Jul 07 Lawsuit says U.S. immigration agencies illegally shared confidential information on Iranian asylum seekers with Iran By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press The lawsuit depicts a coordinated campaign between the U.S. and Iranian governments to identify Iranians in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and pressure them to return to Iran. Continue reading
Jul 07 New York man suing after ICE sent officers to his home over an email By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press David Streever is one of at least two residents of upstate New York who was served with a federal warning in June in the wake of criticizing ICE online. Continue reading
Jul 06 A new ICE facility could speed up deportations for families and kids By Jack Brook, Associated Press The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become the nation’s largest hub of deportation flights. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 5:24 Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades in prison in latest crackdown on dissent By Ali Rogin, Doug Adams In two federal courts, a group of protesters received unusually long sentences after the Justice Department accused them of being members of Antifa. These nine protesters were arrested after they demonstrated outside a migrant detention facility in Texas. During the… Continue watching
Jun 24 Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention By Heather Hollingsworth, Ryan Foley, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, dropping a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 5:54 ICE arrest in a rural Montana town prompts a conservative community to take action By Matt Standal, Montana PBS In a northeastern corner of Montana sits the small town of Froid. Rural and deeply conservative, it backed President Trump during every one of his White House runs. But earlier this year, when federal immigration agents detained one of the… Continue watching
May 27 ICE detainees dying by suicide at 'alarming' rate, AP investigation finds Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of COVID-19. His request for mental health treatment had been… Continue reading
May 21 Watch 6:59 New Mexico secretary of state explains law barring armed federal agents at polls By Liz Landers, Doug Adams With the primary season underway, election officials are preparing for November. Some Democratic-led states, worried about the possibility of armed soldiers or ICE officers appearing near polling places, are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential effort… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 5:49 What happens to children when immigrant parents are detained by ICE By Liz Landers, Leila Jackson, Kyle Midura Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has detained nearly half a million immigrants, according to a new report. But the number of children they leave behind and what happens to them, most of whom are… Continue watching
May 18 Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown By Hannah Fingerhut, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man. Continue reading