Reports on historic deportation numbers, detention capacity expansions, and enforcement scale.
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A recent surge in U.S. domestic news includes Wisconsin's costly judicial race, Trump and Musk's federal restructuring, Doug Emhoff's law firm deal with Trump, mass health sector layoffs, record-low migrant arrests, and heated legal battles involving prominent figures, reflecting deepening political and legal unrest in the country.
Monsignor James Kelly from Co Limerick has been helping immigrants become US citizens for 65 years. But as President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, he believes services like his could be a target.
The move effectively wipes out their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country.
We don’t know what happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia — and it should worry every American.
Secretary of state says ‘criminals’ were taken to country thanks to alliance between Trump and Nayib Bukele
The president offered few details about the plan, including timing.
As world leaders scramble to get the ear of US President Donald Trump, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" scores a coveted White House meeting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport,” and
Trump's first 100 days: America First president is overturning world order
After making numerous bold promises during his election campaign, we look at where Donald Trump has delivered and failed to deliver.
Few expected Donald Trump’s second term in the White House to be boring, but hardly anyone expected Americans to be dulled to the transformations he would bring
Officials in the Trump administration have proposed flying several deportees to Libya aboard a U.S. military aircraft as soon as Wednesday, several reports say.
Baraka, a Democrat who is running to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy, has embraced the fight with the Trump administration over illegal immigration
It's the latest request from the Trump administration for assistance with its mass deportation efforts.
Kid Rock took to social media to respond to reports of ICE raids targeting his Nashville bar.
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The United States on Monday sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries, the first government-funded flight of what the Trump
Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot
In a new report, one in five business owners said they lost employees due to deportations, visa denials or ICE raids.
The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement, as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president’s mass deportations agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign is undergoing a major staff reorganization.
Tensions flared in Los Angeles as immigration officials clashed with demonstrators following a series of ICE raids. Confrontations included tear gas deployment and detentions, with some protesters arrested. Controversy arose over immigration enforcement, highlighting a deep divide on policies under the Trump administration, and sparking calls for action from political figures.
Immigration enforcement activities in Los Angeles spurred protests and arrests amid tensions between authorities and advocates. Equipped with riot gear, officials deployed tear gas, sparking public disapproval. Arrests were part of President Trump's broader deportation initiative. Mayor Bass criticized the approach as fear-mongering, as ICE maintained commitment to law enforcement.
As many demand the release of loved ones, Trump’s ‘border czar’ admits some were arrested without criminal records
Former President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops in Los Angeles to uphold his immigration policies, escalating tensions with local leaders. Despite protests, Trump remains steadfast, aiming for large-scale deportations, raising questions about his executive power and the future of immigration enforcement.
The Trump administration has ordered US marines into Los Angeles and intensified raids on suspected undocumented immigrants, fuelling more outrage from street protesters and Democratic leaders who raised concerns over a national crisis.
South Florida's Cuban-American community supports President Trump, but some members are uneasy with his immigration policies. "I'm not for deporting people without criminal records."
Protests of President Trump's immigration policies grew across the U.S. on Tuesday, with rallies held in New York City, Chicago and Seattle.
With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
Tens of thousands of people have been detained since Trump took office, including permanent residents.
The White House’s callous tactics are warping perceptions of reality.
Immigration raids on American farms are having ripple effects across the agricultural industry.
The only real surprise about the clashes in Los Angeles is that anyone is surprised by them. Of course Donald Trump, in an attempt to get his moribund deportation numbers up, sent masked goons to indiscriminately snatch undocumented immigrants from their work…
The government attempted to deport Ward Sakeik, a stateless Palestinian woman, to Israel hours before it attacked Iran, according to her husband.
Organizers argue that LA’s sanctuary laws aren’t enough to keep their immigrant neighbors safe. The post Community Defense Groups Take the Last Stand Against ICE in LA appeared first on The Intercept.
After a federal judge confirmed Donald Trump‘s control of the California National Guard, the Los Angeles Dodgers are giving back to those in the community impacted by recent ICE raids. On Friday, the 8x World Series champs announced a $1 million donation in p…
The pledge comes amid ongoing federal immigration raids targeting migrants in the area, and calls from the Dodgers' fanbase for the organization to speak out against them.
Emily Witt reports on loved ones grappling with the unimaginable, as communities across Southern California document and protest the escalating raids.
The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
Advocates say the bill would deliver an infusion of cash to deportation efforts, as communities struggle with arrests.
