immigration and customs enforcement

Migrants can now be arrested at churches and schools after Trump administration throws out policies

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.

Hundreds of immigrants have reported sexual abuse at ICE facilities. Most cases aren’t investigated

By Zeba Warsi

Records obtained by Futuro Investigates reveal a systemic pattern of abuse by detention officers, contractual guards, and ICE employees, accused of sexually assaulting people in their care.

WATCH: Senate committee finds ‘invasive’ medical mistreatment of women detained by ICE

By Morgan Lee, Associated Press

The panel heard testimony from a detained migrant mother who was transported in shackles to be brusquely probed by a gynecologist and later injected with a contraceptive without explanation.

U.S. immigration arrests drop amid focus on those accused of serious crimes

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

Immigration enforcement arrests within the the U.S. fell over the past year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement focus to people in the country without legal status who have committed serious crimes.

Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report released Monday that it found at least 348 cases in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no records showing migrants wanted to leave their children in the U.S.

WATCH: Acting ICE director testifies on agency resources, priorities

By News Desk

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tae Johnson will testify Thursday before the House Appropriations Committee about resource management and operational priorities.

Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden’s biggest immigration challenge

By Courtney Vinopal

Biden’s immediate effort to reverse course on enforcement has not necessarily made immigrant communities safer, say advocates who represent clients facing deportation.

Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center

By Elliot Spagat, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.

Clashes erupt outside U.S. immigration building in Portland

By Associated Press

Protesters in Portland have clashed with federal agents for the first time since July in a demonstration that targeted a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.

Protesters hold up U.S. detention of 2 in Oregon for 12 hours

By Associated Press

Border Patrol officers have used pepper spray in Oregon to push through a crowd of demonstrators to get to two men detained by immigration agents in a bus. The bus in the city of Bend could not move for about…