Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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 — several… Read More
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 full… Read More
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 those… Read More
More Sunshine Is Needed on Immigration Agencies
Legal filings recently revealed that the federal agency that runs immigration courts has just two attorneys responsible for processing complex public records requests. Two lawyers to handle requests for information about a system that decides the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants every year. This revelation should come… Read More
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 to lead… Read More
ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention
In July 2025, Congress did something unprecedented: it gave U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a total of $45 billion dollars to be spent on immigration detention, more than a decade of normal funding in one big pot of cash. Now ICE’s ultimate plan for that funding has become clear… Read More
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
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
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