Iranian immigrants to the U.S. already faced higher scrutiny. After the U.S. waded into Israel’s war on Iran, ICE seems to be targeting them. The post “Are We At Risk?” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities appeared first on The Intercept.
The migrants were the subject of a lawsuit that halted their deportation to South Sudan and diverted them to a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, denounced the president’s aggressive deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast.
After legal battle, US sends eight detainees to country it has advised citizens not to visit due to 'crime, conflict'.
Podcast host says Trump broke promises by targeting workers, not criminals, in recent immigration crackdown
Trump advisor/subhuman ghoul Stephen Miller wants ICE to be arresting 3,000 people a day. So far, ICE has only managed to top out at 2,200 arrests in a single day, despite going full black ops in neighborhoods and businesses, driving unmarked cars, and leavin…
Techdirt has just written about how people are using Ring doorbell cameras to warn others in the area about the presence of ICE agents and the risk of possible ICE raids. That’s a good example of using existing technology to monitor the increasingly widesprea…
How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps. The post What To Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood appeared first on The Intercept.
Jaime Alanis' death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity. The post ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths appeared first on The Intercept.
Churches in Los Angeles put contingency plans in place after the Trump administration rescinds long-standing guidance advising immigration agents to avoid houses of worship.
I grew up in the Unification Church. Like them, ICE is tearing families apart
Jaime Alanis Garcia, a cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in Southern California, died Saturday, according to his family.
Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges.
The Supreme Court may have suddenly decided nationwide injunctions are bad now that they’re bad for Trump, but it will need to cook up new arguments if it hopes to allow the open racism of its mass deportation program to continue in California. Trump has sent…
Faced with the risk of ICE detention, Regina Higuera decided to leave her family behind in the US to move back to Mexico.
The Trump administration has offered little consolation to American businesses worried about losing undocumented workers to deportations. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins did offer them one solution last week: to replace immigrant farmworkers with Amer…
I’ll tell you, one of my favorite things to watch on YouTube these days are the court hearings where illegals are in court and ICE shows up to drag them out of court to deport them,” Mace told Fox News.
Last month, a federal judge in Los Angeles handed down a temporary order placing some restrictions on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in that city. The Trump administration now wants the Supreme Court to lift those restrictions. The conteste…
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
“Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today,” exclaimed Gavin Newsom’s press office X feed this morning, calling out the Homeland Security Secretary by name. “You’re welcome, America.” The taunting post came just a few hours before the California Governor S…
This week, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Chicago. The deployment was the latest turn in the Trump administration’s efforts to more aggressively marshal boots on the ground to abet its mass deportation efforts in some American cities. The situation o…
by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed …
Social media is abuzz as last year’s NYT warning of Trump's future deportations and disaster politics proves true
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration mistakenly deported in March and eventually returned, is now free from ICE custody. And, Indiana lawmakers reject a redistricting proposal.
The powers that be at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are planning on a massive recruitment drive in 2026—but the people they’re hoping to attract aren’t your typical feds.The deportation agency has earmarked $100 million for online advertisements ov…
Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter. The post Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
A woman was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Wednesday, just days after the Trump administration deployed thousands of new immigration agents to the city. What happened? This is a breaking news story, and more details will almost certainly c…
The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement,
Minnesota law enforcement and the FBI are investigating an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. And, Health Secretary RFK Jr. unveils new dietary guidelines for Americans.
Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a dark turn in Minneapolis.
A mother of three and award-winning poet, Good's sudden death sparks protests across the US.
Dramatic new video shows the aftermath of the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota ... with her spouse breaking down in tears, saying she can't breathe. Check it out ... The clip begins showing the crowded street filled with law…
Spotify confirmed it stopped running ICE recruitment ads at the end of 2025 after a multi-platform campaign, a spokesperson told Rolling Stone.
Trump administration officials allege the shooting victim was interfering with an ICE agent's work.
Tensions are high in the city after an ICE officer fatally shot Good while she was in her car. Kristi Noem and Trump have said the shooting was justified, sparking outrage from mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz.
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This ruling was released in the middle of last month and I really wish I had gotten to it sooner. Let’s not pretend this will change anything about how this administration full of white Christian nationalists will treat detained migrants. And it definitely wo…
A new angle of the shooting that killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier this week has been released ... and it appears the driver was maneuvering to pull away from the agents, not trying to run them over. CNN released the new angle taken…
In scaling back oversight, the administration has emboldened the agency.
