Interior Enforcement
6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026
January 2026 saw a shocking number of deaths tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This includes fatalities inside immigration detention centers as well as deadly shootings involving ICE agents in public spaces. The deaths of eight people last month come on top of a record number of people… Read More
Trump’s Radical Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Upheld by US Appeals Court
Late on February 6, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision with staggering ramifications: it subjects millions of noncitizens in this country to the possibility of mandatory immigration detention without any opportunity for a bond hearing. The court’s decision is… Read More
Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans
The artificial intelligence (AI) tools built to guard America’s borders are now extending their policing powers into America’s neighborhoods. What began as AI-powered immigration enforcement confined primarily to our southern border is rapidly becoming something else: a quiet expansion of government surveillance into everyday life. Facial recognition, biometric scanning, and… Read More
Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.
Minneapolis has been the latest battleground for the Trump administration in its ongoing campaign of aggressive immigration enforcement across the country. In the year since resuming office, President Trump directed a surge of immigration enforcement officers into several localities, including Los Angeles; Chicago; New Orleans; Portland, Oregon; Charlotte, North Carolina;… Read More
ICE’s Secret Policy to Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant Threatens All Americans
Two whistleblowers recently revealed a secret U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy permitting agents to forcibly enter the homes of certain noncitizens without a judicial warrant. According to a memo issued in May 2025, ICE now believes it can enter homes with just an administrative warrant—an ICE Form I-205. Read More
New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System
When President Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was holding roughly 40,000 people in a national network of detention centers on any given day. In just one year, this number has increased by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people being held in detention as of… Read More
Report: Immigration Detention Is Bigger, Harsher, and Less Accountable Than Ever
Trump Administration Targets People with No Criminal Record and Uses Detention to Pressure Them to Give Up Their Cases Washington DC, Jan. 14 Wednesday — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council shows that the Trump administration is locking up hundreds of thousands of people— most with no criminal record—into… Read More
Can Renee Good’s Family Sue ICE in the Aftermath of Her Killing? The Answer Is Complicated
On the snowy streets of Minneapolis in the early days of January 2026, an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good—a U.S. citizen and mother driving a Honda Pilot with stuffed animals hanging out of the glove compartment. She had reportedly just dropped off her six-year-old child… Read More
ICE Uses a Growing Web of AI Services to Power Its Immigration Enforcement and Surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an updated version of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Case Inventory this summer. At first glance, the changes seemed routine—some AI software programs were marked “inactive,” and a new one was added. But upon closer examination, the removal of the AI use… Read More
Federal Court Blocks ICE’s Unlawful Detention of Immigrant Teens Turning 18
Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2025 — On December 12, a federal court in D.C. ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to follow a long-standing court order that protects immigrant teens from being placed in adult detention centers. The court’s order blocks… Read More
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