Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the worker wasn’t being pursued by federal authorities when he climbed onto the roof of a green house and fell.

Taking up two habeas corpus petitions alleging illegal detention of migrant workers from West Bengal in Delhi, the Calcutta High Court Friday directed the administration in the northern state to clarify whether they are under detention.

As the Trump administration has doubled down on its hardline immigration agenda, behind the scenes senior Trump officials and the president himself have grappled with the consequences of that crackdown against a key portion of the workforce: migrant workers.

As the Trump administration grapples with potentially conflicting immigration enforcement and economic policy goals, Bishop Brendan Cahill of Texas is raising his voice on behalf of migrant farm workers.

"What happens when an experienced worker is detained or doesn't show up? It's total chaos," a dairy farmworker said.

Bengali-speaking individuals detained in Odisha despite proof of Indian nationality, sparking outrage and fear among migrant workers.

Kolkata: Bengal police have carried out around 750 verifications in one and a half months for migrant workers from the state detained across the count.

Indonesian Migrant Workers' Protection (P2MI) Minister Abdul Kadir Karding (left) and East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday (July 10, 2025). (ANTARA/HO-Biro Adpim Jatim)

It is really something to take out two disenfranchised groups with one stone, but she has done it now,” Alicia Menendez said.