Protesters demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week.
The 47-second video shows the shooting from the perspective of ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots.
As ICE faces another nationwide outcry, Hannah Einbinder is using her platform to call out the government agency and urging others to do the same. Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, the 4x Golden Globe nominee emphasized that “none of …
Experts say US homeland security secretary misused the 'domestic terrorist' label to justify shooting Renee Good.
Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, joined Kristen Welker on Meet the Press to continue the right-wing talking points following the jaw-dropping fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Obviously, the protests that ens…
Democrats thought they’d found a unifying midterms message. But Trump has the power to shift attention to topics like Venezuela and deportation.
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and rando…
By now, everyone has had an opportunity to review the footage of the shooting death of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer while in her car in...
The murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross has certainly created quite the divide between the reality-based majority of the population who doesn’t want masked unaccountable federal law enforcement goons invading cities they have no business …
As the Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many unfolding at private homes and businesses...
Two citizens engaged in community patrols detail how ICE smashed windows, arrested them and promised money in exchange for immigrant names.
ICE is currently operating outside of even Homeland Security's own regulations.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget) and at least anot…
When Renee Good was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minnesota, it brought attention to the robust effort to combat US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities. Residents of Minneapolis and the surrounding areas are joining decentralized netw…
Journalist Laura Jedeed should be considered a domestic terrorist, according to the Donald Trump administration's warped metric ... but she tells "TMZ Live," she was hired by ICE anyway! This is a wild story ... Laura was curious about how diligent…
The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good's killing last week.
Department of Homeland Security's AI initiatives in action...
Isaac Chotiner interviews Deborah Fleischaker, a former D.H.S. oversight official, on ICE’s accountability mechanisms, which have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
The Twin Cities, and much of the nation, are still reeling from ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting and killing Renee Good last week. The local resistance to the federal immigration forces deployed in and around Minneapolis has grown, and the Trump administratio…
The medical examiner said that following a struggle with ICE staff, Geraldo Lunas Campos died of asphyxiation.
Minneapolis is at the center of sweeping, evolving federal immigration push. It demonstrates how different immigration enforcement is under Trump's second administration - and raises questions about the lingering effects on local communities and law enforceme…
From toppling Venezuela's leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East ...
Within minutes, hulking SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans begin leaving, forming the unmarked convoys that have quickly become feared and common sights in the...
Critics say federal agents are following a playbook to give themselves an excuse to react violently
60 Minutes plans to air a segment on Trump administration deportations to a notorious El Salvador prison, four weeks after it was pulled from the broadcast from CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss. The network announced that the segment would be part of the l…
I live in Minneapolis. I grew up not far from here, in a suburb of St. Paul; after stints on both coasts, my wife and I settled here to raise our daughters in a freezing state that had always welcomed us warmly. As the ongoing occupation by over 3,000 ICE age…
Patty O'Keefe, who is a U.S. Citizen, said she was held in a detention center in Minneapolis for over nine hours without a phone call, food, water or a bathroom break.
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
“As the mayor of that city has said, ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis,” he added
President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn't have been possible without funding...
By Maria Alejandra Cardona SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after...
Cuban immigrants in Florida have been reliable Republican supporters and voters, with 7 in 10 voting for Donald Trump in 2024. "To their shock," the New York Times now reports, "Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers." — Read the rest The pos…
New apps like ICEbreaker and Eyes Up are mapping and documenting ICE activity, even as app stores removed previous variants.
A new focus group of Biden-to-Trump voters weighs in on immigration operations and Trump's foreign affairs leadership on Greenland and Venezuela.
To illustrate his point, Newsom waved around kneepads for corporate leaders who he said were kneeling to Trump.
The thing afforded the highest protections of the Fourth Amendment is a person’s home. This isn’t even a controversial statement. It has been that way ever since this amendment was ratified. But, under Trump, we’re constantly seeing that the administration co…
Trump’s version of ICE has always assumed that if your skin shade is anything darker than right-wing podcaster translucent, your ass needs to be gone from this country. Obviously, that’s not how things are supposed to work here in America, which proudly consi…
America’s immigration debate has often centered on the morality of mass deportation. Progressives have argued that exiling law-abiding families is inherently wrong — no matter their immigration status. Conservatives have insisted that vigorous internal enforc…
The detention of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy with his father outside their home in Minnesota has become the latest lightning rod for America’s divisions on...
By Heather Schlitz MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalized U.S. citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal ...
