Federal judge halts Texas law the day before it would have let local police arrest suspected illegal border crossers, ruling immigration is federal jurisdiction.
ICE prepares to award construction contracts for Texas warehouse detention centers despite four state lawsuits and new Inspector General audit, weeks after Secretary Mullin called for review.
Border Patrol Chief Banks abruptly retires weeks after Washington Examiner reported he bragged about hiring sex workers in Colombia and Thailand.
DHS plans November exercise sending autonomous drones across US-Canada border to gather ‘battlefield intelligence,’ positioning multiple companies backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
911 call obtained this week reveals ICE pepper-sprayed 47 detainees in February in enclosed Mesa room designed for two dozen, sending one detainee to the ER.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to Congo despite that country’s refusal to accept her on medical grounds.
US deportations to El Salvador nearly double to 5,033 in first three months of 2026 as Bukele aligns with Trump immigration agenda.
ICE installed Palantir-built list of 20 million deportation targets on agents’ iPhones, official reveals.
Dominican Republic reverses position and agrees to accept third-country deportees from US without criminal records, joining El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama in similar agreements.
David Venturella named acting ICE director after a decade at detention contractor GEO Group and a stint overseeing ICE’s contracts at DHS.
Federal judge orders ICE to retrain Colorado officers after finding agents violated court order limiting warrantless arrests.
Sixth Circuit becomes third appeals court to block mandatory detention for longtime undocumented residents, deepening 3-2 split likely headed to Supreme Court.
Trump claims without evidence that Congo emptied prisons and sent inmates to US southern border, echoing earlier Venezuela charges.
Federal appeals court unanimously backs lawmakers’ right to inspect ICE detention centers without advance notice.
Tucson volunteers launch community ICE enforcement map after Padlet pulled People over Papers and federal pressure took ICEBlock offline.
ProPublica documents 79 children harmed by federal tear gas and pepper spray during Trump immigration crackdown across multiple cities.
Four Chicago protesters sue DHS and FBI to stop DNA collection from peaceful ICE protest arrests, citing CODIS surveillance abuse.
ICE plans facial recognition smart glasses to supplement Mobile Fortify app that scans faces against 200 million-image database.
New York budget deal bans law enforcement from concealing identities, ends 287(g) agreements, and bars ICE from schools and hospitals.
Florida and DHS discuss closing Everglades immigrant detention center as agency finds the facility too expensive to operate.
11th Circuit strikes Trump’s mandatory ICE detention policy, formalizing a 2-2 appeals court split with one circuit deadlocked.
Acting AG Blanche tells Border Security Expo DOJ will replace immigration judges who delay cases or rule with “sympathy” as denaturalization push expands.
DOJ Civil Rights Division opens investigation into Fairfax prosecutor Descano over 2020 policy weighing immigration consequences in charging decisions.
DHS shuts down immigration detention ombudsman office and blames Congress, but the cited funding bill never mentions the watchdog.
Border Czar Homan threatens to flood New York with “more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen before” over sanctuary expansion bills.
Illinois State Police investigates ICE killing of Silverio Villegas González eight months later, after damning Pritzker commission report.
Federal judge accuses DHS of dangerous misconduct for hiding Dominican murder warrant and issuing inflammatory press release attacking her.
Senate GOP attaches $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump ballroom security to immigration reconciliation bill, contradicting “not one penny” pledge.
DHS used 1930s customs law to demand Google hand over a Canadian man’s location and activity after he criticized ICE killings online.
DHS quietly exempts foreign physicians from the 39-country travel ban after a Venezuelan family doctor was detained and a US shortage of 65,000 doctors deepened.
Federal judge blocks Trump termination of Temporary Protected Status for 3,235 Yemenis three days before May 4 deadline.
DOJ sues New Jersey to overturn 2013 and 2018 laws giving undocumented immigrants in-state tuition and financial aid at public colleges.
ICE releases Mississippi high school brothers detained at school bus stop with valid F-1 student visas after Republican Sen. Wicker’s office and Sen. Hyde-Smith’s office press the case.
Trump signs bill ending record 76-day shutdown with DHS funding that excludes ICE and Border Patrol as Republicans pivot to reconciliation for enforcement money.
Justice Department sues New Jersey, Governor Sherrill, and Attorney General Davenport over March law banning federal agents from wearing masks during arrests.
Ninth Circuit lifts both lower-court restrictions on federal officers’ use of tear gas at Portland ICE facility, dismissing apartment tenants’ suit entirely.
FBI executes 22 search warrants at Twin Cities child care and autism centers in fraud probe targeting Somali community providers.
Treasury official who raised privacy objections to surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community payments expected to be nominated US representative to OECD.
Second Circuit unanimously rules Trump cannot indefinitely detain most immigrants without bond hearings, marking first appellate loss for mandatory detention policy.
ICE transfers detainees from overcrowded Mesa airport facility on Boeing 777 to New Hampshire detention center as Mirror documents 777-person peak in space rated for 203.
Arizona AG Mayes sues the Trump administration over plans to convert a Surprise warehouse across the street from a hazardous chemical storage site into an ICE detention center.
Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Trump FY2027 budget earmarks $7.5 million for ICE smart glasses with real-time biometric identification of migrants in the field.
Federal judge releases Boulder firebomber’s wife and five children held nearly a year in Texas family detention, finding political targeting by guilt-by-association.
ACLU, Amnesty International and 120 groups warn World Cup visitors of “serious risk” from Trump immigration enforcement seven weeks before tournament.
Commerce Secretary Lutnick tells House subcommittee only one “gold card” visa approved since December despite previously claiming program made $1.3 billion.
DHS says it will stop paying 100,000 employees in May as shutdown enters third month and Senate advances reconciliation bill to fund ICE without Democrats.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
Senate adopts budget resolution 50-48 at 3:30 a.m. after marathon vote-a-rama, clearing path for Republicans to fund ICE without Democrats.
