Jul 14 Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after deadly shootings By Patrick Whittle, Jack Brook, Rebecca Santana, Mike Sisak, Associated Press The suspension is not absolute and there's room for exceptions when executing a criminal warrant or working with partner agencies. Continue reading
Jul 14 What it means when federal authorities say vehicles are 'weaponized' By Associated Press The term weaponized vehicle has become commonplace at news conferences and in statements released by federal officials during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Continue reading
Jul 13 ICE shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine. This is the 2nd time in a week the agency used deadly force By Patrick Whittle, Leah Willingham, Jack Brook, Associated Press Bystander video taken after the shooting showed agents trying to slow a white sedan that was driving in circles in an intersection in Biddeford, southwest of Portland. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:24 ICE agent kills Mexican immigrant in Houston in latest deadly enforcement encounter By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Andrew Merlis Family members and local officials are calling for a full investigation into the shooting death of a man killed by ICE agents in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot Tuesday as agents tried to arrest him. Federal officials say he… Continue watching
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