Federal ICE and DHS agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, two weeks after the killing of Renee Good.
Protesters march in icy conditions against Trump administration's anti-immigration policies, demanding ICE leave city.
The killing of Alex Pretti, a US citizen, by ICE in Minneapolis on Saturday has drawn sharp responses from many Americans, including business leaders.
By this point, you’ve probably seen the videos — or at least heard about what’s in them. They show a man named Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who is filming ICE activity in Minneapolis, intervening when federal agents assault a woman. In response, the agents grab …
Trump administration faces intensifying pressure over immigration crackdown after federal agents kill another citizen.
Experts clarify ICE limits, detailing when agents can stop, detain or enter homes and what rights residents have.
Minneapolis strikes and protests continue after ICE's fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. And, states work to recover from a massive winter storm that has left widespread power outages and flight chaos.
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota is bringing a new level of scrutiny to the Trump administration’s tactics – and its social media. CNN’s Chief Media...
Since early January, a massive surge of federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis has provoked national outrage. There have been two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents since the year began. On January 24, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old US citizen,…
There has been a second fatal shooting in the US state of Minnesota this month.
A federal agent allegedly tried to enter Google’s Cambridge campus in the fall, WIRED has learned. Now, staffers want policies that protect them from immigration officials.
Leaders voicing alarm over ICE's actions risk backlash from a president known to target execs who cross him.
Yuri Lowenthal asked others to speak out against injustice The post PlayStation’s Spider-Man Calls For Blocking ICE Funding After Brutal Minnesota Killing appeared first on Kotaku.
Outrage is growing in Italy over the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Olympics next month.
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
Just a year into his second term, Donald Trump’s new, militarized immigration force is on full display. Agents in masks and plate carriers are seemingly everywhere, first in Chicago last year and now in Minneapolis, where they have killed two US citizens and …
In recent weeks, Minnesota has borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration strategy, with federal officials detaining thousands of people, from preschoolers to, occasionally, US citizens. Minnesotans on the ground have responded in tu…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to events in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after two people were shot and killed by U.S. federal immigration agents this month. In an internal memo to Apple employees, obtained by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Cook said he is "heart…
Lady Gaga took a moment at her concert in Japan to blast ICE ... calling out the way they "mercilessly" target families in a passionate speech. The singer-songwriter was performing in Tokyo Thursday night ... when she took a break from playing…
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello performed in Minneapolis to protest the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents
Ruling delays February 13 deadline affecting 5,000 people amid wider legal challenges to Trump's immigration crackdown.
The number of immigration agents in Minnesota may be reduced, but they'll leave leave behind a changed community, including many U.S. citizens questioned and detained in recent weeks.
The firm's move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.
Judge says the case stemmed from 'ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented' deportation quotas.
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian, were accompanied home by Texas Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro.
Pete Davidson returned to Saturday Night Live, this time to play Donald Trump’s border czar as he tries, without much success, to teach restraint to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after the chaos in Minneapolis. Davidson doesn’t look much at all l…
One year in, we look at how it’s changed the lives of immigrants and citizens across the U.S.
A 5-year-old boy and his father detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held in Texas have been released following a judge's order. They have returned to Minnesota, according to the office of Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.
Protesters are cancelling subscriptions from ten major tech and AI companies.
Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because they’re currently at the top of Trump’s shitlist. Prior to last month’s escalation (and subsequent murder) because some white MAGA shitbird became famous for supposed…
Billie Eilish speaks out against ICE while accepting Song of the Year for 'Wildflower' at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have been released from a US immigration detention facility.
ICE agents in California detained several residents, including a US citizen, amid a surge in immigration raids.
Minnesota parents and teachers say the ICE arrests are not only robbing students of their opportunity to learn, but also of their innocence.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified over the past year, politicians and journalists alike have begun referring…
Júnior Pena, a Brazilian influencer known for his outspoken support of ICE, was detained by the agency after reportedly missing a court hearing related to legalizing his stay.
ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War. The post Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants appeared first on The Intercept.
Party leaders must decide whether to press their moral advantage or default to performative bipartisanship
Accountability, transparency, and trust must be centerpieces of “New ICE.”
In Colorado, immigrant families found ace of spades "death cards" left in abandoned vehicles from which ICE had abducted their loved ones.
Major banks have denied financing to GEO Group and CoreCivic — but legislation pushed by the firms could force their hand. The post ICE’s Private Prison Contractors Spent Millions Lobbying to Force Banks to Give Them Loans appeared first on The Intercept.
