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DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. 

In a recent article, Cullen O’Keefe, Alan Rozenshtein, and Christoph Winter introduced the concept of “ExecAI:” the use of advanced AI systems within the executive branch and the ways those systems could erode the separation of powers. They ask what happens when presidential directives can be executed without the institutional friction that human decision-makers often provide: opportunities for dissent, whistleblowing, meaningful attribution when errors occur, and enough time for courts to intervene.

The piece presents these as emerging challenges, but the immigration system offers a concrete case study because it already combines broad executive discretion, limited constitutional protections, and the rapid adoption of AI-enabled decision-making.

But the federal government has not needed frontier AI to begin reshaping executive power. It has done so through ordinary procurement and existing immigration authorities.ImmigrationOS, ICE’s operational platform, combines government records and commercial data into a single picture that helps prioritize enforcement targets. Hurricane Score, an algorithm previously used in ICE’s Alternatives to Detention program, estimated the likelihood that participants would abscond based in part on demographic and case-related information, including characteristics that raise significant equal protection concerns. And the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Asylum Text Analytics tool flags asylum applications for additional scrutiny and monitors attorneys and preparers as a network rather than reviewing cases in isolation.

this article reviews the case of recently pardoned Juan Orland Hernandez 

Honduras: After another massacre of rural farmers (campesinos)--who are subjected to violence from palm oil firms and drug traffickers--the country’s new Trump-backed government has criminalised community leaders.

From Austin Kocher: Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers. I’ll highlight some of the main takeaways from the week’s news that you might have missed, but do it in a unique way. Rather than try to summarize everything, I’ll pick a handful of figures each week that best capture where things are moving, explain why they matter, and provide a source where you can learn more. If you have a number to add to the mix or have a question about any of the numbers here, let me know in the comments.

Juan Orlando Hernandez, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, came home with a skip in his step after receiving a pardon  despite moving 400 tons of cocaine through Honduras while he was in offfice. 

Akron-Canton Airport has become a major hub for an airline charter company that conducts immigrant transportation and deportations.

Under President Nayib Bukele, a new Salvadoran economic elite has emerged as top government officials and Bukele's close associates dramatically multiply their personal wealth and landholdings through state power and lucrative developments. In stark contrast to this rapid enrichment at the top, over 240,000 Salvadorans have fallen into extreme poverty as the regime displaces local communities and shields its financial growth behind limited transparency.

In the first few months of 2026, forced evictions affecting Indigenous and rural communities have surged in Guatemala due to land concentration, commercial expansion, and a biased justice system. In response, campesino organizations and human rights advocates are calling on President Bernardo Arévalo to halt extrajudicial evictions and honor the 2024 Agrarian Accord to protect displaced families.