DHS says Grand Rapids, Michigan, man who died in a crash fleeing an ICE traffic stop wasn’t the person agents were after.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer orders state police to investigate the fatal crash of a father of three fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids.
Federal judge refuses to block Tennessee troopers’ traffic stops with ICE, saying stops over real traffic violations don’t breach search-and-seizure rights even if aimed at non-White drivers.
ICE agents detain a US citizen they mistook for their target in Evanston, Illinois, leaving him hospitalized with injuries to his head, neck and teeth.
Trump administration proposes a refugee ceiling “primarily” for white Afrikaners, after South Africans made up over 99% of this year’s refugees.
Federal judge permanently blocks Trump rule barring visa holders, Dreamers and other immigrants from Head Start and health clinics, saying it skipped required public input.
Type 1 diabetic Costa Rican man dies in Louisiana ICE custody after complaining of missed insulin, family says, third death there in under six months.
Federal judge temporarily blocks deportation of Austin man shot by ICE agent, his lawyer says, as Travis County’s district attorney calls him a material witness.
Judge orders immigration officials to free 24 people held after warrantless Montana arrests, saying the government declined to abide by his ruling.
Trump agrees to technical talks on New York Mayor Mamdani’s 12,000-home Queens rail yard plan, seven months after the pitch, but commits no money.
ICE takes Austin man its agent shot back to the hospital, a day after he was discharged to detention with the bullet still inside, Rep. Joaquin Castro says.
Trump administration has sent over 25,000 deportees to countries where they have no ties under secret deals with 35 nations worth $410 million, investigation finds.
ICE agent in Austin shoots Venezuelan man his lawyer calls a DoorDash driver with a work permit, and the wounded man is discharged into federal custody.
Homeland Security memo lists counties with non-English ballots, including one the Voting Rights Act requires to translate, under “requirements for prosecution of voter related charges.”
ICE agent Christian Castro appears in federal court on charges of lying about the Minneapolis shooting, a day after Minnesota arraigned him for the shooting.
Trump administration begins installing 30-foot wall panels in the Big Bend region a day after West Texas landowners sued to stop it.
White House pulls ICE director nominee Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma trooper who guarded DHS Secretary Mullin’s home, after DHS officials questioned his credentials.
Federal judge finds ICE likely violated the First Amendment when agents tracked a Rochester man to three locations over a scathing email calling its director a Nazi.
23 states sue to block DHS rule letting officials deny green cards over food stamps or Medicaid, four days before it takes effect.
Federal judge blocks DHS rule capping international students at four years hours before it took effect, saying its national-security rationale “borders on the absurd.”
DHS watchdog finds Alligator Alcatraz held 79 detainees in 18-square-foot metal cages, calling it “unprecedented” at ICE sites, then closed every recommendation because the camp shut in June.
DHS whistleblower says leaders ordered agents to enter state voter-record sites under false pretenses and clear five cases an hour hunting noncitizen voters before the midterms.
Federal judge tosses Nashville Spanish-language reporter’s claim ICE arrested her in retaliation for covering raids, ruling on procedure and leaving the First Amendment question unanswered.
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Arkansas, Utah and DC over in-state tuition for undocumented students, completing suits against every state with such laws, 25 total.
Trump says $1.2 trillion election-conditioned dividend needs no congressional vote, citing tariff revenue, as Commerce Secretary Lutnick points to unlaunched visa card and Intel shares.
Justice Department deports Afghan permanent resident in first case ever decided by secret terrorism court dormant since 1996, on classified evidence her lawyers never saw.
Federal judge keeps Phoenix-area sheriff’s office under court monitoring in Arpaio-era racial profiling case, rejecting Justice Department-backed bid to end it over 46 unmet reforms.
Denver and three civil rights groups sue to bar armed ICE agents from polling places and ballot drop boxes in November, citing a Civil War-era law.
Vance closes the GOP midterm convention to 2028 nominee chants, telling a protester he says waved a Mexican flag to “get your ass over there.”
Federal appeals court in Richmond becomes the ninth to reject Trump’s no-bond detention policy, ruling immigrants already living in the US are entitled to bond hearings.
Nebraska Gov. Pillen’s hog company employed undocumented workers at least 20 farms while he lent ICE a state prison and troopers, a Flatwater Free Press and New York Times investigation finds.
Trump proposes excluding roughly 16 million undocumented and temporary immigrants from the 2030 census count that allots House seats, reviving his first-term citizenship question.
New York Mayor Mamdani creates an Office of Worker Power and orders city agencies to hunt labor violations without waiting for complaints, citing weakened federal enforcement.
Delaware Gov. Meyer signs 3 bills barring civil immigration arrests at state courthouses and blocking state and local police from helping ICE at schools, churches and hospitals.
Arlington, Virginia, police open an investigation of ICE agents accused of a beating that left a man with a brain hemorrhage, as Homeland Security calls it “necessary force.”
Justice Department sends Nevada 7 FBI subpoenas for voter data after judges tossed its lawsuit demanding the same files, one of 23 rejected.
ICE agent Christian Castro pleads not guilty to 6 counts of lying about shooting a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis and goes free on $75,000 bond.
ICE vetting official warns Homeland Security’s inspector general the agency hired recruits before background checks in its 12,000-officer surge, posing “grave national security risks,” the New York Times reports.
White House website launches arcade games where players catch “crossers” for a deportation high score, with an official calling it “a culture of fun and winning.”
Justice Department charges ICE agent Christian Castro with lying about shooting a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, one day after ProPublica reported it blocked civil rights charges against him.
Justice Department blocks civil rights charges against ICE agent Christian Castro, who shot a Venezuelan immigrant through a Minneapolis door, over the prosecutor’s “strongest possible” objections, ProPublica reports.
ICE plans to pay up to $5 million to compile voter rolls and voting histories from all 50 states, after courts rejected DOJ’s demands for the same data.
Justice Department declares all agencies in every state must report suspected undocumented immigrants or risk future welfare funds, reinterpreting a 1996 law prior administrations applied only to benefits offices.
Immigrant rights group CHIRLA sues Homeland Security to halt voter roll matching that claims 190,000 noncitizens registered in California, a figure it calls “almost certainly widely incorrect.”
Federal judge blocks Trump’s second birthright citizenship order as “almost certainly unconstitutional,” citing the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against the first 2 months earlier.
House votes 370-48 to fund the government through Dec. 11, blocking political review of grants and fund transfers to Border Patrol, averting a preelection shutdown.
ICE frees a Washington state roofer in Louisiana without his passport, 2,000 miles from home, after a judge ruled his pending trafficking visa barred his detention.
Homeland Security Secretary Mullin touts about 2,100 ICE arrests in New York and threatens more agents unless leaders cooperate, despite the city’s record low murders.
Trump administration shuts 270 trucking schools it says helped undocumented immigrants get commercial licenses, 110 of them tied to over 5,000 drivers who failed English tests.
38 Minnesota church protesters including ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon seek dismissal, saying Homeland Security used over 90 customs summonses to gather phone and travel records without judicial approval.