Asked about an ICE ad featuring the song “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” DHS said: “Not everything you dislike is ‘Nazi propaganda.’” The post Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem appeared first on The Intercept.
DHS and Democrats are both demanding a closer relationship between local officials and ICE
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries.
Aliya Rahman gave her account of what happened during her now-viral account with ICE, where she was dragged out of her car. She also shared what she saw in the detention center.
Democrats in Congress have released a new list of demands for ICE restrictions, but Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries already seem to be sofening.
Lawyers for the Ecuadorian asylum seeker have speculated the Trump administration is seeking 'retaliatory' actions.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and...
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.
Palestinian woman in custody for nearly a year is hospitalised in the US after a seizure at detention facility.
Donald Trump’s border tsar warned months ago that the administration’s aggressive and sweeping immigration crackdown risked losing public support.
Jean Wilson Brutus was healthy when a nurse did his intake examination. Hours later he was dead, and even the ICE report doesn't explain why.
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
Seamus Culleton has a valid work permit and was about to receive his green card before ICE imprisoned him for five months.
I don’t understand sycophancy. Never have. I don’t know what it gets you in the long run other than a reputation for subservience. That’s worth nearly nothing in the open market. The only people who will hire you are people most people would never want to wor…
In this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts dive into WIRED’s scoop about a secret Trump administration campaign extending right into your backyard.
Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal, like a few blocks or neighborhoods over people aren't being tear gassed or rounded up by ICE or, in t…
Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed "Operation Metro Surge".
(The Center Square) – Democrats are applauding White House border czar Tom Homan’s Thursday announcement that immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota ...
US border security chief Tom Homan says the Minnesota immigration crackdown is coming to an end.
US border chief announces the conclusion of a federal operation with 700 immigration agents set to leave Minnesota.
The Trump administration’s deportations through Jan. 2026 are estimated to have cost “upward of $40 million,” according to a report by Senate Democrats.
In some deportations to "third countries," the U.S. then paid to return the same immigrant to their home country only weeks later.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on mega-prisons where the agency can disappear thousands of people. In a memo shared with New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte, ICE outlined its $38.3 billion plan to launch a…
White House claims victory in retreat — but crackdown continues and so does resistance
President Barack Obama was able to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants with criminal records without roving bands of a masked secret police hounding, attacking, and killing US citizens in the process. Only in specific operations did ICE agen…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the highly controversial and violent ICE raids in Minneapolis was a resounding success, ignoring the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by rogue mask-wearing agents. When Tom Homan basically ended the o…
Feb 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite many of them having U.S. court protections against such action and none of … Leggi
In hacker spaces and at their homes, creative protesters are laser-cutting and 3D-printing tools to resist an occupation.
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to engage with growing calls to abolish ICE, even as the agency is in the nadir of its popularity.The Left Hook podcast host Wajahat Ali read Jeffries a list of facts when they appeared together F…
Thirty-three-year-old Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention. Kordia, who was born in East Jerusalem, first came to police attention when she was arrested during the 2024 Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia Univers…
Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely, under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.
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Jonathan Blitzer on how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards, has become a site for easy arrests and deportations under the Trump Administration.
ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks. The post Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? appeared first on The Intercept.
Over half of Americans say they're angry or upset over immigration enforcement.
It was never revealed until now that the shooters of Ruben Ray Martinez were agents of ICE. Like Renee Good, he died at the wheel of his car.
The Trump regime is still deporting people to wherever they want, facilitated by a corrupt Supreme Court.
German club Werder Bremen cancel a trip to the USA, citing concerns over "unrest" after a government immigration crackdown that left two people dead.
Just a year into Trump's second term, and about half of Project 2025's policies have been implemented, observers say.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based AMI Metals, a global aerospace materials manufacturer, has inked a $1.5 billion deal with the federal government to provide “bulk...
Maryland is suing the Trump administration to stop the construction of an immigration detention facility in the state.
A federal judge must decide whether Abrego is the target of a “vindictive prosecution” by the Trump administration. The post Trump Won’t Stop Trying to Punish Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared first on The Intercept.
ICE will not be deployed at polling places during the midterm elections later this year, state election security administrators were told during a call.
ICE's 10,000 person concentration camp detention center in Georgia will produce 1 million gallons of sewage per day, resulting in disaster.
