Oct 15 Meta removes Facebook page that tracked ICE in Chicago By Associated Press Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that “following outreach” from the DOJ, Facebook removed a “large group page” that was being used to target ICE officials. Continue reading
Oct 10 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys discuss ICE's continued efforts to deport him to Africa By Michael Kunzelman, Travis Loller, Associated Press The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, and hasn’t given up on moving him to Eswatini or Ghana even though both have rejected the idea, an immigration… Continue reading
Oct 08 Trump calls for jailing Illinois governor and Chicago mayor By Associated Press It wasn’t immediately clear what President Donald Trump was specifically objecting to with his post, but it was the latest example of his brazen calls for his opponents to be prosecuted or locked up, a break from longtime norms. Continue reading
Sep 30 Family says a Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died By Associated Press The Mexican man was one of three detainees shot in the Sept. 24 attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas. Continue reading
Sep 19 More than 400 arrests made so far in Chicago area enforcement operation, top ICE official says By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. Continue reading
Sep 12 ICE officer shoots and kills suspect who dragged officer with car near Chicago, DHS says By Rebecca Santana, Christine Fernando, Associated Press The department said the man refused orders from the officers and instead drove his car at them. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Noem, Bondi discuss plans for ICE detention facility in notorious Louisiana prison By Sara Cline, Associated Press Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. Continue reading
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 13 Watch 4:46 A look at the controversy around 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions “disturbing and vile,” a description Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem challenged. John Yang… 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