9, 2026
The heaviest users of H-1B and L-1 visas will owe a federal fee on same-employer extension petitions, not only on new hires or changes of employer. The fee is $4,000 per H-1B petition and $4,500 per L-1 petition for companies with 50 or more U.S. employees when more than half are on H-1B or L-1 visas.
Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans is scheduled to end. DHS's extension decision was due in July and had not been published; under the statute, the designation automatically continues for six months if no termination notice is published.
- Sept. 10, 2026
International marriage brokers will face a formal Justice Department process for civil penalties when they fail to provide required information to recruited people or disclose information they may not share. The interim rule takes effect September 10; public comments remain open.
- Sept. 15, 2026
USCIS will accept only the 09/15/26 editions of Form I-539, used for status extensions and changes, and Form I-765, the work-permit application. Older editions will be rejected at intake; the filing date is the online-submission date or, for paper filings, the postmark date.
DHS's rule replacing duration of status for F-1 students, J exchange visitors and foreign-media representatives with fixed admission end dates is set to take effect. People needing more time would have to apply to USCIS for an extension of stay.
- Sept. 18, 2026
USCIS will accept only the 09/18/26 edition of Form I-485, the application for adjustment of status. The date also brings the broader public-charge standard into effect for covered green-card and admission applications.
- Sept. 25, 2026
The Office of Refugee Resettlement's comment period closes on a proposal to keep using its mental-health assessment form and combine its active-TB and non-TB illness reports into one Onsite Health Intervention Form.
- Sept. 28, 2026
The public-comment period closes on a proposed rule allowing immigration judges to impose civil money penalties for contempt of court and setting procedures for penalties and appeals.
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California labor officials are receiving more reports that employers used or threatened to use ICE to deter complaints about wages, safety, harassment and other workplace conditions. Nearly 200 immigration-related complaints have reached the state since 2025, KQED reports; a bill headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom would explicitly include preemptive threats. KQED, Assembly Bill 2495
State College Regional Airport in Pennsylvania handled 107 ICE Air flights through July, up from two in all of 2025. The airport is about 40 minutes from the Moshannon Valley Processing Center; Penn State and aviation experts told Spotlight PA that an airport receiving federal funds has little legal room to refuse charter traffic except for safety reasons. Spotlight PA
A University of Illinois Chicago report estimates that immigration enforcement has left $1.26 billion unspent in Cook County, Illinois. The analysis points to reduced activity in retail and restaurants, along with lower tax revenue, as people stay home and businesses lose customers. University of Illinois Chicago, Block Club Chicago, CBS Chicago
Alachua County, Florida, has adopted a resolution opposing ICE operations and urging federal officers to identify themselves and explain their purpose. The measure does not bar federal action, and Gainesville’s city commission has delayed considering a parallel resolution. The Independent Florida Alligator
ICE has placed a lawful permanent resident and former U.S. military interpreter from Afghanistan into removal proceedings on terrorism-related allegations. The man and his family deny the allegations; ICE says he will remain in custody and receive due process. St. Louis Public Radio