ICE can’t keep up with the baseline set by resident ghoul/White House advisor Stephen Miller. Miller has demanded 3,000 arrests per day, which he presented as the minimum he would be satisfied with. To reach this goal, tons of talent from other federal law en…
"This song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight," the band said in a new statement
The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump's mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers.
The administration has burnt the “presumption of regularity” to a crispness normally reserved for conquered bridges succumbing to heat death. It is now well known that the Trump administration will do whatever it wants to do, whether or not it’s supported by …
Emergency calls recently placed from Texas' Dilley Detention Center reveal a series of medical emergencies that advocates say underscore concerns about the facility.
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced some families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services inside homes.
Rachel Reyes' son, 23-year-old American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez, was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent nearly one year...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with CBP, have been deployed as a dominating police force by the Trump administration. Since 2025 they’ve snatched both immigrants and US citizens and killed dozens of people. So when customers of a marketing syst…
The policy has been in place for at least a year — but school security keeps letting ICE agents in. The post Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings appeared first on The Intercept.
The defense secretary has made clear that Pentagon managers are to encourage workers, including civilians, to volunteer to assist in the administration's immigration crackdown.
The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups.
Private data might include anything from school enrollment information to physical locations and residenial address
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman, was ordered released from ICE detention for the third time, but it’s unclear if she’ll be freed.
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, whom ICE said died March 14 after one day in custody, worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, advocacy group says.
Family, advocates call for full probe after Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal dies less than 24 hours after being detained.
ICE kept Columbia protestor Leqaa Kordia behind bars for a year. She was just released, never charged with a crime.
Federal immigration enforcement agents usually won't talk to the media—but they will talk to independent journalist Karl Loftus.
Dylan Contreras, recently released from ICE detention, sits between Power Malu and Candice Braun, two immigration activists. Dylan Contreras, a Bronx high school student, had been living in a Pennsylvania detention facility for 10 months. [ more › ]
A 19-year-old Mexican immigrant died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this week, according to a notice sent to lawmakers.
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Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.
The Pitt’s Season 2, Episode 11 aired last night and the ICE storyline hit different than anything else on TV right now. Two agents brought in a woman named Pranita after a restaurant raid. S…
The US president called on immigration agents to place 'heavy emphasis' on the arrests of Somali immigrants.
A protest against an ICE detention center in Roxbury Township, New Jersey. Township officials are battling housing advocates over what’s known as the Mount Laurel doctrine. [ more › ]
Like many Americans, Ms. Rachel said she first became aware of the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, after federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old in Minneapolis.
Independent Congressman Kevin Kiley, Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, and CNN political commentators David Urban and Ashley Allison discuss the Trump...
Trump Administration officials also don't seem to agree on the details of the deployment that's mere hours away.
Border Czar Tom Homan made an appearance on this Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, and was asked about Trump's threat to send his ICE thugs to airports across the country to supposedly help TSA agents with the long security lines caused by TSA staffing shor…
ICE officers will be deployed to airports to help clear the horrendous security lines for the TSA, which ran out of funding more than a month ago because of a Democrat shutdown, President Trump announced Sunday.
Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.
The Trump administration announced the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports amid the partial government shutdown.
Travelers have faced delays of several hours at understaffed security checkpoints amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
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Democrats and other observers slam deployment of US immigration agents to airports as dangerous and source of tension.
Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war in Iran, postponing threatened strikes on its power plants, but Iran denies such talks happened; ICE agents were deployed to U.S. airports Monday.
Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.
"Who the fuck even thought it was a good idea to send America's most hair-trigger agency into America's most hair-raising environment?"
The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to airports across the United States.
Trump is sending ICE agents to fill a TSA officer shortage during the government shutdown.
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The Central American nation is latest to sign a 'third-country' deportation agreement with the Trump administration.
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office for the second time, his administration started illegally detaining immigrants without giving them a bond hearing or other method of avoiding incarceration while an immigration judge determines if they are in t…
During Trump's first term, between his tariffs and his anti-immigrant stance, Wisconsin dairy farmers suffered severely. At one point, two dairy farms were closing each day. Despite that, many dairy farmers kept voting Republican, and now they are going throu…
Kesha, John Legend, and King Princess are also calling for the “immediate closure” of a facility in Dilley, Texas
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will take steps to protest death of another Mexican citizen in US.
The White House had said all the thousands of people arrested were “dangerous criminal” immigrants. The post Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals appeared first on The Intercept.
In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school.
