The Trump administration is cracking down on immigration — legal and otherwise — setting the stage for potential labor shortages, weaker economic growth and higher inflation.

The judges’ union estimated that as many as 10,000 hearings will not happen this year because of the lost work. Kerry Doyle sat in an immigration courtroom observing a fellow judge finish a hearing in an asylum case late on a recent Friday afternoon when she received an email with an attachment titled “terminated.

President Donald Trump said a priority in his second term is conducting mass deportations. At the same time, his administration has fired probationary immigration judges working for the administration.

These states have seen the biggest crackdown on immigration since Trump returned to office - The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.