Jul 27 Watch 4:35 Rise of ICE agents wearing masks creates opportunity for imposters to conduct crimes By Lisa Desjardins, Andrew Corkery In recent months, photos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making arrests in public spaces have shown the officers wearing street clothes and face masks. There have also been a handful of arrests of people posing as ICE officers, in… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 5:48 How private companies could cash in on Trump’s mass deportations By Stephanie Sy, Ian Couzens The ramifications of President Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending law are beginning to play out. That includes cuts to several federal programs, while significantly increasing spending in other areas, like immigration enforcement. Stephanie Sy reports. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 5:40 IRS to share personal data with immigration agents to aid deportation efforts By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 7:20 Jose Antonio Vargas updates ‘Dear America’ to describe the process to become documented By Ali Rogin, Karina Cuevas Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 8:34 GOP gives ICE massive budget increase to expand Trump’s deportation effort By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ali Schmitz, Laken Kincaid ICE is receiving a major infusion of funding to help carry out President Trump’s deportation agenda. The big budget bill passed by Republicans includes billions for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, giving it more funding than any other federal… Continue watching
Jul 07 Troops and federal agents briefly descend on Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood By Tara Copp, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Defense officials had said about 90 members of the California National Guard and over a dozen military vehicles would help protect immigration officers as they carried out a raid in MacArthur Park. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 9:28 Homeland Security official on the Trump administration’s immigration policy changes By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams, Laken Kincaid As the Trump administration continues to escalate immigration enforcement operations around the country, Amna Nawaz speaks with Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs for the Department of Homeland Security, to learn more. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 6:37 Trump administration pauses immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants By Lisa Desjardins, Courtney Norris After a weekend of national protests over his immigration policy, President Trump says he wants a greater crackdown in some of the nation’s biggest cities. At the same time, the president is pulling back on ICE raids in some major… Continue watching
Jun 16 Trump administration using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more ICE detention beds By Heather Hollingsworth, John Hanna, Associated Press ICE's moves have delighted industry analysts on company earnings calls and promised bigger profits but have also drawn criticism. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 6:41 Downey residents react after immigration raids shake Hispanic-majority community near LA By Marcia Biggs, Jackson Hudgins, Layla Quran, Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre Protests are continuing across the country, as are the immigration raids that have sparked the demonstrations. With parts of Los Angeles under curfew, that city has been quieter for a second straight night. As many as 700 Marines could soon… Continue watching