Dozens of stars signed an open letter urging the federal government to shutter the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas
ICE seems to be changing from aggressive immigration enforcement on city streets to an apparent return to operations that rely heavily on local law enforcement. But even in Florida, where sheriffs are required to cooperate with ICE, some conservative sheriffs…
Trump wants industrial-size immigration jails, and money is no obstacle.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace. …
Abrego Garcia's wrongful removal in 2025 has spurred criticism of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.
Immigrant advocates in North Carolina are calling for justice after they say two children and their parents were swiftly deported to Honduras without due process.
The U.S. plans to roll out a system by December that automatically registers young men for the military draft, a policy signed into law by President Trump last year.
New documents reveal ICE is paying local law enforcement to supply information on unaccompanied minors
"Third country" deportation sent four men from around the world to Africa. They were imprisoned, and spent 9 months just getting a lawyer.
A Mexican migrant died last week in ICE custody, according to the agency, becoming the 47th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
An appeals court has halted a contempt inquiry into Kristi Noem and others for last year's deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison.
Marie-Thérèse was reportedly waiting for a green card when her husband died. Now the elderly widow is in ICE's hands.
Hennepin County officials say these are the first charges filed against a federal immigration agent related to the crackdown that brought thousands of federal officers to the state. The widespread operation led to the shooting deaths of two American citizens.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced.
It sure sounds like the experience of working under Stephen Miller damn near killed ICE director Todd Lyons in the last year.
The deportees from South America are the first to be sent to the DRC in a deal agreed between Washington and Kinshasa
Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.
The family has been detained in immigration custody for more than 10 months at the family detention facility in Dilley, Texas.
The Trump administration has signed multimillion-dollar deals with foreign countries to accept non-citizen deportees.
With its last contract expiring, activists say garage owners should spurn ICE to avoid becoming complicit in Trump’s deportation blitz. The post ICE Is Looking For Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation Fleet appeared first on The Intercept.
Rights advocates have accused Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers.
A bill introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from converting warehouses and similar buildings into immigrant detention centers, an attempt to slow President Donald Trump's mass deportations campaign. The Ba…
Lawyers say El Gamal family detained by Trump administration hours after returning home from 10-month detention.
The Justice Department's bid to denaturalize American citizens has roots in the Red Scare
Their experiences — of sudden financial insecurity, months of unemployment, and crippling anxiety — come as the administration seeks to restrict legal migration and boost mass deportation.
Trump endorsed the idea of renaming ICE agents to NICE agents. But as long as we’re on the topic of rebranding, we have some more accurate names.
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Not that ICE was ever that great about taking care of all the people it detains. It certainly wasn’t during Trump’s first term. The DHS Inspector General released a report that said there were numerous problems in a single detention facility. Not only that bu…
As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.
Rights group says believed suicide underscores need for more oversight amid Trump's mass deportation drive.
Brooklyn Brought President Antonio Reynoso speaks at a rally Monday, May 4, 2026, outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick. Immigration advocates and local officials also condemned the action and praised the effort by New Yorkers to disrupt ICE. …
The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money for salaries, equipment and vehicles, are enticing.
The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after it ended. For immigrants, the impact has been devastating — many are at risk of losing their homes and business, and some are dealing with mental health challen…
A Gothamist data analysis shows children who cross the border without a parent or guardian have been kept in federal custody nearly four times as long. [ more › ]
Border czar Tom Homan said he'll "flood" New York with ICE agents if lawmakers pass a sanctuary state law. “We're going to flood the zone. You're going to see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before,” Border czar Tom Homan said. [ more › ]
We provide the first causal, national empirical analysis of the labor market impacts of heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration. Enforcement increased everywhere, but, we take advantage of the fact that the increases have bee…
The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.
Rodney Barreto has received reassurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that ICE would steer clear of World Cup.
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Dave Venturella is set to serve as acting ICE Director following the departure of Todd Lyons, according to a DHS spokesperson.
The Florida immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" is expected to close soon, according to multiple sources.
At the airport in La Lima, Honduras, planeloads of migrants arrive every day—many without their children.
Lawyers say new evidence suggests Trump admin 'engineered' outcome of case against pro-Palestine Columbia student.
During the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, while he was devastating American society with mass deportations and shredding the global economic order with arbitrary tariffs, he also found the time to make himself chairman of the board of…
Behold this utter bullshit, uttered by the Trump administration’s “border czar” Tom Homan: White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday he’s “sure” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have detained U.S. citizens, “but we don’t deport them.” …
Sierra Leone receives nine West African migrants expelled by the United States under its strict immigration crackdown.
