Interior Enforcement

50 Days Until the World Cup: Travel Bans, ICE, and Iran Cause Uncertainty for Players and Fans

50 Days Until the World Cup: Travel Bans, ICE, and Iran Cause Uncertainty for Players and Fans

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in exactly 50 days when Mexico takes on South Africa in Mexico City, one of 16 host cities across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. For the 78 games being played in the U.S. — three-quarters of all the tournament’s matches —… Read More

New ICE Arrest Statistics Shed Light on Who the Agency is Targeting in American Communities

New ICE Arrest Statistics Shed Light on Who the Agency is Targeting in American Communities

President Donald Trump came into office with a promise to carry out mass deportations, with the aim to hit one million deportations per year. While he often claims his administration focuses on “the worst of the worst,” new ICE data released by U.C. Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project reveals the… Read More

ICE’s Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants

ICE’s Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants

The federal government’s hunt for immigrants is ramping up. Each month, private contractors receive tens of thousands of names from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and are asked to locate those individuals as quickly as possible so that ICE can conduct targeted enforcement operations to arrest and detain… Read More

What A DHS Funding Deal Should Include

What A DHS Funding Deal Should Include

As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown stretches into its 40th day, the pressure to reach a funding agreement is intensifying. Airport security lines are growing longer and thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel have missed paychecks. With new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stepping in… Read More

A video screenshot of Senior Policy Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick speaking about ICE warehouses

ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention

ICE is rapidly reshaping the U.S. immigration detention system by purchasing and converting commercial warehouses into large-scale detention facilities. Backed by an unprecedented $45 billion funding boost, this new “reengineered” model aims to dramatically expand capacity and centralize operations—raising significant concerns about mass detention, oversight, and the future of immigration enforcement. Read More

6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026

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… Read More

Trump's Radical Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Upheld by US Appeals Court

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… Read More

Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans

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… Read More

Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.

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… Read More

ICE’s Secret Policy to Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant Threatens All Americans

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… Read More

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