The White House has intentionally retreated from its in-your-face deportation approach after confrontations between federal and state officials in multiple...
Lawsuit says admin gave contracts to just 2 firms — one of which faced legal issues and claims of shoddy work.
ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data.
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Protestors and New Jersey State Police clash outside Delaney Hall, a private prison being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark ICE agrees to restore visitation for detainees at Delaney Hall, which had been suspended more than a week. [ more › ]
More than half of the 15 Latin Americans deported in April to Congo under the Trump administration’s widely criticized crackdown on migrants have returned to...
The policy, issued during the Biden administration, directed the agency to review and report all detainee fatalities, including those that occurred post-release.
ICE never needed officers to disguise themselves with masks and strip themselves of identification before Trump took office for the second time. What ICE is doing now isn’t what ICE was doing during Trump’s first term, even though it’s the same hateful bigot …
Former immigration judge Andrea Sáenz and American Immigration Council’s Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the conditions at Delaney Hall and other ICE detention centers across the U.S. The post “Warehousing Human Beings” appeared first on The Intercept.
After calling out the DHS last year for using her song, Olivia Rodrigo recently reflected on the experience. The 3x Grammy winner recalled feeling “enraged” at seeing a “deeply disturbing” ICE propaganda video in November that featured her 2023 song ‘All-Amer…
A Georgian immigrant who officials said died last week in ICE custody is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three years. The house voted 214 to 212 in favor of the reconciliation bill Tuesday, following the Senate's …
According to a new report by the Guardian, the girls have disappeared—and their babies with them.
Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed concerns about conditions inside the facility.
Immigrant advocates warn the funding bill offers few guardrails for ICE and CBP amid Trump's mass deportation campaign.
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Add Ariana Grande to the list of artists who will never collab with Donald Trump on a TikTok video. The 3x Grammy winner recently slammed the White House for using her 2024 song ‘Bye’ in a video promoting the Trump-signed Secure America Act, which would fund …
Only 3% of individuals detained by ICE during the first 14 months of the second Trump administration had a violent felony conviction, according to an ABC News analysis.
Relatives and advocates of migrants who have been detained by ICE are decrying the targeting of immigrants who have no criminal history.
The detention center was the first new facility to open under the second Trump Administration. Protesters won’t stop until it is shut down. Ian Frazier writes.
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A $10 million procurement reviewed by 404 Media indicates ICE is buying records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers. “It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel his mass-deportation campaign,” Senator Ron Wyd…
ICE’s crackdown in Minneapolis left deep scars on the besieged city, says a new Human Rights Watch report. The post ICE’s Unseen Toll in Minneapolis: Suicide Helpline Calls More Than Doubled During Surge appeared first on The Intercept.
Federal officers shot Ricardo Parias eight months ago during an ICE operation to detain him. His lawyer says he is still in pain, highlighting gaps in oversight and care in DHS facilities.<br>
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants throughout the United...
A panel of judges has overturned a previous ruling that found measures violated constitutional right to due process.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants throughout the United States, not just near the border.
Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito that under the TPS law, the president has unreviewable authority to end the program, without intervention from the courts.
Independent journalist Karl Loftus has spoken to dozens of ICE agents about carrying out Donald Trump's immigration agenda.
86% of farmworkers in the U.S. are foreign born, and 45% are undocumented.
More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find surviv...
Detainees ended a hunger and labor strike shortly after ICE updated its detention standards
As the Supreme Court today weighs the Trump administration's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, NPR looks at what else the White House has done to curb illegal and legal migration.
146 Venezuelans were deported from Texas to Caracas on June 24. Hours later, while the deportees were in a guarded hotel, powerful twin earthquakes struck.
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At the time that this post was written, at least 50 individuals had died in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The deaths were due to a lack of care for people with chronic medical issues like heart…
ICE is ramping up its detentions and deportations but keeping things quiet this time, including trying to deport witnesses.
Donald Trump's Homeland Security regime has been at the center of two critical stories in the past two weeks. In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man and quickly got to work justifying the use of force under the flimsiest of pretenses. In the other…
People protest against the planned project of converting a warehouse into an ICE detention center in Roxbury, New Jersey The Trump administration last month said it would walk away from its plans in Roxbury, NJ. But a new court filing says authorities have…
Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump's "border czar," served as former President Barack Obama's "ICE chief," and was honored for large numbers of deportations.